The ARC utility is included in your controller's BIOS. For more information, see
Note: The ARC utility is primarily intended for pre-operating system installation
configuration.
10.4
About the Adaptec Flash Utility
The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can use to update, save, or verify your
RAID controller's firmware.
Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you from accidentally damaging
your RAID controller's flash contents, it is still important to use the AFU carefully and
correctly to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable. We recommend that only
advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU. You can also use maxView
Storage Manager to update the controller firmware. See the maxView Storage Manager
User’s Guide for more information.
10.5
Which Utility Should I Use?
To create a bootable array, we recommend that you use the BIOS-based ARC utility (See
Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
).
For subsequent storage management tasks on most supported operating systems, including VMware Guest
OSs, we recommend that you install and use maxView Storage Manager (see
). As a full-featured software application with a graphical user interface, it is the easiest
to use and offers the widest range of management functions. For operating systems that do not support
the maxView Storage Manager GUI, such as FreeBSD, use the ARCCONF command line utility to configure
and manage arrays.
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