Areca ARC-1330 Series, Руководство пользователя

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APPENDIX
Appendix A
Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Process
Since the PCIe SAS host adapter features flash ROM firmware,
it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to
upgrade the adapter BIOS. The user can simply re-program the old
BIOS through the In-Band PCIe bus, using the oflash.exe flash DOS
utility. The shipped CD contains the oflash.exe executable utility
and a separate adapter flash image on the <CD-ROM>\BIOS\. New
releases of the adapter BIOS is available in the form of a DOS file
on the shipped CD or Areca website. The following files name is
available at the FTP site or the shipping CD.
i13_1330.bin: PCIe card BIOS for system board using readme.txt
contains the history information of the BIOS code change in the
main directory. Read this file first to make sure you are upgrading
to the proper binary file. The BIOS version and date will be shown
on the adapter BIOS startup banner. Select the right version file for
the upgrade. Normally, user upgrades the i13_1330.bin for system
M/B compatibility.
Upgrading BIOS Through Oflash.exe Flash
DOS Utility
The oflash.exe flash utility program is a DOS application, which
runs in the DOS operating system. Be sure of ensuring properly to
communicate between SAS host adapter and oflash.exe flash DOS
utility. Please make a bootable DOS floppy disk or UBS devices
from FreeDOS and copy SAS adapter BIOS package: oflash.exe
and i13_1330.bin files to it.
Starting the OflashFlash Utility
You do not need to short any jumper cap on running oflash.exe
flash utility. The oflasah.exe flash utility provides an on-line table of
contents, brief descriptions of the help sub-commands.