Appendix B: Upgrades; Bios And Firmware Upgrade - Promise Technology FastTrak TX4650 User Manual

Appendix B: Upgrades

• BIOS and Firmware Upgrade (page 141)
• Software Driver Upgrade (page 143)
• WebPAM Upgrade (page 146)

BIOS and Firmware Upgrade

Follow this procedure to upgrade the BIOS and Firmware on your FastTrak TX
Series Controller card.
The FastTrak card must be properly installed in your PC or server in order to
perform the upgrade. See "Installing the FastTrak Card" on page 8 for more
information.
Step 1: Preparation
To perform this procedure, you one of the following items:
• A DOS-bootable diskette and a blank DOS formatted diskette
• A USB memory stick
Step 2: Download BIOS File
1. Go to the Promise website www.promise.com/support.
2. Click Downloads.
3. Click the Select Product popup menu and choose FastTrak TX4650 or
TX2650 depending on which FastTrak controller you have.
4. Click the Select Category popup menu and choose BIOS.
5. Click the GO button.
The list of current BIOS options displays. Be sure you select the appropriate
BIOS for your system.
6. Click BIOS you want.
7. In the File Download dialog box, click the Save button.
8. In the Save As dialog box, direct the file to save to a convenient location on
your PC.
9. Unzip the file and copy the contents to the DOS-bootable diskette.
10. Label this diskette FastTrak Upgrade.
Use the upgrade diskette to install the BIOS and firmware upgrade package
to the FastTrak controller. Go to step 3, below.
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