Running The Afu; Accessing The Afu From The Gui; Accessing The Afu From The Command Line - Adaptec RAID 21610SA Installation And User Manual

Running the AFU

You can run the AFU from its graphical user interface (GUI) or
from the command line.

Accessing the AFU from the GUI

To access the AFU:
1 At the DOS command prompt (typically
arguments.
The main menu to the AFU is displayed.
2 Select Select Controllers and select the controllers to be flashed.
3 Select Select an Operation.
4 Select any available AFU function and follow the on-screen
instructions.

Accessing the AFU from the Command Line

At the DOS command prompt (typically
by a command and any optional switches. The AFU processes the
command, prompts you to insert additional floppy disks as
needed, exits, and reports success or an error message code.
The syntax of the AFU command line is as follows:
AFU <Command> [/C<Controller ID>] [/D <UFI File Path>] [/?]
where <Command> is one of the following AFU commands:
HELP—Displays AFU help text.
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LIST—Lists the AFU-supported controllers installed on this
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system.
SAVE—Saves the contents of a controller's flash to the specified
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UFI file.
UPDATE—Updates a controller's flash from the data in the
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specified UFI file.
VERIFY—Compare the controller's current flash to the
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specified UFI file.
VERSION—Displays the controller's current flash version
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information.
), type AFU with no
A:\>
), type AFU followed
A:\>
DOS Utilities
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