Creating The Firmware Floppy Disks; Running The Menu-Based Afu - Adaptec RAID 3085 Installation And User Manual

Creating the Firmware Floppy Disks

Note:
You will need at least two bootable MS-DOS floppy disks to complete this task.
You can't create a bootable floppy disk using Windows 2000.
To create the firmware floppy disks:
Create a bootable MS–DOS floppy disk and copy these files to it:
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AFU.exe
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Axxxx01.ufi
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where xxx is the model number of your controller.
Note:
Most controller model numbers have a suffix (for example Adaptec 4800SAS). Check
that the .ufi file is the correct file for your controller before copying.
Copy each additional Axxxx0x.ufi file to a separate floppy disk. (Some RAID controllers
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have two UFI files; some have four. Each goes onto its own floppy disk.)
To use a menu-based AFU, see the following section.
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To run the AFU from the command line, see

Running the Menu-based AFU

Note:
You can also run the AFU from the command line (see
To run the menu-based AFU:
Shut down your operating system and reboot to DOS from a bootable MS-DOS floppy
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disk or from a DOS partition on a bootable drive. (You can use a disk drive connected to
the controller you are updating.)
At the DOS command prompt, type
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The AFU's main menu is displayed.
Select Select Controllers, then select the Adaptec RAID controller(s) to be flashed.
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To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash
first, restart the computer, then update the flash for the remaining controllers.
Select Select an Operation.
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Choose the operation you want, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
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task:
Update—Updates all the flash components on a RAID controller with the flash image
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data from the UFI file.
Save—Reads the contents of a RAID controller's flash components and saves the data
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to a UFI file, which you can use to restore a RAID controller's flash if required.
Verify—Reads the contents of a RAID controller's flash components and compares it
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to the contents of the specified UFI file.
Version—Displays version information about a RAID controller's flash components.
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List—Lists all supported RAID controllers detected on your system.
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Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility
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with no arguments.
AFU
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