Areca ARC-1880 Series User Manual page 158

APPENDIX
A-2 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager
Get the new version firmware for your 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller.
For example, download the bin file from your OEM's web site onto
the C: drive.
1. To upgrade the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller firmware, move the
mouse cursor to "Upgrade Firmware" link. The "Upgrade The Raid
System Firmware or Boot Rom" screen appears.
2. Click "Browse". Look in the location to which the Firmware
upgrade software was downloaded. Select the file name and click
"Open".
3. Click "Confirm The Operation" and press the "Submit" button.
4. The web browser begins to download the firmware binary to the
controller and start to update the flash ROM.
5. After the firmware upgrade is complete, a bar indicator will show
"Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully".
6. After the new firmware completes downloading, find a chance to
restart the controller/computer for the new firmware to take effect.
The web browser-based McRAID storage manager can be accessed
through the In-Band PCIe bus or Out-of-Band LAN port. The In-
Band method uses the ArcHttp proxy server to launch the McRAID
storage manager. The Out-of-Band method allows local or remote
to access the McRAID storage manager from any standard internet
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