System Requirements; Before You Begin; Obtaining The Firmware - Adaptec 4000SAS Installation And User Manual

System Requirements

MS–DOS version 5.0 or later.
Note: You can't run the AFU from a DOS command prompt
window under any version of Windows.
At least 8 MB of extended memory.
Compatibility Notes
Supports
HIMEM.SYS
under
HIMEM.SYS
Does not support DOS extenders installed in memory, such as
EMM386.SYS

Before You Begin

Before you begin:

Obtain the firmware (see below).
1
Create a firmware kit on floppy disks (see
2
There are two ways to run the AFU:
Using the AFU menus (see
From the command line (see

Obtaining the Firmware

To obtain RAID controller firmware, go to:
The RAID Installation CD—Includes the AFU executable (
and a separate flash image. The flash image may comprise multiple
User Flash Image (UFI) files.
The Adaptec Web site—Download a new firmware file to get the
most recent version of AFU.
See
www.adaptec.com
Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility
; compatible with other DOS drivers running
(for example,
and .
DOS4GW
page
page
for more information.
and
SMARTDRV.SYS
page 117).
117)
119)
116
).
SETVER.SYS
)
AFU.exe