About The Adaptec Flash Utility; Which Utility Should I Use - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

Note: The ARC utility is primarily intended for pre-operating system installation
configuration.

About the Adaptec Flash Utility

The Adaptec Flash Utility (AFU) is a text-based DOS utility that you can use to update, save, or verify
your RAID controller's firmware.
Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you from accidentally
damaging your RAID controller's flash contents, it is still important to use the AFU
carefully and correctly to avoid rendering your RAID controller inoperable. We
recommend that only advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU. You
can also use maxView Storage Manager to update the controller firmware. See the
maxView Storage Manager User's Guide for more information.

Which Utility Should I Use?

To create a bootable array, we recommend that you use the BIOS-based ARC utility (See
Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
For subsequent storage management tasks on most supported operating systems, including VMware
Guest OSs, we recommend that you install and use maxView Storage Manager (see
Storage Manager on page 54). As a full-featured software application with a graphical user interface,
it is the easiest to use and offers the widest range of management functions. For operating systems
that do not support the maxView Storage Manager GUI, such as FreeBSD, use the ARCCONF command
line utility to configure and manage arrays.
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