Driver installation, 1 installation procedures – DATOptic ARC-1680 Series User Manual

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DRIVER INSTALLATION

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4.6.1 Installation Procedures

You must have administrative level permissions to install Areca

Mac driver & software. You can install driver& software on your

Power Mac G5 or Mac Pro as below:

1. Insert the Areca Mac Driver & Software CD that came with

your Areca SAS RAID controller.

2. Double-click on the following file that resides at <CD-ROM>\

packages\MacOS to add the installer on the Finder.

a). install_mraid_mac.zip (For Power Mac G5)

b). install_mraid_macpro.zip (For Mac Pro)

3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the install_mraid_mac

or

install_mraid_macpro on the Finder.

4. Follow the installer steps to install Areca driver, MRAID

(archttp64 and arc_cli utility) at the same time.

5. Reboot your Power Mac G5 or Mac Pro system.

6.See chapter 5 in this manual for information on customizing

your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager.

Normally archttp64 and arc_cli are installed at the same time on

Areca SATA RAID adapter. Once archttp64 and arc_cli have been

installed, the background task automatically starts each time

when you start your computer. There is one MARID icon showing

on your desktop. This icon is for you to start up the McRAID

storage manager (by archttp64) and arc_cli utility. You can also

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