Areca ARC-8050T3U 6-Bay Thunder3 Desktop RAID Storage Array - Manual (Page 116)

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Appendix A
Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process
A-1 Overview
Since the ARC-8050T3U Thunderbolt RAID storage features flash
ROM firmware, it is not necessary to change the hardware flash
chip in order to upgrade the RAID firmware. The user can simply
re-program the old firmware through the in-Band Thunderbolt port
or out-of-band LAN port McRAID storage manager. New releases of
the firmware are available in the form of a DOS file on Areca web -
site. The files available at the FTP site for each model contain the
following files in each version:
ARCXXXXNNNN.BIN: Software binary code (“XXXX” refers to the
model name. “NNNN” refers to the software code type)
ARCXXXXBIOS.BIN: → BIOS for system board using
ARCXXXXBOOT.BIN: → RAID controller hardware initialization
ARCXXXXFIRM.BIN: → RAID kernel program
ARCXXXXMBR0.BIN: → Master Boot Record for supporting Dual
Flash Image in the ARC-8050T3U SAS RAID storage
Select the right file for the upgrade.
1. For ARC-8050T3U-4, it uses the same firmware package of ARC-
12X4 series RAID adapters.
2. For ARC-8050T3U-6/6M/8/12, they use the same firmware pack-
age of ARC-1883 series RAID adapters.
Firmware release note contains the history information of the
software code change. All these files in the firmware package are
a part of the firmware. You should update all files in the package,
no special update order needed. New firmware works after a sys -
tem restart not instant available, so you can update all files before
restart the system. The controller firmware is independent of the
array; update firmware does not touch anything you stored in the
array.