Areca ARC-1110 User Manual

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Since the SATA RAID controller features flash 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 firm-

ware through the In-Band PCI-X/PCIe bus or Out-of-Band Enther-

net port McRAID Storage manager. New releases of the firmware 

are available in the form of a DOS file on the shipped CD or Areca’s 

web site. The files available at the FTP site for each model contain 

the following files in each version:

ARCXXXNNN.BIN Software Binary Code (where “XXXX” refers to 

the model name and “NNNN” refers to the software code type)

ARCXXXBIOS.BIN :

→ PCI card BIOS for system board using

ARCXXXBOOT.BIN :

→ RAID controller hardware initialization

ARCXXXFIRM.BIN :

→  RAID kernel program

ARCXXXMBR0.BIN:

→  Master Boot Record for supporting Dual Flash 

Image in the SATA ll RAID controller

README.TXT contains the history information of the software code 

change in the main directory. Read this file first to make sure you 

are upgrading to the proper binary file. Select the right file for the 

upgrade. Normally, user upgrades the ARCXXXBIOS.BIN for system 

M/B compatibility and ARCXXXFIRM.BIN for RAID function up-

grades.

Please update all Binary Code (BIOS, BOOT and FIRM) before 

you reboot system. Otherwise, a mixed firmware package 

may hang the controller. 

Get the new version firmware for your SAS RAID controller. For 

example, download the bin file from your OEM’s web site onto the C: 

drive