SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP30558

KIT PART NUMBER: N/A

TITLE:  HP 6-port SATA RAID controller Firmware Update

VERSION:  4.2-0-7368

LANGUAGES: English

PURPOSE: Update the HP 6-port SATA RAID Controller Firmware for feature enhancements

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 21, 2005

CATEGORY: Storage Controller Firmware

DESCRIPTION:  Firmware update for enhancing HP's Config-To-Order process. 

Fixes: n/a


ENHANCEMENTS:
* IOCTL enhancement for HP's Config-To-Order process


PRODUCTS AFFECTED:      

	HARDWARE PLATFORMS AFFECTED: ML150G2 

	Stroage RAID Controllers AFFECTED: HP 6-port SATA RAID Controller
 
OPERATING SYSTEMS:  
	
	* Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition	
	* Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition 	
	* Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
	* Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
	* Novell NetWare 6.5
	* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
	* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
	* United Linux 8

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Y

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 1.1

HOW TO USE:
1.	Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive.
2.	The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename 
	based on the SoftPaq Number above. 
3.	After extracting the files from the Softpaq, create a (DOS 6.x, Win95,
	Win98) bootable floppy and copy the AFU.EXE file located in the BootDisk 
	directory to the boot diskette.
4.	Format and Label a second diskette as “Adaptec 2610SA Firmware Disk 1”,
	then copy the file AA261001.UFI located in the Disk1 directory to the 
	diskette. 
5.	Format and Label a third diskette as Adaptec 2610SA Firmware Disk 2”, 
	then copy the file AA261002.UFI located in the Disk2 directory to the 
	diskette. 
6.	Boot your system to the Boot diskette and run the AFU.EXE utility.
7.	Once the Adaptec Flash Utility is running, select the appropriate 
	controller and under the “Select an Operation” box, highlight the 
	“Update flash image” option and press enter.
8.	When prompted insert the appropriate firmware diskette into the floppy 
	drive and select “OK”
9.	After a few seconds a message will appear that reads the following.
		AFU is about to update firmware on controller(s) Adaptec 2610SA 
		*** PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE ***
		This might take a few minutes. Select OK to continue. 	
	At this point press the enter key, and wait for the firmware flash 
	operation to finish.
10. 	If the message reads “Flash image was updated and verified successfully” 
	press any key to continue and power cycle the system.


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