
Driver Disk Installation Guide of ARC-11XX/ARC12XX/ARC16XX/18XX RAID Controller 
	for Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 
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Linux SCSI driver technical support 
mail address: support@areca.com.tw
Web site: www.areca.com.tw
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1. Contents
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README.txt	- the installation guide of ARC-11XX/12XX/16XX/18XX driver
		  for Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0
arcmsr-1.50.0X.05-20210429-xen8.0.0.iso   - arcmsr driver for Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 system install
RPM-GPG-KEY-ARECA			  - driver install key

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2. First installation
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   Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 has built-in areca Raid driver to support all areca Raid controllers except ARC-1886 series controller.
   Just following Citrix Hypervisor installation procedure to install system, you can ignore following instruction,
   except you want to use this updated driver to install. 

A. Before Installation

	1. Extract arcmsr-1.50.0X.05-20210429-xen8.0.0.iso to an USB pen drive.

B. Installation
	1. Booting from Citrix Hypervisor Installation disc. 
	2. When the "Welcome to Citrix Hypervisor Setup" screen appears, Insert USB pen drive to system.
	3. Press F9 to load device driver.
	4. When the "Select Driver Source" display, select Driver Source from "Local media".
	5. There will be have a "Load Repository" with 
	   [*] arcmsr
	6. You can "Verify" it or "Use" it directly.
	7. While arcmsr Drivers Loaded successfully, select OK to continue system installation.

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3. Installing raid driver on a running System.
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   Method 1: from host console

	Press Alt+F3 to switch to a terminal console, login with root and password.
	# mkdir /tmp/iso
	#  mount -o loop arcmsr-1.50.0X.05-20210429-xen8.0.0.iso to /tmp/iso
	# cd /tmp/iso/Packages
	# rpm -ivh --force arcmsr-1.50.0X.05-20210429-x86_64.rpm
	(Ignoring the error message "rmmod: ERROR: Module arcmsr is not currently loaded", if any)
	# rpm -ivh update-arcmsr-8.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
	# rpm -ivh control-arcmsr-8.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
	# cd /root
	# umount /tmp/iso

   Method 2: using XenCenter

	0. Import the key on the host using the following command:
	   # /opt/xensource/debug/import-update-key RPM-GPG-KEY-ARECA

	1. Put the supplemental pack arcmsr-1.50.0X.05-20210429-xen8.0.0.iso to a known location on your computer. 
	2. From the XenCenter menu, select Tools and then Install Update.
	3. Read the information on the Before You Start page and then select Next to continue
	4. On the Select Update page, click Add to add the supplemental pack.
	5. On the Select Servers page, select the Citrix Hypervisor host or the pool to which you would like to apply the
	   supplemental pack and then click Next. This uploads the supplemental pack to the host or the pools default SR.

	Note:
	   If the default SR in a pool is not shared, or does not have enough space, XenCenter tries
	   to upload the supplemental pack to another shared SR with sufficient space. If none of the
	   shared SRs have sufficient space, the supplemental pack will be uploaded to each host's local storage.

	6. The Upload page displays the status of the upload. If there is not enough space on the SR, an error will be
	   displayed. Click More Info for details and take necessary action to free up the space required for the upload.
	7. After the file is successfully uploaded, XenCenter performs a series of prechecks to determine whether
	   the supplemental pack can be applied onto the selected servers and displays the result. Follow the onscreen
	   recommendations to resolve any update prechecks that have failed. If you would like XenCenter to
	   automatically resolve all failed prechecks, click Resolve All.
	8. Choose the Update Mode. Review the information displayed on the screen and select an appropriate mode. If
	   you click Cancel at this stage, the Install Update wizard will revert the changes and removes the supplemental
	   pack from the SR.
	9. Click Install update to proceed with the installation. The Install Update wizard shows the progress of the
	   update, displaying the major operations that XenCenter performs while updating each host in the pool.
	10. When the supplemental pack has been installed, click Finish to close the wizard.
