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Software introduction | Installation procedure
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(( Adaptec Storage Manager ))
 [ Software name ] Adaptec Storage Manager
 [ Registered name ]  ASM4180e.exe
 [ Copyright (C) ]  NEC Corporation
 [ Applicable models ]  NEC Express5800/100 Series
 [ Users ] The customer using the Adaptec HostRAID(SATA/SCSI) with the system 
           which installed Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition in Express5800/100 series.
 [ Software type ]  Utility
 [ Creation method ] Self-extract
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[ Software introduction ] 
Customers who use Adaptec HostRAID(SATA/SCSI) with Windows Server 2003 x64 on
an NEC Express5800/100 Series computer.

Carefully read the following user license agreement for NEC software before 
using this software. If you do not agree to the terms of the agreement, do not 
download this software. By downloading this software, you agree to be bound by
the terms of the agreement.

[ User license agreement for this software ] 

This user license agreement is an agreement between you and NEC Corporation 
(hereinafter called "NEC"). 
Under the following terms of this agreement, NEC grants you the right to use
the software program (hereinafter called "licensed program"), and you are to
agree to the terms. You are to take responsibilities for the choice, 
installation, or use of the licensed program, or the results of the usage of
the usage of the licensed program.

1. Term 
(1) This user license agreement goes into effect on the day you receive this 
    software product. 
(2) You may terminate the right to use the licensed program under this license
    agreement at any time by giving NEC a month's or longer notice by letter. 
(3) NEC may terminate your right to use the licensed program at any time, if you
    fail to comply with the terms of this user license agreement. 
(4) Your right to use the licensed program continues to exist until it
    terminates in accordance with the provisions of this user license agreement. 
(5) When your right to use the licensed program terminates, all of your other
     rights under this user license agreement also terminate. You must destroy
     the licensed program, all the copies of the licensed program, and the
     related documents (e.g., manuals) provided with the licensed program as 
     soon as your right to use the licensed program terminates. 

2. Use right 
You may use the licensed program only on NEC Express5800 servers 
(NEC Express5800/100 Series) using your Microsoft Windows 2003 x64. 

3. Copy, alteration, and linkage of the licensed program 
(1) You may make a copy of the licensed program only to use it as a backup copy
    in case the program data is lost or destroyed. However, this is not the 
    case if the licensed program is installed in fixed storage. In this case, 
    you may keep it only to use in case the storage medium of the licensed
    program is lost or destroyed. 
(2) You must give the expressions of the copyright of the licensed program and
    other rights to all the copies of the licensed program. 
(3) Unless otherwise specified in this user license agreement, you may not use,
    copy, alter, or link the licensed program, you may not reproduce it in 
    publications or networks, or you may not make your own decision on handling
    it in any other ways. 
(4) You may not copy the related documents (e.g., manuals) provided with the
    licensed program or reproduce them in publications or networks under any
    circumstances. 
(5) This user license agreement is not to transfer the intellectual property for
    the licensed program to you. 

4. Transfer of the licensed program 
(1) You may transfer all of your rights under this user license agreement only
    if satisfying all the following condition: 
(a) You are to transfer this user license agreement, the licensed program, all
    the copies of the licensed program, and the related documents
    (e.g., manuals) provided with the licensed program, and retain none of them. 
(b) The recipient agrees to the terms of this user license agreement. 
(2) Unless otherwise specified in this user license agreement, you may not loan
    or transfer the licensed program or the right to use it to a third party, or
    you may not make your own decision on handling it in any other ways. 

5. Decompilation 
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the licensed program. 


6. Term of a guarantee 
(1) NEC does not give any guarantee for the licensed program. You are to be
    liable and to pay for problems arising from the use of the licensed program. 
(2) Irrespective of the term (1), when NEC corrects licensed-program errors
    (bugs), NEC may, at its discretion, provide an error-corrected program, a
    program for correction (hereinafter called a modification program), or 
    information for correction by an NEC-decided method. The modification 
    program provided to you is regarded as the licensed program. 

7. No liability 
 NEC assumes no liability for your lost profit, damages arising from special
 circumstances (including damages which NEC can or could foresee), or damages
 you are asked for by any third party. 

8. Others 
 Disputes over this user license agreement are to be settled at the Tokyo 
 District Court as the exclusively agreed competent court. 

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Use the following procedure to extract and install this software.

[ Extraction procedure ] 
(1) Download ASM4180e.exe to a suitable location on your hard disk. 
(2) Click the [Start] button and then click [Run...]. 
(3) Enter the full pathname (such as C:¥asm) of the downloaded 
    ASM4180e.exe in the Name field and then click the [OK] button. 
(4) Enter the folder name (such as C:¥asm) of the module extraction
    destination and click the [Unzip] button.
(5) Please excute setup.exe in unziped files.

To see Adaptec Storage Manager user's manual(SG_ASM_e.pdf). Install the utility 
according to the contents of the "Installing and Uninstalling ASM" procedure. 
When reading these notes, replace the drive names and folder names with suitable
names that match your environment. 

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"Download the module 
only if you agree to each of the above." 
Download module 
ASM4180e.exe

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[ Trademarks and copyright ]
The copyright for this software is held by NEC Corporation.
* Microsoft and Windows Server 2003 are registered trademarks of Microsoft 
  Corporation in the United States and other countries.
* All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
  their respective owners.
* Adaptec, Adaptec Storage Manager, and HostRAID are registered trademarks of
  Adaptec Inc. of the U.S.A.
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