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Thunderbolt™ Product
ARC-8050
(Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Storage)
Quick Start Guide
Version: 2.0
Issue Date: January, 2014

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  • Page 1 Thunderbolt™ Product ARC-8050 (Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Storage) Quick Start Guide Version: 2.0 Issue Date: January, 2014...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    Copyright and Trademarks The information regarding products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Installation ..............4 1.1 Before You First Installing...........4 1.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps ........5 • For Mac OS X ..............5 • For Windows ..............5 1.3 RAID Storage View ............7 1.4 Locations of the Storage Component ........8 1.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators ..........8 1.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators ..........9 1.4.3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators ........9...

  • Page 4: Installation

    INSTALLATION 1. Installation This section describes how to install the ARC-8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage with host computer and disks. 1.1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ARC-8050 as your RAID data storage. The following manual gives simple step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the ARC-8050 RAID storage.

  • Page 5: Summary Of Raid Storage Setup Steps

    3. Connect Thunderbolt cable. Step 2. Install the MRAID Software Package (Chapter 1.5.2.1) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm”. 2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped file. 3. Double-click on the install_mraid icon on the Finder.
  • Page 6 INSTALLATION Step 2. Install the MRAID Software Package (Chapter 1.5.3.1) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm”. 2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped file. 3. Double-click on the “setup.exe” unzip file. 4. Follow the installer on-screen steps to complete the installa- tion.

  • Page 7: Raid Storage View

    INSTALLATION 1.3 RAID Storage View The following diagram is the RAID storage front view and rear view. Front View Rear View 1. Disk Activity LED 4. Thunderbolt Port1 2. Disk Fault / Link LED 5. Thunderbolt Port2 3. LCD Panel with Keypad 6.

  • Page 8: Locations Of The Storage Component

    INSTALLATION 1.4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ARC-8050 RAID storage managers about the operational status. 1.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators Figure 1-1, Activity/Fault LED The following table describes the RAID storage disk drive tray LED behavior.

  • Page 9: Lcd Panel Led Indicators

    INSTALLATION 1.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators There are a variety of status conditions that cause the RAID stor- age panel monitoring LED to light. The front panel LCD comes with three (3) status-indicating LEDs. The LEDs on the front panel are defined, from top to bottom, Power, Busy, and Caution, as shown in Figure 1-2.

  • Page 10: Setting Up Raid Storage

    INSTALLATION Thunderbolt Ports Status Link LED Green light 1. Lit indicates RAID storage is powered and maintained the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices. 2. Blinking (5 times/sec) that indicates RAID storage is in sleep mode. 3. Blinking (1 time/sec) that indicates RAID storage is powered down and maintained the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices.
  • Page 11 INSTALLATION 2. Install the drive into the drive tray and secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting screws. Figure 1-4-2. Installing 3.5-inch Figure 1-4-1. Installing 2.5- SAS/SATA Drive inch SAS/SATA Drive 3. After all drives are in the drive tray, slide all of them back into the ARC-8050 RAID storage and make sure you latch the drive trays.
  • Page 12 INSTALLATION • Thunderbolt Computer Port Connection By installing Thunderbolt technology capable computer and ARC-8050 Thunderbolt port using the Thunderbolt cable which is included in your Thunderbolt capable computer. Then connect ARC-8050 RAID storage and Thunderbolt technology capable computer port as shown below: Figure 1-6, Connecting to Thunderbolt Computer •...
  • Page 13 INSTALLATION Figure 1-7, Thunderbolt Computer Daisy Chain Step 3. Connecting Monitor Port (Optional) You can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system, if you want to configure and manage the RAID storage from the clinet system through out-of-band manager. •...

  • Page 14: Mac Users

    1.5.2.1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes detailed instructions for installing the Areca Mac driver & utility for the ARC-8050 on your Apple Thunderbolt capable machine. You must have administrative level permissions to install Mac OS X driver & utility. This can be done in just a few steps! 1.
  • Page 15 INSTALLATION 2. Double-click on the zipped file that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>\packages\MacOS to add the installer on the Finder. 3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the install_mraid on the Finder. The MRAID Installer opens. Click on the "Next" button to begin the installation.
  • Page 16 Interface. You can set up and manage RAID storage inline. CLI performs many tasks at the command line. You can download CLI manual from Areca website or software CD <CDROM>\ DOCS directory. 6. On the Choose Alias Folder screen, click on an icon to choose where you like to create aliases and click on the "Next"...
  • Page 17 INSTALLATION 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. 9. When this screen shows, you have completed the driver installation and click on the "Next" button to continue.

  • Page 18: Configure Raid Volumes

    INSTALLATION 10. After installation is completed, click on the "Done" button to reboot your computer in order to complete installation. 11. The ArcHTTP and ArcCLI are installed at the same time on ARC-8050. Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed, the ArcHTTP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer.
  • Page 19 INSTALLATION • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition There is one “MRAID” icon showing on your desktop. Double- click on the “MRAID” icon to locate your ArcHTTP utility and CLI program file folder. When you double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”, it shows all RAID storages available on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP Con-...
  • Page 20 INSTALLATION Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your volume is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system. You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the Raid Level, Capacity, Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size.

  • Page 21: Format Raid Volumes

    The LCD configuration is described in a separate manual: ARC- 8050_LCD manual. It is available on your Areca CD, in the / docs folder. The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information, status indication, or menus.
  • Page 22 INSTALLATION 2. In the Partition Layout column, click on the “Current” to show the drop-down menu and select the number of parti- tions that you want your RAID storage to have. Each partition will appear as a separate drive on your computer. 3.

  • Page 23: Make A Bootable Raid Volume

    4. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete Areca Volume Upgrade and Clean Install of OS X Mavericks. Power up the Intel-based Mac and Areca volume will be added in the bootable device automatically. 1.5.2.5 Unmounting RAID Volumes...

  • Page 24: Windows Users

    Follow the steps below to install the driver & utility for Windows. 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at "http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_thunderbolt/thunder- bolt.htm", the file name begins with “install_mraid” followed by the version control or insert the ARC-8050 software CD in the CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 25 INSTALLATION 5. When the License Agreement screen appears, read and agree to the license information; then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process. 6. On the Setup Type screen, use the settings to specify these things: and click on the “Next” button to continue.
  • Page 26 MRAID storage manager through a Command Line Interface. You can set up and manage RAID storage inline. CLI performs many tasks at the command line. You can download CLI manual from Areca website or software CD <CDROM>\ DOCS directory.
  • Page 27 INSTALLATION 7. When you reach the installation page, click on the “Install” button to continue. 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. When this screen completes, you have completed the MRAID installation. If you have no ARC-8050 RAID storage unit yet con- nected or powered on, a “MRAID Installer Information”...

  • Page 28: Configure Raid Volumes

    INSTALLATION 10. The ArcHTTP and CLI are installed at the same time on ARC-8050. Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed, the ArcHTTP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer. There is one MRAID icon showing on your “Programs” folder. This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager (by ArcHTTP) and CLI utility.
  • Page 29 INSTALLATION • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition Right-click on the “Start” menu and choose “Programs”. Double-click on the “MRAID” program icon to start the ArcHTTP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs > MRAID >...
  • Page 30 The LCD configuration is described in a separate manual: ARC-8050_LCD manual. It is available on your Areca CD, in the /docs folder. The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information, status indication, or menus.

  • Page 31: Format Raid Volumes

    Windows Explorer. 1.5.3.4 Unmounting RAID Volumes To avoid possible data corruption, Areca recommends that ARC- 8050 RAID storages volume(s) be properly unmounted from the computer prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely...
  • Page 32 INSTALLATION To unmount ARC-8050 RAID storage from a Windows system: 1. Click on the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" icon in the notification area, at the lower right-hand side of your screen, and then, in the list of devices, choose the Thunder- bolt storage volume option that you want to remove.

  • Page 33: Specification

    SPECIFICATION 2. Specification This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage, ARC-8050. (Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage) 2.1 Overview Thunderbolt technology is a revolutionary high-speed, dual proto- col I/O technology designed for performance, simplicity and flex- ibility.
  • Page 34 SPECIFICATION Unsurpassed Data Availability Designed and leveraged with Areca’s existing high performance solution, the RAID storage delivers high-capacity at the best of cost performance value. It supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to al- low two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and perfor- mance.

  • Page 35: Features

    - API libraries support – combine GUI with user management utility - SNMP support for remote monitoring - SMTP support for email notification Important Be sure to update the ArcMSR.kext driver shipping with Mac OS X to V1.3.7 or later from the software CD or from the Areca website.

  • Page 36: Product Features

    SPECIFICATION Function Advantages Features Benefits Bootable Drive Support Provide user the capability of adding bootable drive via Thunderbolt on Apple thunderbolt-capable machine. Advanced Configuration Provide optimized parameter to adjust controlled firmware behavior for smooth data streaming. Controller-level Hardware Board-level hardware encryption manages any Encryption kinds of drives attached to ARC-8050 without impacting the performance for higher levels of...

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