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Page 1: User Manual
RM16_EX8 SATA RAID Cards USER Manual Version: 1.00 Issue Date: July, 2008 1 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ... - Page 2 The RM16_EX8 with drive RAID controllers provide RAID 6 functionality to meet these demanding requirements. The RM16_EX8 raid engine also provide RAID levels 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, Single Disk or JBOD configurations. Its high data availability and protection is derived from the following...
- Page 3 SNMP agent supports for remote SNMP manager Management Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM or via remote Ethernet Hot key boot-up RM16_EX8 BIOS RAID manager via M/B BIOS Support controller’s API library, allowing customer to write its own AP Support Command Line Interface (CLI)
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Page 4: Hardware Installation
This section describes the procedure for installing the install the PCI E host adapter Before Your Begin Installation Thank you for purchasing the RM16_EX8 raid engine as your RAID data storage and management system. This user guide gives you a simple step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the SATA RAID Controller. - Page 5 Installation Tools The following items may be needed to assist with installing the RM16_EX8 raid engine into an available PCI expansion slot. Small screwdriver Host system hardware manuals and manuals for the disk or enclosure being installed.
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Page 6: Installation
Figure # 3. Next, screw the bracket into the computer chassis. Note: RM16 PCI Express adapter require a PCI-Express x8 slot. To run as x4 slot please refer to Appendix F 6 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ... - Page 7 6. Power up the System Check the installation thoroughly, reinstall the computer cover, and reconnect the power cord cables. Turn on the power switch at the rear of the RM16_EX8(if equipped) and then press the power button of the host computer.
- Page 8 M/B BIOS and change the device boot sequence so that the RM16_EX8 raid engine in the list. If the system BIOS setup does not allow this change, your system may not be configurable to allow the RM16_EX8 raid engine to act as a second boot device.
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Page 9: Driver Installation For Windows
2. Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to access the RM16_EX8 BIOS RAID manager. Use the RM16_EX8 BIOS RAID manager to create the RAID set and volume set to which you will install Windows. - Page 10 9. After the installation is completed, reboot the system to load the new drivers/operating system. 10. See Chapter 5 in this manual to customize your RAID volume sets using RM16_EX8 RAID storage manager. Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System When you reboot the system, log in as a system administrator.
- Page 11 “Device Manager” button. In “Device Manager”, expand the “SCSI and RAID Controllers” section. Right click on the “Areca SATA RAID Adapter” and select “uninstall”. 4. Click “Yes” to confirm removing the RM16_EX8 driver. The prompt to restart the system will then be displayed.
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Page 12: Driver Installation For Linux
Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the RM16_EX8 driver to Red Hat Linux, and SuSE Linux. Before installing the RM16_EX8 driver to the Linux, complete the following actions: 1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation. -
Page 13: Driver Installation For Mac
Driver Installation for Mac 10.x After hardware installation per Hardware installation section - page, the SATA disk drives connected to the RM16_EX8 must be configured and the volume set must be created before they are ready to use by the system. - Page 14 4. Follow the installer steps to install Areca driver, MRAID (archttp64 and arc_cli utility) at the same time. 5. Reboot your Power Mac G5 or Mac Pro system. Normally archttp64 and arc_cli are installed at the same time on our RM16_EX8 RAID adapter. Once archttp64 and arc_cli have been installed, the background task 14 ...
- Page 15 There is one MARID icon showing on your desktop. This icon is for you to start up the RM16_EX8 RAID storage manager (by archttp64) and arc_cli utility. You can also only upgrade the driver, archttp64 or arc_cli individual item that resides at <CD-ROM>\packages\MacOS Arc-cli...
- Page 16 X8 Manager Web Brows ser base Conn nect an Ethe ernet cable to RJ45 con nnection in t the back of RM16_EX8 Obta ain the IP ad ddress from the RM16_ _EX8 LCD di splay Open n web brow Ente er User Nam me is “admin...
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Page 17: Main Menu
Use the “Raid Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions” if you prefer to create multiples RAID sets or customize your system. In this Quick Function the number of physical drives in the RM16_EX8 raid engine determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the RAID set. You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. -
Page 18: Raidset Functions
“Incomplete State”. If the user wants to continue to use the SATA RAID controller, the user can use the “Activate Raid Set” option to active the RAID set. After the user completes this function, the RAID set state will change to “Degraded Mode”. 18 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ... -
Page 19: Volume Set Functions
Click the RAID set number to activate in the select column. Click on the “Submit” button on the screen to activate the RAID set that had a disk removed (or failed) in the power off state. The RM16_EX8 raid engine will continue to work in degraded mode. Create Hot Spare When you choose the “Create Hot Spare”... - Page 20 No Init - There is no initialization happed when you select “No Init” option. This option can be use to rescue volume without losing data in the disk. • Stripe Size 20 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
- Page 21 • SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun SCSI Channel: The RM16_EX8 raid engine function is simulated as a SCSI RAID controller. The host bus is represented as a SCSI channel. Choose the SCSI Channel. SCSI ID: Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card, as well as the card itself, must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number.
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Page 22: Physical Drive
“Create Pass Through” link. The “Select the IDE Drive For Pass Through” screen appears. A pass through disk is not controlled by the RM16_EX8 raid engine firmware, it cannot be a part of a volume set. The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk. -
Page 23: System Controls
The ‘Background Task Priority” is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operation. The RM16_EX8 raid engine allows the user to choose the rebuild priority (UltraLow, Low, Normal, High) to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks appropriately. - Page 24 • Maximum SATA Supported The RM16_EX8 raid engine can support up to SATA ll, which runs up to 300MB/s. NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on native Serial ATA hard drives. It allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time.
- Page 25 • Disk Capacity Truncation Mode RM16_EX8 raid engine use drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other. Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units.
- Page 26 To configure the RM16_EX8 raid engine e-mail function, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “System Controls” link. The “System Controls” menu will show all items. Move the cursor bar to the “Alert By Mail Config” item, then select the desired function.
- Page 27 Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process. 6.9 Information 6.9.1 RaidSet Hierarchy Use this feature to view the RM16_EX8 raid engine current RAID set, current volume set and physical disk configuration. Please reference this chapter “Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets”. 6.9.2 System Information To view the SATA RAID controller’s information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu...
- Page 28 “Hardware Monitor” link. The “Hardware Monitor Information” screen appears. The “Hardware Monitor Information” provides the temperature, and fan speed (I/O Processor fan) of the RM16_EX8 controller. The interface lists two temperatures; one for the I/O processor and the other one for the controller.
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Page 29: Appendix A Upgrading Flash Rom Update Process
Appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process Since the RM16_EX8 raid engine 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 firmware through the In-Band PCI-X/PCIe bus or Out-of-Band Enthernet port RM16_EX8 RAID storage manager. - Page 30 Controller with onboard LAN port, you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port, then enter the RM16_EX8 BIOS RAID manager to configure the network setting. After network setting configured and saved, you can find the current IP address in the "System Information"...
- Page 31 the RM16_EX8 raid engine cache memory in the event of a power failure. The Battery Backup Module monitors the write back cache on the SATA RAID controller, and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs.
- Page 32 Environmental • Operating Temperature Temperature: -25 C to +60 • Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing • Storage Temperature Temperature: -40 C to 85 • Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing Electrical • Input Voltage +3.6VDC • On Board Battery Capacity 1100mAH (1*1100mAH) 32 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
- Page 33 An example of An SNMP management application is Hewlett- Packard’s Open View. The SNMP Extension Agent can be used to augment the RM16_EX8 raid engine if you are already running an SNMP management application at your site.
- Page 34 1. Insert the RM16_EX8 raid engine CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Run the setup.exe file that resides at: <CD-ROM>\packages\windows\http\setup.exe on the CD-ROM. (If SNMP service was not installed, please install SNMP service first.) 3. Click on the “Setup.exe” file then the welcome screen appears.
- Page 35 procedure please refer to <CD-ROM>\packages\FreeBSD\ SNMP\Readme or download from http://www.areca.com.tw 35 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
- Page 36 Delete Volume Warning Volume deleted Modify Volume Warning Volume modified Volume Degraded Urgent Volume degraded Replace HDD Volume Failed Urgent Volume failure Failed Volume Revived Urgent Failed Volume revived Abort Initialization Warning Initialization been aborted Abort Rebuilding Warning Rebuilding aborted 36 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
- Page 37 Check air flow and cooling fan of the enclosure. Fan Failed Urgent Cooling Fan # failure or speed below 1700RPM Check cooling fan of the enclosure and replace with a new one if required. Controller Temp. Recovered Serious Controller temperature back to 37 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
- Page 38 Lost Rebuilding/ MigrationLBA Urgent Some rebuilding/ migration raidset member disks missing before power Reinserted the missing member disk back, controller will continue the incompleted rebuilding/ migration. Note: It depends on models, not every model will encounter all events. 38 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
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Page 39: Raid Concept
In background Initialization, the initialization proceeds as a background task, and the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and without 39 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ... - Page 40 “migrating” state to “migrating+degraded“ state. When the expansion is completed, the volume set would then change to “degraded” mode. If a global hot spare is present, then it further change to the “rebuilding” state. The expansion process is illustrated as following figure. 40 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
- Page 41 The RM16_EX8 raid engine redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks, using the same fault tolerance configuration. The unused capacity on the expand RAID set can then be used to create an additional volume set, with a different fault tolerance setting (if required by the user.)
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Page 42: High Availability
RAID subsystem has since powered off/on. The Hot-Swap function can be used to rebuild disk drives in arrays with data redundancy such as RAID level 1, 10, 3, 5, and 6. 42 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ... -
Page 43: High Reliability
Usually a drive can internally remap bad sectors without external help using cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksums stored at the end of each sector. SATA drives perform automatic defect re-assignment for both 43 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ... -
Page 44: Data Protection
• Recovery ROM The RM16_EX8 raid engine firmware is stored on the flash ROM and is executed by the I/O processor. The firmware can also be updated through the PCI-X/PCIe bus port or Ethernet port (if equipped) without the need to replace any hardware chips. -
Page 45: Appendix F Understanding Raid
The following section discusses the RAID levels supported by the SATA RAID controller. The RM16_EX8 raid engine makes the RAID implementation and the disks’ physical configuration transparent to the host operating system. This means that the host operating system drivers and software utilities are not affected, regardless of the RAID level selected. - Page 46 RAID 5 is more often implemented in RAID arrays. APPENDIX Summary of RAID Levels The RM16_EX8 raid engine supports RAID Level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5 and 6. The table below provides a summary of RAID levels. Features and Performance RAID Level Description Min.
- Page 47 Parity must be the equal to the smallest disk capacity in the array. Parity information normally stored on a dedicated parity disk. 3 Lower than RAID 6; Higher than RAID 3, 5 Transfer rates 47 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
- Page 48 5 Also known Block-Interleaved Distributed Parity. Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all disk. Parity data consumes the capacity of 2 disk drive. 3 Lower than RAID 1, 10, 6; Higher than a single drive Reads similar 48 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
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Page 49: Appendix G - Technical Support
BIOS, driver version, and a detailed description of the problem at http://www.areca.com.tw/ support/ask_a_question.htm Our support team will be glad to answer all your technical enquires. HISTORY Revision Page Description Added upgrading Firmware 3.5 p.141 49 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ... -
Page 50: Version History
through CLI Deleted ARC-1110ML/1120ML/ 3.5 P.10-35 1210ML/1220ML. Added ARC-1201 Added volume data read ahead 3.5 p.78, p.126 function in BIOS and web browser Version History 50 RM16_EX8 User Guide v1.0 ‐ DATOptic.com ...
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