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Areca ARC-1203-2i Installation Manual

6gb/s sata raid cards, pcie 2.0 to 6gb/s sata raid controllers
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6Gb/s SATA RAID Cards
ARC-1203 - 2 ports
(PCIe 2.0 to 6Gb/s SATA RAID Controllers)

Installation Guide

Version: 1.0
Issue Date: October, 2016
Website: http://www.areca.com.tw

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Summary of Contents for Areca ARC-1203-2i

  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    6Gb/s SATA RAID Cards ARC-1203 - 2 ports (PCIe 2.0 to 6Gb/s SATA RAID Controllers) Installation Guide Version: 1.0 Issue Date: October, 2016 Website: http://www.areca.com.tw...

  • Page 2: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Use the following instructions below to install a PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller. Step 1. Unpack Unpack and remove the PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller from the package. Inspect it carefully, if anything is missing or damaged, con- tact your local dealer.
  • Page 3 Step 5. Connect the SATA Cable ARC-1203-2I controller has two SATA internal connectors. If you have not yet connected your SATA cables, use the cables included with your kit to connect the controller to the SATA hard drives.
  • Page 4 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 6. Install the LED Cable (Optional) The 6Gb/s SATA controller provides LED cable header to support the fault/activity status. The global indicator connector is used by the serv- er/desktop system global indicator LED. The following electronics schematic is the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller logical of fault/activity header.
  • Page 5 HARDWARE INSTALLATION A: Individual Fault LED and Global Activity/Fault Indicator Con- nector The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller provides the connector for fault/ activity LED. Connect the cables for the fault/activity LEDs and the respective connector on the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller. The following table is the fault/activity LED signal behavior.
  • Page 6 HARDWARE INSTALLATION B: Areca Serial Bus Connector The following picture and table is the serial bus signal name descrip- tion for the LCD/I C Module Connector (J4). Description Description Power (+5V) LCD Module Interrupt Protect Key LCD Module Serial Data...
  • Page 7 Appendix C of the user manual. Step 11. Configure Volume Set With Areca series RAID cards, there are 4 methods to manage your ARC-1203-2I RAID controller. It can be configured by using the LCD with keypad, McBIOS RAID manager (terminal emulation) or McRAID storage manager (via ArcHTTP proxy utility).
  • Page 8 HARDWARE INSTALLATION utility resides in the ARC-1203-2I RAID controller firmware, opera- tion is independent of any operating systems on your computer. For additional information on using the BIOS on-screen to configure the RAID subsystem see the Chapter 3 “BIOS Configuration” of the user manual.

  • Page 9: Board Layout

    Board Layout The RAID controller can supports two internal SATA ports with 6Gb/s capability. This section provides the board layout and connector/jumper for the ARC-1203-2I SATA RAID controller. Figure 3, ARC-1203-2i 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller Connector Type Description 1. (J1)
  • Page 10 Figure 4, ARC-1203-2i individual Fault/Activity LED for each channel drive and global indicator connector for computer case. Figure 5, Connect to LCD Status Panel...