Features - Areca ARC-1880 Series User Manual

INTRODUCTION
ucts and technology are based on extensive testing and validation
process; leverage Areca SAS or SATA RAID controller field-proven
compatibility with operating systems, motherboards, applications
and device drivers.
Easy RAID Management
The controllers contain an embedded McBIOS RAID manager that
can access via hot key at M/B BIOS boot-up screen. This pre-boot
McBIOS RAID manager can use to simplify the setup and manage-
ment of RAID controller. The controller firmware also contains a
browser-based McRAID storage manager which can be accessed
through the Ethernet port or ArcHttp proxy server in Windows,
Linux, FreeBSD and more environments. The McRAID storage man-
ager allows local and remote to create and modify RAID set, vol-
ume set, and monitor RAID status from standard web browser. The
Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility can support one applica-
tion to scan multiple RAID units in the network.

1.2 Features

Controller Architecture
• 800MHz RAID-on-Chip (ROC) processor
• PCIe 2.0 x8 lane host interface
• 512MB on-board DDR2-800 SDRAM with ECC (ARC-1880LP/
1880i/1880x/1880ixl-8/1880ixl-12)
• One 240-pin DIMM socket for DDR2-800 ECC registered
SDRAM module using x8 or x16 chip organization, upgrade
from 1GB (default) to 4GB (ARC-1880ix-12/16/24)
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• Support up to 4/8/12/16/24 internal and/or 4/8 external 6Gb/s
SAS ports
• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
• BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
• BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification)
support
• Support EFI BIOS for Mac Pro
• NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
• Redundant flash image for controller availability
• Battery Backup Module (BBM) ready (Option)
• RoHS compliant
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