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- Page 1 SATA RAID Cards ARC-1200 ( 2-Port PCIe x1 to SATA RAID Controller ) Quick Installation Guide Version: 1.1 Issue Date: November, 2008...
- Page 2 Microsoft WHQL Windows Hardware Compatibility Test Areca is committed to submitting products to the Microsoft Windows Hard- ware Quality Labs (WHQL), which is required for participation in the Windows Logo Program. Successful passage of the WHQL tests results in both the “De- signed for Windows”...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Introduction................4 1.1 Overview................. 4 1.2 Package Contents ..............4 1.3 Features.................. 4 2. Hardware Installation ............... 6 2.1 Board layout ................6 2.2 Installation ................7 3. Support RAID Levels..............16 3.1 RAID 0 .................. 16 3.2 RAID 1 .................. 16 3.3 JBOD .................. -
Page 4: Introduction
Quick Installation Guide 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview Thank you for purchasing the ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller. Please take a few minutes to read this quick installation guide before you install the controller. If you need more detailed information about this SATA RAID Controller, refer to the related documents on your MCRAID Soft- ware Suite CD. - Page 5 Operating System • Windows Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000 • RedHat Linux • SuSE Linux • FreeBSD • Novell Netware 6.5 • Solaris 10 x86/x86_64 • SCO Unixware 7.1.4 • Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 Leopard (For latest supported OS listing visit http://www.areca.com.tw)
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Page 6: Hardware Installation
Quick Installation Guide 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 Board layout Figure 1-1, ARC-1200 (2-port PCIe X1 SATA RAID Controller) Connector Type Description 1.(J6) Reserved 12-pin Box header 2.(J1) Reserved 12-pin header 3.(J5) Individual Fault LED header 4-pin header 4.(J4) Individual HDD LED header 4-pin header 5.(J2) -
Page 7: Installation
Figure 1-2. Then screw the bracket into the computer chassis. Figure 1-2, Insert ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller into a PCIe slot Note: The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller requires a PCIe x1 slot (can operate in x2, x4, x8 and x16 slot). - Page 8 HDD cage, and follow this rule. Step 4. Connect the SATA cable The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller has two SATA internal connectors, use the cables which included in your kit. Connect the controller to the SATA hard drives. The cable connectors are all identical, so it does not matter which end you connect to your controller, SATA hard drive, or cage backplane SATA connector.
- Page 9 Quick Installation Guide Step 5. Install the LED cable (optional) The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller provides two kinds of LED status connectors. The Fault/Activity and Global header intelligent electronics logic is as below. The following position layout is for ARC-1200 Individual LED indicator connector, for each channel and Global LED indicator connector.
- Page 10 Refer to the ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite CD for detailed on Installing LED connector. Step 6. Re-check the SATA HDD LED and Fault LED Cable con-...
- Page 11 Quick Installation Guide Note: You can view the supported operating systems and download the latest drivers for SATA RAID Cards on the Areca web site at: http://www.areca.com.tw/support/main.htm. Step 7. Power up the System Check the installation throughly, reinstall the computer cover, and reconnect the power cords.
- Page 12 While the desired adapter is highlighted, press the <Enter> key to enter the Main Menu of the McBIOS RAID manager. I/O Port Addr:FD700000h, F2 (Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup...
- Page 13 Quick Installation Guide For more detailed configuration about McBIOS RAID manager, refer to chapter 3 of ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite CD. The controller can also be configured through the McRAID storage manager software utility with ArcHttp proxy server installed.
- Page 14 RAID manager provides all of the creation, manage- ment, and monitor SATA RAID controller status. For more information about ArcHttp proxy server installation, refer to Chapter 5 of ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite CD. For SNMP agent function, please refer to Appendix C of ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite CD.
- Page 15 ArcHttp proxy server on your server system. If you need additional information about McRAID Storage Manager, refer to Chapter 6 of ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite CD. SNMP Manager Console Integration •...
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Page 16: Support Raid Levels
RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is an array of multiple independent hard disk drives that provides high performance and fault tolerance. The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controlller supports disk arrays using the following RAID levels: 3.1 RAID 0... -
Page 17: Single Disk (Pass Through Disk)
Quick Installation Guide 3.4 Single Disk (Pass Through Disk) Pass through disk refers to a drive that is not controlled by the RAID firmware and thus can not be a part of a RAID volume. The drive is available to the operating system as an individual disk.