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- Page 1 SAS Host Adapters ARC-1330 Series ( PCIe 3.0 x8 Lanes 12Gb/ s SAS Host Adapters ) USER’S Manual Version: 1.2 Issue Date: September, 2021...
- Page 2 Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We confirm ARC-1330 series SAS host adapters have been tested and found compliant with the requirements in the council directive relating to the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC. Regarding to the electromagnetic...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Introduction ..............6 1.1 Overview .................6 1.2 Features ................7 2. Hardware Installation ..........9 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation ..........9 2.2 Board Layout ..............10 2.3 Installation ..............14 1: Internal Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4x SATA Cable ....17 2: Internal Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4xSFF-8482 Cable .. - Page 4 4.3 Driver Installation for Linux ..........45 4.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD .......... 45 4.5 Driver Installation for Mac OS X ........46 4.5.1 Installation Procedures ..........46 4.5.2 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X ....47 Appendix A ..............49 Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Process ........
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Page 6: Introduction
RAID and no-RAID enclosure. Unparalleled Performance Areca PCIe 3.0 x 8 lanes 12Gb/s SAS host adapters are able to connect to 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SATA SAS/SATA hard disk drives, allowing for tiered storage that optimizes costs and perfor- mance. -
Page 7: Features
BIOS boot-up screen. This pre-boot setup utility provides flexibility for customer to optimize the host adapter parameter. API library for customer combines the ARC-1330 series function code to its monitor utility. CLI and API code have supported a system level... - Page 8 INTRODUCTION • Support staggered spin-up, hot-plug and Native Command Queu- ing (NCQ) • Support port multiplier Easy Management • Legacy BIOS setup utility • Supports Command Line Interface (CLI) • API library for customer to write monitor utility • Enclosure management for internal port via LED and SES3/SGPIO •...
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Page 9: Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the ARC-1330 series SAS host adapters. 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the ARC-1330 series host adapters as your data storage subsystem. This user manual gives simple step-by- step instructions for installing and configuring the host adapters. -
Page 10: Board Layout
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Board Layout This section provides the board layout and connector/jumper for the SAS host adapters. Figure 2-1, ARC-1330-8i Host Adapter Connector Type Description 1. (J1) Manufacture Purpose Port 10-pin header 2. (J2) Global Fault/Activity LED 4-pin header 3. - Page 11 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-2, ARC-1330-8x Host Adapter Connector Type Description 1. (J1) Manufacture Purpose Port 10-pin header 2. (J2) Global Fault/Activity LED 4-pin header 3. (CN1) SAS 1-4 Ports (External) SFF-8644 4. (CN2) SAS 5-8 Ports (External) SFF-8644 5. (D1,D3,D5,D7) Fault LED for SAS Port 1-4 (CN1) SMT LED 6.
- Page 12 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-3, ARC-1330-4i4x Host Adapter Connector Type Description 1. (J1) Manufacture Purpose Port 10-pin header 2. (J2) Global Fault/Activity LED 4-pin header 3. (CN1) SAS 1-4 Ports (External) SFF-8644 4. (SCN1) SAS 5-8 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 5. (D1,D3,D5,D7) Fault LED for SAS Port 1-4 (CN1) SMT LED 6.
- Page 13 An ESD grounding strap or mat is required. Also required are standard hand tools to open your system’s case. System Requirement The ARC-1330 series host adapters can be installed in a universal PCIe slot and requires a motherboard that: • Comply with the PCIe x 3.0 x8 lanes It can work on the PCIe 1.0/2.0 expansion slot x1, x4, x8, and...
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Page 14: Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION • Handle the host adapters by its edges or by the metal mounting brackets at its each end. • Before you handle the host adapters in any way, touch a grounded, anti-static surface, such as an unpainted portion of the system chassis, for a few seconds to discharge any built-up static electricity. - Page 15 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-4, Insert ARC-1330 into a PCIe x8 Slot Note: Some PCIe slots on desktop board support only graphics boards, these PCIe slots may be not able to support other add-on cards such as storage adapters. Step 4. Install Cable You can connect the end devices to each other through direct cables or through the SAS expander/backplane connections.
- Page 16 HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following pictures are the cables that can use on ARC-1330 series SAS host adapters with your application. Figure 2-5, SAS Cable Connect to HDD Figure 2-6, Connecting to Backplane...
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Page 17: 1: Internal Mini Sas Hd Sff-8643 To 4X Sata Cable
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1: Internal Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4x SATA Cable The Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4xSATA cables are used for connection between the 12Gb/s SAS Host adapter internal connectors and connectors on the SAS/SATA disk drives or SAS/ SATA connector backplane. -
Page 18: 3: Internal Mini Sas Hd Sff-8643 Cable
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-8, SFF-8643 to 4xSFF-8482 Cable 3: Internal Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 Cable The ARC-1330-4i4x or ARC-1330-8i host adapters have Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 connectors, each of them can support up to four SAS/SATA signals. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 internal connectors backplane. -
Page 19: 4: External Mini Sas Hd Sff-8644 Cable
SAS/SATA signals. Figure 2-10, Mini SAS HD SFF-8644 Cable The following figure shows how to connect the external Mini HD SAS cable from the ARC-1330 series host adapters that has external SFF-8644 connectors to the external drive boxes or drive enclosures. - Page 20 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 5. Install the LED Cable (Optional) The Global Indicator Connector is used by the server global indicator LED. The following electronics schematic is the ARC-1330-4i4x/ARC- 1330-8i host adapters logical of fault/activity header. The signal for each pin is cathode (-) side. The following diagrams and descriptions describe each type of con nector.
- Page 21 HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following table is the fault/activity LED signal behavior. Normal Status Problem Indication Fault LED 1. When the fault LED is lit, 1. When the fault LED is blinking there is no disk present. (2 times/sec), that disk drive has failed and should be hot 2.
- Page 22 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 7. Install Host Adapters Driver In an existing system: • To install the host adapters driver into the existing operating sys- tem. For the detailed installation procedure, please refer to the Chapter 4, Driver Installation. Step 8. Format, Partition and Mount the Volumes After you create a unit, it needs to be partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the operating system.
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Page 23: Host_Bios Setup Manager
[Disk -SAS-3.0] P/I/L=3/03/000 < >Size=34(GB) HUS151436VLS300 #Total device(s):<4>, #Int13 device(s):<4>. Areca SAS BIOS installed! Press <Tab/F6> to enter SETUP menu. 4 second(s) left <ESC to skip>.. The information fields on the adapter setup screen are as follows: Bus: Indicates the PCI Bus number assigned by the system BIOS... - Page 24 The bootable devices need to be put on the first eight devices connected to the controller. Note: It is normal when it appears “No BIOS disk found. Areca SAS controller BIOS not installed!” during system boot. It rep- resents that there was no bootable SAS device such as SAS HDD found after SAS BIOS detected SAS devices.
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Page 25: Main Menu
Esc - Aborts the current context operation, or exits the current screen. If you have changed settings, you will be asked to confirm the exit. Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Physical Devices Miscellaneous Settings... - Page 26 The password is used to protect the SAS host adapter’s Write Protection feature from unauthorized entry.The manufacture default password is set to 0000. Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Physical Devices Verify Original Password...
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Page 27: Physical Devices
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Physical Devices Miscellaneous Settings Please Input Password System Information ********** ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System... -
Page 28: Display Device Information
To view first eight installed devices on the selected host adapter, highlight the “Display Device Information” field and press Enter. A screen similar to the following appears: Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Device Function Physical Devices... -
Page 29: Verify Disk
"Verify Disk" field on the "Device Function" screen and press Enter. A screen similar to the fol- lowing appears: Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Physical Devices Device Function... -
Page 30: Identify Disk
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Physical Devices Device Function Miscellaneous Settings Display Device Information Disk Verify (Don’t Reset Or Power Off The System) System Information Low Level Format Disk... -
Page 31: Miscellaneous Settings
Enter. The selected disk activity indicator will light for physically locationg the selected disk. A screen similar to the following appears: Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Device Function Physical Devices... -
Page 32: Sata Ncq Support
The SAS host adapter allows the user to select the SATA NCQ support: “Enabled” or “Disabled”. Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Miscellaneous Settings Main Menu SATA NCQ Support... -
Page 33: Disk Write Cache
User can set the “Disk Write Cache Mode” to Enabled, or Disabled. “Enabled” increases speed, “Disabled” increases reliability for the selected No. disk drive. Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Miscellaneous Settings SATA NCQ Support SMART Status Polling... -
Page 34: Pcie Read Request Size
The maximum read request size also affects performance because it determines how many read requests are required to fetch the data. Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Miscellaneous Settings Main Menu SATA NCQ Support... -
Page 35: Max. Command Xfer Length
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Miscellaneous Settings SATA NCQ Support SMART Status Polling Main Menu Max. Phy Link Rate Disk Write Cache Physical Devices PCI Interrupt Type Auto Auto Miscellaneous Settings... -
Page 36: Delay Before Driver Load
OS device drivers. This field specifies the number of seconds that the device driver waits for devices to appear. Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Miscellaneous Settings Main Menu SATA NCQ Support... -
Page 37: Clear Persistent Mapping
“Clear Persistent Mapping” from the “Persistent Mapping Config” screen and press Enter. A screen similar to the following ap- pears: Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Miscellaneous Settings Main Menu SATA NCQ Support... -
Page 38: Staggered Spin-Up Config
HBA. To start the clear persistent map- ping, press Y. A screen similar to the following appears: Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Miscellaneous Settings Main Menu SATA NCQ Support... - Page 39 Reset BIOS Parameters ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item ARC-1330 series host adapters have included the option for customer to select the number of disk drives group per stagger power up value. The values can be selected from 1 to 8 disks per step which powers up the system.
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Page 40: Reset Bios Parameters
Reset BIOS Parameters ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item Areca host adapters have included the option for customer to select the group of disk drives sequentially stagger power up value. The values can be selected from... -
Page 41: System Information
To access the host adapters system information properties, high- light the "System Information" field on the main menu screen and press Enter. A screen similar to the following appears: Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu System Information Physical Devices... -
Page 42: Driver Installation
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the ARC-1330 series SAS host adapters device driver to your operating system. The installation pro- cedures use the following terminology: Installing SAS host adapter into an existing operating system... -
Page 43: Driver Installation For Windows
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.2 Driver Installation for Windows The ARC-1330 series host adapters can be used with Microsoft Windows with StorPort Drivers. 4.2.1 Installing Controller on an Existing Win- dows In this scenario, you are installing the controller in an existing Windows system. -
Page 44: Uninstall Controller From Windows
“Device Manager” button. In de- vice manager, expand the “Storage controllers” section. Right click on the “ARECA(X86-32-STORPORT) SAS 12G PCI Host Adapter” and select “Uninstall”. 4. Click Yes to confirm removing the SAS host adapter driver. The... -
Page 45: Driver Installation For Linux
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the ARC-1330 series host adapters driver to Red Hat Linux, SuSE and other versions of Linux. Before installing the ARC-1330 series host adapters driver to the Linux, complete the following actions: 1. -
Page 46: Driver Installation For Mac Os X
4.5.1 Installation Procedures This section describes detailed instructions for installing the Areca Mac driver & CLI utility for the ARC-1330 series on your Intel_ based Mac Pro. You must have administrative level permissions to install Mac driver & utility. You can use the ARCSAS installer to install Mac driver &... -
Page 47: Making Volume Sets Available To Mac Os X
• Command Line Interface (CLI) lets you set up and manage SAS host adapter through a command line interface. CLI performs many tasks at the command line. You can download CLI manual from Areca website or software CD <CDROM>\DOCS directory. 5. A reboot is required to complete the installation. - Page 48 DRIVER INSTALLATION 2. In the Partition Layout column, click on the “Current” to show the drop-down menu and select the number of partitions that you want your SAS host adapter to have. Each partition will appear as a separate drive on your computer. 3.
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Page 49: Upgrading Adapter Flash Rom Process
<CD-ROM>\BIOS\. New releases of the adapter BIOS is available in the form of a DOS file on the shipped CD or Areca website. The following files name is available at the FTP site or the shipping CD. - Page 50 The below example shows that oflashflash utility oflash-h or –help command gets detail information about its sub-command. C:\>oflash ====================================== = Copyright (c) 2009 Areca, Inc. All rights reserved. = Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility, Version: 1.04 ====================================== command: oflash[options]...
- Page 51 APPENDIX C:\>oflash/ l ====================================== = Copyright (c) 2009 Areca, Inc. All rights reserved. = Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility, Version: 1.00 ====================================== Adapter Information Adapter#00 Vendor ID/DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 17D3/1330/01/00 I/O Address: EFC80000 Adapter#01 DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 1330/1/0 I/O Address: CF00 c:\>_ /c Command This /c command uses to select the host adapter for the /r read command or /w write command.
- Page 52 APPENDIX C:\>oflash/c 1 /r 1330bak.bin ====================================== = Copyright (c) 2009 Areca, Inc. All rights reserved. = Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility, Version: 1.00 ====================================== Controller Information Controller#01 DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 1330/1/0 I/O Address: CF00 Current : Adapter #00 [AT25F2048] Writing 262144 bytes into file 1330bak.bin: 100% Read flash OK c:\>_...
- Page 53 APPENDIX The following step by step instructions provide the process to update the flash. 1. Make the SAS adapter’s BIOS package on bootable floppy disk or USB devices. 2. Insert the oflash floppy disk or USB device and restart your computer.