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Areca Expander Box
ARC-8028 SAS Expander Box
USER'S Manual
Version: 1.2
Issue Date: December, 2014

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  • Page 1 Areca Expander Box ARC-8028 SAS Expander Box USER’S Manual Version: 1.2 Issue Date: December, 2014...
  • Page 2 Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We confirm ARC-8028 has been tested and found compliant with the requirements in the council directive relating to the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC. Regarding to the electromagnetic compatibility, the fol-...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Introduction ..............4 1.1 Overview ................4 1.2 Technical Specifications ............5 2. Hardware Installation ..........8 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation ..........8 2.2 Board Layout & Outline ............8 2.3 Installation ..............14 3. LCD Configuration Manager ........22 3.1 Using Local Front Panel Touch-Control Keypad ..... 22 3.2 Navigation Map of the LCD ..........

  • Page 4: Introduction

    12Gb/s SAS SFF-8644 connectors. It is designed to fit into a stand-alone box and can be installed in a 5.25” mounting shell. The ARC-8028 is ideal for enclosure customers that want to support up to 24/32 channels 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA JBOD function units using SFF-8643 SAS cables.

  • Page 5: Technical Specifications

    SATA disk drives. The SAS protocol defines a mechanism that has been implemented in the SAS expanders to guarantee fair ac- cess between drives in a domain. With ARC-8028 SAS expander, you can build large and complex storage topologies.
  • Page 6 Introduction Drives SAS Hot-Plug Hard Drives • Up to 24/32 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s or 3Gb/s SAS HDD/SSD SATA Hot-Plug Hard Drives • Up to 24/32 6Gb/s or 3Gb/s SATA HDD/SSD Internal Connectors • 6/8 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 connectors • 1 x 6-pin PCI-E power connector •...
  • Page 7 –40° to 70°C Relative Humidity • Operating 10% to 80% (non-condensing) • Storage 5% to 95% (non-condensing) External Internal External Internal Model Name Interface SAS Ports SAS Ports Connector Connector ARC-8028-24 12 Gb/s SAS SFF-8644 SFF-8643 ARC-8028-32 12 Gb/s SAS SFF-8644 SFF-8643...

  • Page 8: Hardware Installation

    Package Contents Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. The ARC-8028 expander box kit may have included the following items in the shipping package: • ARC-8028 expander box with LCD module •...
  • Page 9 12Gb/s SAS 17-20 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 9. (SCN6) 12Gb/s SAS 13-16 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 10. (SCN7) 12Gb/s SAS 9-12 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 11. (SCN8) 12Gb/s SAS 5-8 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 12. (SCN9) 12Gb/s SAS 1-4 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 Table 2-1, ARC-8028-24 Connectors and Status...
  • Page 10 9. (SCN5) 12Gb/s SAS 1-8 Ports (Internal) Dual 4-Lane SFF-8643 10. (SCN6) 12Gb/s SAS 9-16 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 11. (SCN7) 12Gb/s SAS 17-24 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 12. (SCN8) 12Gb/s SAS 25-32 Ports (Internal) SFF-8643 Table 2-2, ARC-8028-32 Connectors and Status...
  • Page 11 10. (J4) Power 2 Status Input 2-Pin Header 11. (JP1) Individual Activity LED for 12Gb/s SAS 1-8 8-Pin Header Ports (for ARC-8028-24 only) 12. (JP2) Individual Activity LED for 12Gb/s SAS 9-16 8-Pin Header Ports (for ARC-8028-24 only) 13. (JP3)
  • Page 12 SW2 (4) FAN CONTROL ENABLE DISABLE Table 2-3, ARC-8028-24/32 Jumpers and Switches Note: • Fan Headers (FAN1~FAN4) The box has four 3-pin fan headers, pin (1, 2, 3)=(GND, Power Input, Signal Input), which can control and detect the fan speed.
  • Page 13 Hardware Installation Figure 2-3, Front View of ARC-8028-24 Figure 2-4, Front View of ARC-8028-32 The following describes the ARC-8028-24/32 expander box link/ac- cess LED. Expander Port LED Status Link LED 1. When host port link LED is lit for 1 second and turns off (Green light) for 3 seconds that indicates the one link has connected.

  • Page 14: Installation

    Step 3. Mounting ARC-8028 Expander Box into the Enclosure Remove the enclosure cover and find a 5.25 inch CD-ROM wide place to fasten the ARC-8028 expander box in the external enclo- sure. The expander box requires one 5.25” half-height drive bay.
  • Page 15 Hardware Installation Step 5. Install the LED Cable (Optional) Please check the method which controls fault LED on the back- plane. If the backplane supports SGPIO feature, ignore the indi- vidual fault LED cable connection. The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the Min SAS HD SFF-8643 internal connector.
  • Page 16 Step 6. Connecting SFF-8643 Cable to Backplane The ARC-8028 expander box supports 6/8 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 connectors on the back side. User uses suitable cable (depends on the backplane) to connect the expander box connector to the...
  • Page 17 Hardware Installation Step 7. Setting Up the Dual Expander Mode (Optional) If you don’t want to support dual expander mode, you can skip this step to step 8. To set up the dual function of the expanders, you must perform the following hardware step: - Connecting the Heartbeat Bus Connect the 7-pin cable to the dual expander J3 header (2 x 4 2.54mm) of the primary and secondary expanders.
  • Page 18 RAID controller through the Min SAS HD SFF-8644 SAS cable. By installing host adapter port and ARC-8028 expander box using the correct external cables which may be included in your enclo- sure kits.
  • Page 19 RS-232C signals from the RJ11 into the one 9-pin D-Sub male con- nector. Step 12. Add More Expander Boxes (Optional) ARC-8028 expander box can run in one of two modes: 1. Normal Mode 2. Zone Mode You must select either mode using the CLI utility and restart the ARC-8028 expander enclosure again.
  • Page 20 Step 14. Configure ARC-8028 Expander Box The ARC-8028 expander box is normally delivered with LCD pre- installed. Your ARC-8028 expander box can be managed by using the LCD with keypad or a serial device (terminal emulation).
  • Page 21 • Method 1: LCD Panel with Keypad You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply man- age the ARC-8028 expander box. The LCD status panel also in- forms you of the expander’s current system functions at a glance.

  • Page 22: Lcd Configuration Manager

    The front panel keypad and LCD is connected to the ARC-8028 SAS expander box to access the built-in configuration that resides in the SAS ex- pander box’s firmware.
  • Page 23 Submit selected icon function (Confirm a selected item) ESC Key Return to previous screen (Exit a selection configuration) There are a variety of failure conditions that cause the ARC-8028 expander box monitoring LED to light. Below table provides a sum- mary of the front panel LED.

  • Page 24: Navigation Map Of The Lcd

    LCD Configuration Manager 3.2 Navigation Map of the LCD The password option allows user to set or clear the SAS expander box’s password protection feature. Once the password has been set, the user can only monitor and configure the SAS expander box by providing the correct password.
  • Page 25 LCD Configuration Manager • Alerts Menu Show which device that fail to work, its sub-items could be "Power Supply", "Fan", "Temp. Sensor" and "Voltage Sensor". • Voltage Show enclosure chip voltage in status data, represent in V. The sub-items are shown as below: 1.2V- , the expander box voltage is 1.2V 5V- , the expander box voltage is 5V For the setup item, the LCM key represent:...
  • Page 26 LCD Configuration Manager • Set Password Change the enclosure LCM/UART CLI password. The sub-item is "Set New PWD". • Save Config Save all the updated option value into non-volatile memory area. • System Reset Reboot the system.

  • Page 27: Cli Manager

    Whichever terminal emulation program is used must sup- port the 1K XMODEM file transfer protocol. The serial port on the ARC-8028 box’s I/O shield can be used in VT100 mode. The provided interface cable converts the RS232 signal of the RJ11 connector on the SAS expander controller into a 9-pin D-Sub male connector.

  • Page 28: Rs-232C Port Pin Assignment

    CLI Manager 4.1 RS-232C Port Pin Assignment To ensure proper communications between the SAS expander box and the VT-100 Terminal Emulation, Please configure the VT100 Terminal Emulation settings to the values shown below: Terminal requirement Connection Null-modem cable Baud Rate 115,200 Data bits Stop...
  • Page 29 CLI Manager Step 2. Open “HYPERTRM.EXE”. Step 3. Enter a name you prefer and then click “OK”.
  • Page 30 CLI Manager Step 4. Select an appropriate connecting port and then click "OK". Step 5. Configure the port parameter settings and then click “OK”. Bits per second: 115200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None Step 6. Open the file menu and select “Properties”.
  • Page 31 CLI Manager Step 7. Configure the "Connect To" setting. Step 8. Configure the "Settings" items and then click "OK". Function, arrow and ctrl keys act as: Terminal Keys Backspace key sends: Crtl+H Emulation: VT100 Telnet terminal: VT100 Back scroll buffer lines: 500...

  • Page 32: Cli Command

    CLI Manager 4.3 CLI Command This section provides detail information about the SAS expander- box’s CLI function. All the commands please type in lower case. • HELP Command This command provides an on-line table of contents, providing brief descriptions of the help sub-commands. You can use the <CLI>...

  • Page 33: Lo Command

    CLI Manager 8 chars and min. 4 chars. The manufacture default password is “0000”. Syntax CLI>pass Example: CLI>pass Old Password:**** New Password:**** Verify New Password:**** Password Changed But Not Save Permanently! Note, use CLI command “st” to keep permanently. • LO Command To exit the selected expander box CLI shell, use the lo command.
  • Page 34 CLI Manager PS. Pls. Save Config. & Reboot To Take Effect CLI>st Example: CLI>link c0,c1 6g 3g ;;;;; set cable0 and cable1 link speed range [ 6G(10), 3G(9)] CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. 2. Set all slots with same link speed rate Syntax CLI>link [Index(D)| 255] High-Rate(D) Low-Rate(D) Index: Slot Index...
  • Page 35 CLI Manager NAME TYPE ADDRESS SLOT 01 SATA 5001B469-189AE00D SLOT 02 SAS 5011B469-189AE00C SLOT 03 SATA 5011B469-189AE00E SLOT 04 SATA 5011B469-189AE00F SLOT 05 SATA 5011B469-189AE009 SLOT 06 6G 12G SATA 5011B469-189AE008 SLOT 07 SATA 5011B469-189AE00A SLOT 08 SATA 5011B469-189AE00B SLOT 09 SATA 5011B469-189AE005 SLOT 10 SATA 5011B469-189AE004...

  • Page 36: Edfb Command (Same As "Dhpm")

    CLI Manager SLOT 09 SATA 5011B469-189AE005 SLOT 10 SATA 5011B469-189AE004 SLOT 11 SAS 500000E0-168F8E92 SLOT 12 SAS 500000E0-168F8E99 NOTE: 1. If EDFB is enabled, it will keep NLR=12G. • EDFB Command (Same as “DHPM”) Use for 3G/6G SAS/SATA drive speed up as 12G drive perfor- mance.
  • Page 37 CLI Manager SLOT 09 SATA 5011B469-189AE005 SLOT 10 SATA 5011B469-189AE004 SLOT 11 SAS 500000E0-168F8E92 SLOT 12 SAS 500000E0-168F8E99 CLI>edfb on 2,12 ;;;;; set drive slot 2,12 on CLI>st Reset or PowerCycle CLI>link ArrayDevice Element (0x17): ======================================== NAME TYPE ADDRESS SLOT 01 SATA 5001B469-189AE00D SLOT 02 6G 12G...

  • Page 38: Th Command

    CLI Manager • TH Command The th command allows you to set the operate device tempera- ture warning limit. Typical parameters include: High-Warn and Low-Warn are warning temperature in Celsius. Syntax CLI>th Index High-Warn Low-Warn Example: CLI>th Temperature Element (0x04): ======================================== NAME CT(‘C)
  • Page 39 CLI Manager Chip Temp Slot01 Temp Slot02 Temp Slot03 Temp Slot04 Temp Slot05 Temp Slot06 Temp Slot07 Temp Slot08 Temp Slot09 Temp Slot10 Temp Slot11 Temp Slot12 Temp CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. CLI>th Temperature Element (0x04): ======================================== NAME CT(‘C) OTWarn ENC.

  • Page 40: Group Command

    CLI Manager Slot10 Temp Slot11 Temp Slot12 Temp • GROUP Command The group command is used to associate the external port with the devices/phys as one zone group. The three external cable ports and all devices/phys slots will default associate with one zone group.
  • Page 41 CLI Manager Group-1: C0, C1, C2 Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Value: 0x0000000FFFFFFFFF //Set the cable1 and cable2 and slot 7 to slot 16 as group 2 CLI>gr dev 2 c1, c2 7 16 New PHY Group Mode: T10 Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Value: 0x00000000000FFC00...

  • Page 42: Sys Command

    Syntax CLI>sys Example: CLI>sys ======================================== Hardware Revision Information:- ======================================== Vendor ID : Areca Technology Co Ltd. Taiwan, R.O.C Model ID : ARC-8028 Serial No. : 0000000000000000 Unit Serial No. Expander SAS Address : 0x5001B469189AE03F Product Revision...

  • Page 43: Bu Command

    CLI Manager Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0 Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10000000 Firmware Copy 1: Revision: 100.BD.01.0A 01/06/14 Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0 Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10100000 Firmware Copy 2: [Active] Revision: 100.BD.01.0A 01/06/14 Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0 Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10200000 HAL Revision: 0.1.0.0 SES Revision: 0.1.0.0 SCE Revision: 0.1.0.0...

  • Page 44: Fan Command

    CLI Manager the next different event. CLI>BU MUTE When expander alarm with buzzer, you can disable it completely by command “bu 0 0”. If you would like to enable beeper, the command for default settings will be “bu 2 3”. •...

  • Page 45: Spin Command

    CLI Manager Lowest SpeedCode: 2 Warning SpeedCode: 5 CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. CLI>fan Cooling Element (0x03): ======================================== SPEED NAME CODE STATUS Fan 01 4140 Fan 02 4630 Fan 03 4140 Fan 04 4490 Current FAN Speed Attribute: Lowest SpeedCode: 3 Warning SpeedCode: 7 Fan internal command for different fan speed type: fan -t [high | normal | low | vlow]...

  • Page 46: St Command

    CLI Manager mum time without straining the system power supply. Stagger- ing drive spin-up in a multiple drive environment also avoids the extra cost of a power supply designed to meet short-term startup power demand as well as: Syntax CLI>spin [Delay(D)[ms] Num(D)] Expander issues the spin up the drives by [Num] drives with [De- lay] ms.

  • Page 47: Lsd Command

    CLI Manager 2. Store factory default configurations in flash Syntax CLI>st [default] Example: CLI>st default ;;;;; restore the setting to default CLI> • LSD Command The lsd command is use for show the element devices status in the expander controller. With parameter, this command only show the seletct device status.
  • Page 48 CLI Manager Connector Element (0x19): ======================================== NAME TYPE ROUTE CONNECTED-ADDRESS Connector00 Connector00 Connector00 Connector00 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Cooling Element (0x03): ======================================== SPEED NAME CODE STATUS Fan 01 2100 Fan 02 2200...

  • Page 49: Showlogs Command

    CLI Manager PowerSupply02 AudibleAlarm Element (0x06): ======================================== NAME STATUS ALMSTATE Audible-Alarm Normal CLI> • SHOWLOGS Command The showlogs command allows you to display system event no- tifications that have been generated event by the SAS expander box. Syntax CLI>showlogs [DisplayMode(hex, detail, default)] Example: CLI>showlogs 00000000-00000000:PLATFORM:Firmware initialization started...
  • Page 50 CLI Manager 1. Open any UART communication tools like HypeTerminal( 115200,n,8,1). 2. Press any key on HyperTerminal window, the window will show “CLI>” prompt. 3. Type help will show help screen. 4. One command to update firmware. Step as follow. 5.

  • Page 51: Counters Reset Command

    CLI Manager 2. Data file (MFGB) : mfg12gYYMMDD.dat Update SAS expander firmware: CLI>fdl code Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to transfer sas3xfwYYMMDD.fw. If transfer OK, the transfered data is updated. Cold-start expander (Power cycle again) to take effect. Update SAS expander data file: CLI>fdl mfgb Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to...

  • Page 52: Sasaddr Command

    CLI Manager Phy 15 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 16 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 17 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 18 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 19 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 20 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 21 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 22 0x00000000 0x00000000...
  • Page 53 CLI Manager The cable c0, c1, c2, or c3 is view from right to left or start from top to bottom. Example: CLI>sub c0,c1 ; set cable0 and cable1 as subtractive ports CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. 2. Set internal slot link ports Syntax CLI>sub [0..47] Index:0..47 Internal Slot Index...

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