Page 1: User Manual
SATA RAID Cards ARC-1110/1120/1130/1160/1170 ( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Adapter ) ARC-1110ML/1120ML/1130ML/1160ML ( 4/8-port Infinband connector and 12/16-port Multi-lane connector PCI-X SATA RAID Adapter ) ARC-1210/1220/1230/1260/1280 ( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Adapter ) ARC-1230ML/1260ML/1280ML (12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Adapter) USER Manual Version: 3.2...
Page 2: Fcc Statement
Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), which is required for participation in the Windows Logo Program. Successful passage of the WHQL tests results in both the “Designed for Windows” logo for qualifying ARECA PCI-X and PCI-Express SATA RAID controllers and a listing on the Microsoft Hard- ware Compatibility List (HCL).
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Introduction .............. 10 1.1 Overview ............... 10 1.2 Features ................ 12 1.3 RAID Concept ..............15 1.3.1 RAID Set ..............15 1.3.2 Volume Set ..............15 1.3.3 Ease of Use Features ..........16 1.3.3.1 Instant Availability/Background Initialization .... 16 1.3.3.2 Array Roaming .............
Page 4 3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager ........53 3.2 McBIOS Configuration manager ......... 54 3.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets ......55 3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares ........55 3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration ....56 3.6 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function Method ......
Page 5 3.7.5.1 Mute The Alert Beeper ........... 85 3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting ..........86 3.7.5.3 Change Password ..........86 3.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Function ..........87 3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority ........88 3.7.5.6 Maximum SATA Mode ..........88 3.7.5.7 HDD Read Ahead Cache ......... 89 3.7.5.8 Stagger Power On ..........
Page 6 5.5 For Mac OS 10.X ............111 5.6 Email Notification ............111 5.6.1 Start-up Mail Configuration for Local8Administration ..111 5.6.1.1 For Windows ............111 5.6.1.2 For Linux/FreeBSD ..........112 5.6.2 Start-up Mail Configuration for RemoteAdministration ..112 • SMTP Server Configuration ..........113 •...
Page 7 6.6.3 Modify Volume Set ............ 128 6.6.3.1 Volume Set Migration ........... 128 6.6.4 Check Volume Set ............ 129 6.6.5 Stop VolumeSet Check ..........130 6.7 Physical Drive .............. 130 6.7.1 Create Pass-Through Disk .......... 130 6.7.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk .......... 131 6.7.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk ..........
Page 8 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager ... 146 Upgrading Entire Flash ROM ImageThrough Arcflash DOS Utility 147 Appendix B ..............150 Battery Backup Module (ARC-1620-BAT) ........ 150 BBM Components ............150 BBM Specifications ............150 Installation ..............151 Battery Backup Capacity ..........151 Operation ..............
Page 9 XOR-Engine ..............170...
Page 10: Introduction
The 4 and 8 port SATA RAID controllers are low-profile PCI cards, ideal for 1U and 2U rack-mount systems. These cards utilize the same RAID kernel that has been field-proven in existing external RAID controller products, allowing Areca to quickly bring stable and reliable RAID controllers to the market. Unparalleled Performance Areca RAID controllers provide reliable data protection for desk- tops, workstations, and servers.
Page 11 INTRODUCTION 4/8 channel SATA PCI-X controller chips, which can simultaneously communicate with the host system and read or write data on mul- tiple drives. Unsurpassed Data Availability As storage capacity requirements continue to rapidly increase, us- ers require greater levels of disk drive fault tolerance, which can be implemented without doubling the investment in disk drives.
Page 12: Features
INTRODUCTION accessed through the ArcHttp Proxy Server function in Windows, Linux and FreeBSD environments. This Web browser-based RAID management utility allows both local and remote creation and modification RAID sets, volume sets, and monitoring of RAID status from standard web browsers. 1.2 Features Adapter Architecture •...
Page 13: Operating System
• Push Button and LCD display panel Operating System • Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 • Red Hat Linux • SuSE Linux • FreeBSD • Novell Netware 6.5 • Solaris 10 X86/X86_64 • SCO Unixware 7.X.X • Mac OS 10.X (no_bootable) (For latest supported OS listing visit http://www.areca.com.tw)
Page 14 INTRODUCTION Internal PCI-X RAID Card Comparison (ARC-11XX) 1110 1120 1130 1160 1170 RAID processor IOP331 Host Bus Type PCI-X 133MHz RAID 6 support Cache Memory 256MB 256MB One SO- One SO- One SO- DIMM DIMM DIMM Drive Support 4 * SATA ll 8 * SATA ll 12 * SATA ll 16 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll...
Page 15: Raid Concept
INTRODUCTION Internal PCI-Express RAID Card Comparison (ARC-12XX) 1230ML 1260ML 1280ML 1280 RAID processor IOP341 Host Bus Type PCI-Express X8 RAID 6 support Cache Memory One DDR2 DIMM (Default 256MB, Upgrade to 2GB) Drive Support 12 * SATA ll 16 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll Disk Connector...
Page 16: Ease Of Use Features
INTRODUCTION for the desired RAID level, then the volume set can be created in the existing raid set of the user’s choice. In the illustration, Volume 1 can be assigned a RAID 5 level of operation while Volume 0 might be assigned a RAID 10 level of operation.
Page 17: Online Capacity Expansion
INTRODUCTION the configuration settings in the event of controller failure. Array roaming allows the administrators the ability to move a comple- tele raid set to another system without losing RAID configuration information or data on that raid set. So, if a server fails, the raid set disk drives can be moved to another server with an identical RAID card and the disks can be inserted in any order.
Page 18 INTRODUCTION The expansion process is illustrated as following figure. The RAID subsystem controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks, using the same fault-tolerance configuration. The unused capacity on the ex- pand raid set can then be used to create an additional volume set, with a different fault tolerance setting (if required by the user.) The RAID subsystem controller redistributes the original vol-...
Page 19: Online Raid Level And Stripe Size Migration
1.3.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities, a system with Areca online RAID level/stripe size migration allows a simplified upgrade to any supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system.
Page 20: High Availability
INTRODUCTION transparently while the volumes are online, but, at the end of the process, the operating system will detect free space at after the existing volume; the free space will not automatically be incorporated into the existing operating system partition. Windows, NetWare and other advanced operating systems sup- port volume expansion, which enables you to incorporate the additional free space within the volume into the operating sys-...
Page 21: Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support
INTRODUCTION global hot spare disk drive. To effectively use the global hot spare feature, you must always maintain at least one drive that is marked as a global spare. Important The hot spare must have at least the same capacity as the drive it replaces.
Page 22: Auto Rebuilding
INTRODUCTION 1.4.4 Auto Rebuilding If a hot spare is available, the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails. ARC-11xx/12xx RAID adapters automatically and transparently rebuild failed drives in the background at user-de- finable rebuild rates. If a hot spare is not available, the failed disk drive must be re- placed with a new disk drive so that the data on the failed drive can be automatically rebuilt and so that fault tolerance can be maintained.
Page 23: High Reliability
RAID controller firmware that probes the drive and look at it. S.M.A.R.T. can often predict a problem before failure occurs. Areca controllers will recognize a S.M.A.R.T. error code and notify the administer of an impending hard drive failure. 1.5.2 Auto Reassign Sector Under normal operation, even initially defect-free drive media can develop defects.
Page 24: Consistency Check
1.6 Data Protection 1.6.1 BATTERY BACKUP Areca controllers are armed with a Battery Backup Module (BBM). While a Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) protects most servers from power fluctuations or failures, a BBM provides an additional level of protection.
Page 25: Recovery Rom
INTRODUCTION replacement is necessary. 1.6.2 RECOVERY ROM The RAID subsystem firmware is stored on the controller flash ROM and is executed by the I/O processor. The firmware can also be updated through the PCI-X/PCIe bus port or Ethernet port (if equipped) without the need to replace any hardware chips.
Page 26: Raid 1
INTRODUCTION speed data throughput. RAID 0 breaks up data into smaller blocks and then writes a block to each drive in the array. Disk strip- ing enhances performance because multiple drives are accessed simultaneously; the reliability of RAID Level 0 is less because the entire array will fail if any one disk drive fails, due to a lack of redundancy.
Page 27: Raid 1E
Therefore, all the characteristics for a traditional RAID 1E apply to a RAID 1E when the latter has an even number of disks. Areca RAID 1E offers a little more flexibility in choosing the number of disks that can be used to constitute an array.
Page 28: Raid 5
INTRODUCTION the array. The parity data created during the exclusive-or is then written to the last drive in the array. If a single drive fails, data is still available by computing the exclusive-or of the contents cor- responding strips of the surviving member disk. RAID 3 is best for applications that require very fast data- transfer rates or long data blocks.
Page 29: Raid 6
INTRODUCTION 1.7.6 RAID 6 RAID 6 provides the highest reliability, but is not yet widely used. It is similar to RAID 5, but it performs two different parity com- putations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data. RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater than RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for dis- tributed parity data.
Page 30 INTRODUCTION Also known Block-Interleaved Parity. Lower Transfer Reads are twice as fast Data and parity information is subdivided than RAID rates more as a single disk; and distributed across all disks. Parity must similar be the equal to the smallest disk capacity Higher to RAID Writes are similar to a...
Page 31: Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the ARC-11xx/12xx series controllers. 2.1 Before Your begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the SATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system. This user guide gives simple step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the SATA RAID Controller.
Page 32: Board Layout
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Board Layout Follow the instructions below to install a PCI RAID Card into your PC / Server. Figure 2-1, ARC-1110/1120 (4/8-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller) Figure 2-2, ARC-1210/1220 (4/8-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Con- troller)
Page 33 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-3, ARC-1110ML/1120ML (4/8-port PCI-X SATA RAID Con- troller) Figure 2-4, ARC-1130/1160 (12/16-port PCI-X SATA RAID Control- ler)
Page 34 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-5, ARC-1130ML/1160ML (12/16-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller) Figure 2-6, ARC-1230/1260 (12/16-port PCI-EXpress SATA RAID Controller)
Page 35 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-7, ARC-1170 (24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller) Figure 2-8, ARC-1280 (24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controller)
Page 36: Tools Required
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-9, ARC-1230ML/1260ML/1280ML (12/16/24-port PCI-Ex- press SATA RAID Controller) Tools Required An ESD grounding strap or mat is required. Also required are stan- dard hand tools to open your system’s case. System Requirement The controller can be installed in a universal PCI slot and requires a motherboard that: ARC-11xx series required one of the following: •...
Page 37: Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION SATA RAID adapter into an available PCI expansion slot. • Small screwdriver • Host system hardware manuals and manuals for the disk or enclosure being installed. Personal Safety Information To ensure personal safety as well as the safety of the equipment: •...
Page 38 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 1. Unpack Unpack and remove the PCI RAID card from the package. Inspect it carefully, if anything is missing or damaged, contact your local dealer. Step 2. Power PC/Server Off Turn off computer and remove the AC power cord. Remove the system’s cover.
Page 39 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 4. Mount the Cages or Drives Remove the front bezel from the computer chassis and install the Cages or SATA Drives in the computer chassis. Loading drives to the drive tray if cages are installed. Be sure that the power is con- nected to either the Cage backplane or the individual drives.
Page 40 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 5-2. Connect the Multi-lance cable Model ARC-11XXML has multi-lance internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SATA drives. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with a Multi-lance connector (SFF-8470) backplane. Multi-lance cables are not included in the ARC-11XXML package.
Page 41 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-14, Min SAS 4i to 4*SATA Step 5-4. Connect the Min SAS 4i to Multi-lance cable Model ARC-1230ML/1260ML/1280ML have Min SAS 4i internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SATA drives. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with a Multi- lance connector (SFF-8470) backplane.
Page 42 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 6 Install the LED cable (optional) ARC-1XXX Series Fault/Activity Header Intelligent Electronics Schematic The intelligent LED controller outputs a low-level pulse to deter- mine if status LEDs are attached to pin sets 1 and 2. This allows automatic controller configuration of the LED output.
Page 43 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Note: A cable for the global indicator comes with your computer sys- tem. Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with a drive cage, or you may need to purchase them. A: Global Indicator Connector If the system will use only a single global activity indicator, attach the LED to the first two pins of the connector.
Page 44 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-18, ARC-1170 global LED connection for Computer Case. Figure 2-19, ARC-1280 global LED connection for Computer Case. Figure 2-20, ARC-1230ML/ 1260ML/1280ML global LED connection for Computer Case.
Page 45 HARDWARE INSTALLATION B: Individual LED indicator connector Connect the cables for the drive activity LEDs and fault LEDs be- tween the backplane of the cage and the respective connector on the SATA RAID controller. The following describes the fault/activ- ity LED. Normal Status Problem Indication Disk Activity...
Page 46 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-23, ARC-1170 Individual LED indicators connector, for each chan- nel drive. Figure 2-24, ARC-1280 Individual LED indicators connector, for each chan- nel drive. Figure 2-25, ARC-1230ML/ 1260ML/1280ML Individual LED indicators connector, for each channel drive.
Page 47 HARDWARE INSTALLATION C: I C Connector You can also connect the I C interface to a proprietary SATA backplane enclosure. This can reduce the number of activity LED and/or fault LED cables. The I C interface can also cascade to an- other SATA backplane enclosure for the additional channel status display.
Page 48 HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following is the I C signal name description for LCD & Fault/Ac- tivity LED. Description Description power (+5V) LCD Module Interrupt Fault/Activity Interrupt LCD Module Serial Data Fault/Activity clock Fault/Activity Serial Data LCD Module clock D: SGPIO Connector The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the Min SAS 4i internal serial-attachment connector.
Page 49 HARDWARE INSTALLATION after a drive is installed. Fault (red) blinking 2 Times/Second. The following signal defines the SGPIO assignments for the Min SAS 4i connector in ARC-1230ML/1260ML/1280ML. Description Description SideBand0 SClock (Clock Signal) SideBand1 SLoad (Last clock of a bit stream) SideBand2 Ground...
Page 50 Note: Look for newest release versions of drivers for Linux and Free- BSD: • See the Driver Library at http://www.areca.com.tw Step 11. Install ArcHttp proxy Server The SATA RAID controller firmware has embedded the web-browser RAID manager. ArcHttp Proxy driver will enable it. The Browser- based RAID manager provides all of the creation, management, and monitor SATA RAID controller status.
Page 51 HARDWARE INSTALLATION RAID controller. These procedures included hardware installa- tion, the creation and configuration of a RAID volume through the McBIOS, OS installation and installation of SATA RAID controller software. The software components configure and monitor the SATA RAID controller via ArcHttp Proxy Server. Configuration Utility Operating System supported McBIOS RAID Manager...
Page 52 Before launching the SNMP agent in the sever, you need first to enable the fireware-embedded SNMP community configuration and install Areca SNMP extension agent in your server system. If you need additional information about installation and start-up the function, see the SNMP operation & Installation section in the...
Page 53: Mcbios Raid Manager
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3. McBIOS RAID Manager The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following SATA RAID controller parameters at power-up: • I/O Port Address • Interrupt channel (IRQ) • Adapter ROM Base Address Use McBIOS to further configure the SATA RAID adapter to suit your server hardware and operating system.
Page 54: Mcbios Configuration Manager
BIOS CONFIGURATION Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Setup <V1.0, 2004/05/20> Select An Adapter To Configure ( 3/14/ 0)I/O=DD200000h, IRQ = 9 ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ** Select & Press F10 to Reboot** Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select the adapter you want to configure.
Page 55: Configuring Raid Sets And Volume Sets
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Add physical drives, • Define volume sets, • Modify volume sets, • Modify RAID level/stripe size, • Define pass-through disk drives, • Modify system functions, and • Designate drives as hot spares. 3.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets You can configure RAID sets and volume sets with McBIOS RAID manager automatically using Quick Volume/Raid Setup or manually using Raid Set/Volume Set Function.
Page 56: Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Con- figuration Quick Volume / Raid Setup Configuration collects all available drives and includes them in a RAID Set. The RAID Set you create is associated with exactly one Volume Set. You will only be able to modify the default RAID level, the stripe size, and the capacity of the new Volume Set.
Page 57: Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method
BIOS CONFIGURATION The capacity for the current volume set is entered after highlighting the desired RAID level and pressing the Enter key. The capacity for the current volume set is displayed. Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to set the capacity of the volume set and press the Enter key to confirm.
Page 58: Bios Configuration
BIOS CONFIGURATION Step Action To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose RAID Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Hot Spare and press the Enter key to define the Hot Spare. Choose RAID Set Function from the main menu. Select Create RAID Set and press the Enter key.
Page 59: Main Menu
The main menu shows all functions that are available for executing actions, which is accomplished by clicking on the appropriate link. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Note: Main Menu The manufacture...
Page 60: Quick Volume/Raid Setup
RAID levels that can be implemented within the RAID Set. Select Quick Volume/RAID Setup from the main menu; Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function...
Page 61: For Windows
16TB. This option works under Windows platform only. And it CAN NOT be converted to Dynamic Disk, because 4k sector size is not a standard format. For more details please download PDF file from ftp://ftp.areca. com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/Over2TB_ 050721.zip...
Page 62 If the Volume Set uses only part of the RAID Set capacity, you can use the Create Volume Set option in the main menu to define additional volume sets. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Available Capacity : 160.1GB...
Page 63: Raid Set Function
Press the Yes key in the Create Vol/Raid Set dialog box, the raid set and volume set will start to initialize it. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Available Capacity : 160.1GB...
Page 64: Create Raid Set
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer...
Page 65: Delete Raid Set
15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for the RAID Set. The default RAID Set name will always appear as Raid Set. #. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup...
Page 66: Migrating
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create Raid Set Raid Set Function Delete Raid Set Volume Set Function Select Drives For Raid Set Expansion...
Page 67: Activate Incomplete Raid Set
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create Raid Set Raid Set Function The Raid Set Information Delete Raid Set Volume Set Function...
Page 68: Create Hot Spare
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.2.5 Create Hot Spare Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create Raid Set Raid Set Function Delete Raid Set Volume Set Function...
Page 69: Raid Set Information
Raid Set number, then press the Enter key. The Raid Set Information will display. You can only view information for the Raid Set in this screen. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup...
Page 70: Create Volume Set
1. Select the Volume Set Function from the Main menu. 2. Choose the Create Volume Set from Volume Set Functions dialog box screen. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup...
Page 71 BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Creation Create Volume Set Volume Set Function Create Volume From Raid Set...
Page 72: Volume Name
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Volume Name Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Volume Set Function Raid Set Function Volume Creation Create Volume Set Volume Set Function Volume Set Function...
Page 73: Capacity
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Capacity Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Available Capacity : 160.1GB Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Selected Capacity : 160.1GB Raid Set Function Volume Creation Create Volume Set...
Page 74: Strip Size
For more details please download PDF file from ftp://ftp. areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/ Over2TB_050721.zip Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Creation...
Page 75: Scsi Channel
BIOS CONFIGURATION • SCSI Channel Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Creation Create Volume Set Create Volume From Raid Set...
Page 76: Scsi Lun
BIOS CONFIGURATION • SCSI LUN Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Creation Create Volume Set Volume Set Function Volume Set Function...
Page 77: Tag Queuing
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Tag Queuing Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Creation Create Volume Set Create Volume From Raid Set...
Page 78: Modify Volume Set
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.3.3 Modify Volume Set Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Volume Set Function Raid Set Function Create Volume Set Volume Set Function Volume Set Function...
Page 79: Volume Growth
When you expand a volume capacity to greater than 2TB . Vol- ume will used LBA64 mode by default, so please make sure of your system support LBA64. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup...
Page 80: Check Volume Set
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.3.4 Check Volume Set Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Select Volume To Check Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Create Volume Set Volume Set...
Page 81: Display Volume Set Info
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.3.6 Display Volume Set Info. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Create Volume Set Volume Set Function Volume Set Function...
Page 82: Physical Drives
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.4 Physical Drives Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Physical Drive Information Raid Set Function Volume Set Function View Drive Information Physical Drive Information Physical Drives...
Page 83: Create Pass-Through Disk
SATA RAID controller are listed. Move the cursor to the de- sired drive and press Enter to view drive information. 3.7.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Physical Drive Information...
Page 84: Delete Pass-Through Disk
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Physical Drive Information Raid Set Function Volume Set Function View Drive Information Select The Drive...
Page 85: Raid System Function
Move the cursor bar to an item, then press Enter key to select the desired function. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function...
Page 86: Alert Beeper Setting
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid System Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Mute The Alert Beeper Raid Set Function Alert Beeper Setting Alert Beeper Setting...
Page 87: Jbod/Raid Function
New Password” and “Re-Enter New Password” column. The ex- isting password will be cleared. No password checking will occur when entering the main menu. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid System Function JBOD/RAID Function...
Page 88: Background Task Priority
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid System Function Raid Rebuild Priority Quick Volume/Raid Setup Mute The Alert Beeper UltraLow(5%) Raid Set Function Alert Beeper Setting...
Page 89: Hdd Read Ahead Cache
Allow Read Ahead (Default: Enabled)—When Enabled, the drive’ s read ahead cache algorithm is used, providing maximum performance under most circumstances. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Raid System Function Main Menu Mute The Alert Beeper...
Page 90: Empty Hdd Slot Hdd
BIOS CONFIGURATION Areca has supported the fixed value staggered power up func- tion in its previous version firmware. But from firmware version 1.39, Areca RAID controller has included the option for customer to select the disk drives sequentially stagger power up value.
Page 91: Hdd Smart Status Polling
This function is disabled by default. The following screen shot shows how to change the BIOS setting to enable the Polling function. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid System Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup...
Page 92: Disk Write Cache Mode
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw 3.7.5.13 Capacity Truncation ARECA RAID controllers use drive truncation so that drives from different vendors are more likely to be usable as spares for one another. Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capac-...
Page 93: Ethernet Configuration (12/16/24-Port)
Multiples Of 10G: If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For exam- ple, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 120 GB. Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capac- ity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.
Page 94: Dhcp Function
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer...
Page 95: Local Ip Address
RAID controller. You can then reassign the static IP address of the controller. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function...
Page 96: Ethernet Address
RAID controller Ethernet port, a corre- spondence table relates your IP address to the RAID controller’s physical (MAC) address on the LAN. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function...
Page 97: Clear Events Buffer
The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature and fan speed (I/O Processor fan) of the PCI SATA RAID controller. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup The Hardware Monitor...
Page 98 BIOS CONFIGURATION item, then press Enter key. All relevant controller information will be displayed. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup The System Information Raid Set Function Volume Set Function...
Page 99: Driver Installation
If you do not have the CD-ROM disc with the package, contact your local dealer or you can also download the latest version drivers for Windows 2000/XP/2003, Linux, and freeBSD from the ARECA web site at http://www.areca.com.tw The following steps are required to create the Driver diskettes:...
Page 100: Driver Installation For Windows
DRIVER INSTALLATION 1. The computer system BIOS must be set to boot-up from the CD- ROM. 2. Insert the SATA Controller Driver CD disc into the CD-ROM drive. 3. The system will boot-up from CD-ROM Drive; to create the driv- er diskettes, select the “SATA RAID controller Driver Diskette Make Utility”, and a screen with several choices will be displayed.
Page 101: Install Windows 2000/Xp/2003 On A Sata Raid Volume
DRIVER INSTALLATION The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003. Storport im- plements a new architecture designed for better performance with RAID systems and in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Storport delivers higher I/O throughput, enhanced manageability, and an improved miniport interface. Storport better utilizes faster adapters through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call (DPC) and improved queue management.
Page 102: Making Volume Sets Available To Windows System
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Press F6 as soon as the Windows screen shows ”Setup is inspecting your Computer’s hardware Configuration”. A message stating “Press F6 to specify thrid-party RAID con- troller” will display during this time. This must be done or else the Windows installer will not prompt for the driver for from the SATA RAID controller and the driver diskette will not be recog- nized.
Page 103: Installing Controller Into An Existing Windows 2000/Xp/2003 Installation
DRIVER INSTALLATION Continue with the following steps to make any additional volume sets or pass-through disks accessible to Windows. This proce- dure assumes that the SATA RAID controller hardware, driver, and Windows are installed and operational in your system. 1. Partition and format the new volume set or disks using Disk Administrator: a.
Page 104: Making Volume Sets Available To Windows System
DRIVER INSTALLATION which guides you in installing the SATA RAID driver. 4. The “Upgrade Device Driver Wizard” will pop-up and provide a choice of how to proceed. Choose “Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that you can choose a specific driver.”...
Page 105: Uninstall Controller From Windows 2000/Xp/2003
Device Manager Button. In Device Man- ager, expand the “SCSI and RAID Controllers” section. Right click on the ARECA SATA RAID Adapter and select “uninstall”. 4. Click Yes to confirm removing the SATA RAID driver. The...
Page 106: Driver Installation For Linux
3, McBIOS RAID Manager. If you are using a Linux distribution for which there is not a com- piled driver available from ARECA, you can copy the source from the SATA software CD or download the source from the ARECA website and compile a new driver.
Page 107: Driver Installation For Solaris
FreeBSD 4.x (4.2 and onwards) and 5.x (5.2 and onwards). To check if a more current version driver is available, please see the ARECA web site at http:// www.areca.com.tw. Please refer to the “readme.txt” file on the SATA RAID controller software CD-ROM or website to make driver diskette and to install driver to the system.
Page 108: Archttp Proxy Server Installation
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 5. ArcHttp Proxy Server Installation Overview After hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the SATA RAID controller must be configured and the volume set units initialized before they are ready to use. The user interface for these tasks can be accessed through the built-in configuration and administration utility that resides in the controller’s firmware.
Page 109: For Windows
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 5.1 For Windows You must have administrative level permissions to install SATA RAID software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hard- ware and Windows are installed and operational in your system. Screen captures in this section are taken from a Windows XP instal- lation.
Page 110: For Linux
Archttp will start from this port. Otherwise, it will use the setting in archttpsrv.conf ) 4. Runing the ArcHttp file then ArcHttp screen appears. Copyright (c) 2004 Areca, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Areca HTTP proxy server V1.6 for Areca RAID controllers. Controller(s) list -------------------------------------------- Controller[1](PCI) : Listen to port[81].
Page 111: For Freebsd
The next following step is the same with Linux. Please see section 5.2 For Linux. 5.4 For Solaris 10 X86 Please refer to the “readme.txt“ file on the software CD-ROM or website: http://www.areca.com.tw 5.5 For Mac OS 10.X Please refer to the “readme.txt“ file on the software CD-ROM or website: http://www.areca.com.tw 5.6 Email Notification...
Page 112: For Linux/Freebsd
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION A: Select "Tools" from "Toolbar" than press "Mail Options". B: Select "Mail Cfg Assisant" than Click Start button. 2. Then setting screen appears. This section allows users to configure mail server settings. 5.6.1.2 For Linux/FreeBSD You can directory modify archttpsrv.conf to configurate Email configuration.
Page 113: Smtp Server Configuration
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 1. Launch the Mail Alert Configuration by entering http:// [Computer IP Address]:[port number] in the browser. 2. The following screen appears. This section allows users to configure mail server settings. • SMTP Server Configuration Enter the SMTP server IP address. •...
Page 114: Device Event
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION A. Device Event Event Level Meaning Action Device Inserted Warning HDD inserted Device Removed Warning HDD removed Reading Error Warning HDD reading error Keep Watching HDD status, maybe it is caused by noise or HDD unstable. Writing Error Warning HDD writing error...
Page 115: Raidset Event
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION Complete Init Warning Volume initialization completed Complete Rebuild Warning Volume rebuilding completed Complete Migrate Warning Volume migration completed Complete Check Warning Volume parity checking completed Create Volume Warning New Volume Created Delete Volume Warning Volume deleted Modify Volume Warning Volume Modified...
Page 116: Web Browser-Based Configuration
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6. Web Browser-based Configuration Before using the McRAID firmware-based browser utility, do the ini- tial setup and installation of this product. If you need to boot up the operating system from a RAID volume set, you must first create a RAID volume by using McBIOS RAID Storage Manager.
Page 117: Another Method To Start-Up Mcraid Storage Manager From Windows Local Administration
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION and a supported browser. A locally managed system requires all of the following components: • A supported Web browser, which should already be installed on the system. • Install ArcHttp proxy server on the SATA RAID system. (Refer to Chapter 5, Archttp Proxy Server Installation) •...
Page 118: Through Ethernet Port (Out-Of-Band)
Enter to access the McRAID Storage Manager. 6.1.1 Through Ethernet port (Out-of-Band) Areca now offers an alternative means of communication for the PCI-X/PCIe RAID Adapter – McRAID Web Browser-based RAID Management program. User can access the built-in configuration without needing system starting up running the ArcHttp proxy.
Page 119: Sata Raid Controller Mcraid Storage Manager
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The controller has embedded the TCP/IP & Web Browser-based RAID manager in the firmware. User can remote manage the RAID adapter without adding any user specific software (platform independent) via standard web browsers directly connected to the 10/100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port.
Page 120: Main Menu
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION To display raid set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired raid set number, then click it. The raid set Information will display. To display volume set information, move the mouse cur- sor to the desired Volume Set number, then click it. The volume set Information will display.
Page 121: Raidset Functions
Greater 2 TB volume Support sub-menu. Greater Two TB Volume Support No, 64bit LBA and For Windows. For more details please download PDF file from ftp://ftp. areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/ Over2TB_050721.zip 6.5 RaidSet Functions Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize your system.
Page 122: Delete Raid Set
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The Drive For RAID Set” screen is displayed showing the drive(s) connected to the current controller. Click on the selected physi- cal drives within the current raid set. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for a raid set. The default raid set name will always appear as “Raid Set.
Page 123: Expand Raid Set
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.5.3 Expand Raid Set Use this option to expand a raid set when a disk is added to your system. This function becomes active when at least one drive is available. To expand a raid set, click on the “Expand Raid Set” link. Select the target raid set to be expanded.
Page 124: Create Hot Spare
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION To activate the incomplete the raid set, click on the “Activate Raid Set” link. A “Select The RAID SET To Activate” screen is displayed showing all raid sets existing on the current controller. Click the raid set number to activate in the select column. Click on the “Submit”...
Page 125: Volume Set Functions
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The “RESCUE” function can recover the missing RaidSet informa- tion. The RAID controller uses the time as the RaidSet signature. The RaidSet may have different time after the RaidSet is recov- ered. The “SIGANT” function can regenerate the signature for the RaidSet.
Page 126: Volume Name
Greater Two TB Volume Support If volume capacity will exceed 2TB, controller will show the Greater 2 TB volume Support sub-menu. Greater Two TB Volume Support No, 64bit LBA and For Windows. For more details please download PDF file from ftp://ftp. areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/ Over2TB_050721.zip...
Page 127: Initialization Mode
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Initialization Mode Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the Back- ground (Instant Available). When background Initialization, the initialization proceeds as a background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete.
Page 128: Delete Volume Set
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION tion should normally remain enabled. Disable this function only when using older SCSI drives that do not support command tag queuing 6.6.2 Delete Volume Set To delete a Volume from raid set, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Delete Volume Set”...
Page 129: Check Volume Set
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION level to another, a volume set strip size changes, or when a disk is added to a raid set. Migration status is displayed in the vol- ume status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen when one RAID level to another, a Volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set.
Page 130: Stop Volumeset Check
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.6.5 Stop VolumeSet Check Use this option to stop the Check Volume Set function. 6.7 Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical disk from the Main Menu and then perform the operations listed below. 6.7.1 Create Pass-Through Disk To create pass-through disk, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Pass-Through link.
Page 131: Modify Pass-Through Disk
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.7.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk Use this option to modify the Pass-Through Disk Attribute. The user can modify the cache mode, Tagged Command Queuing, and SCSI channel/ID/LUN on an existing pass through disk. To modify the pass-through drive attribute from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar and click on the “Modify Pass-Through”...
Page 132: Delete Pass-Through Disk
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.7.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk To delete a pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar to the main menus and click the “De- lete Pass Through” link. After you complete the selection, mark the checkbox for “Con- firm The Operation”...
Page 133: System Controls
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.8 System Controls 6.8.1 System Config To set the raid system function, move the cursor to the main menu and click the Raid System Function link. The Raid System Function menu will show all items, then select the desired func- tion.
Page 134: Stagger Power On
Areca has supported the fixed value staggered power up function in its previous version firmware. But from firmware version 1.39, Areca RAID controller has included the option for customer to select the disk drives sequentially stagger power up value.
Page 135: Empty Hdd Slot Led
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Empty HDD Slot LED From firmware version 1.39 date: 04/01/2006 or later, the firm- ware has added the "Empty HDD Slot LED" option to setup the Failed LED light "ON "or "OFF". When each slot has a power LED for the HDD installed identify, user can set this option to "OFF".
Page 136: Disk Write Cache Mode
Disabled. • Disk Capacity Truncation Mode ARECA RAID controllers use drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other. Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units.
Page 137: Ethernet Configuration (12/16/24-Port)
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION ple, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 120 GB. Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capac- ity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other. Multiples Of 1G: If you have 123 GB drives from different ven- dors;...
Page 138: Alert By Mail Configuration (12/16/24-Port)
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point. The purpose of DHCP is to provide the automatic (dynamic) allocation of IP client configurations for a specific time period (called a lease period) and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network.
Page 139: Snmp Configuration (12/16/24-Port)
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.8.4 SNMP Configuration (12/16/24-port) To configure the raid controller SNMP function, click on the Sys- tem Controls link. The System Controls menu will show available items. Select the SNMP Configuration item. This function can only set via web-based configuration. The firmware SNMP Agent Manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no Agent soft- ware required.
Page 140: Snmp Trap Configurations
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP Trap IP Address. • SNMP System Configurations About community, please refer to page 149 of SNMP commu- nity name. The system Contact, Name and Location that will be shown in the outgoing SNMP Trap. •...
Page 141: Time Zone
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Time Zone Time Zone conveniently runs in the system tray and allows you to easily view the date and time in various locations around the world. You can also quickly and easily add your own personal locations to customize Time Zone the way you want.
Page 142: Clear Events Buffer
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.8.8 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information. 6.8.9 Modify Password To set or change the SATA RAID controller password, select “Raid System Function” from the menu and click on the “Change Pass- word”...
Page 143: Update Firmware
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION when it does not receive any command in ten seconds. To disable the password, leave the fields blank. Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit button, the existing password will be cleared. Then, no password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen.
Page 144: System Information
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.9.2 System Information To view the SATA RAID controller’s information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the System Information link. The SATA RAID controller Information screen appears. Use this feature to view the SATA RAID controller’s information. The controller name, firmware version, serial number, main pro- cessor, CPU data/Instruction cache size and system memory size/ speed appear in this screen.
Page 145: Hardware Monitor
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.9.3 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID controller’s hardware monitor information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the Hardware Moni- tor link. The Hardware Information screen appears. The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature, and fan speed (I/O Processor fan) of the PCI SATA RAID controller.
Page 146: Appendix A
In-Band PCI-X/PCIe bus or Out-of-Band Enth- ernet port McRAID Storage manager. New releases of the firmware are available in the form of a DOS file on the shipped CD or Areca’s web site. The files available at the FTP site for each model contain the following files in each version: ARCXXXNNN.BIN Software Binary Code (where “XXXX”...
Page 147: Upgrading Entire Flash Rom Imagethrough Arcflash Dos Utility 147
Upgrading Entire Flash ROM ImageThrough Arcflash DOS Utility Areca now offers an alternative means of communication for the PCI-X/PCIe RAID Adapter – Upgrade the entire Flash ROM image. User can upgrade the entire Flash ROM image without needing system starting up running the ArcHttp proxy.
Page 148 Normally, Areca strongly recommends customer uses the McRAID manager to upgrade the firmware. ARCXXXROM.BIN doesn't include in the shipped CD and Areca’s web site. It is for customer’s emergency recover purpose only. • Hardware Setup...
Page 149 APPENDIX The jumper name for each adapter to upgrade entire flash ROM im- age as following: ARC-1110/1120/1210/1220/1170 for 4/8/24 ports → J 3 ARC-1130(ML)/1160(ML)/1230/1260 for 12/16 ports → J7 ARC-1230ML/1260ML/1280ML/1280 for 12/16/24 ports → J2 Note: The Mode 0 Flash jumper is a 2x5 connector without housing, located on the left of card near bracket.
Page 150: Appendix B
APPENDIX Appendix B Battery Backup Module (ARC-1620-BAT) The SATA RAID controller operates using cache memory. The bat- tery Backup Module is an add-on module that provides power to the PCI SATA RAID controller cache memory in the event of a power failure.
Page 151: Installation
APPENDIX • Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing Electrical • Input Voltage +3.6VDC • On Board Battery Capacity 1000mAH (1*1000mAH) Installation 1. Make sure all power to the system is disconnected. 2. Connector J1 is available for the optional battery backup module. Connect the BBM cable to the 12-pin battery connector on the controller.
Page 152: Operation
APPENDIX Capacity Memory Type Battery Backup duration (Hours) 128MB DDR Low Power (18mA) Operation 1. Battery conditioning is automatic. There are no manual pro- cedures for battery conditioning or preconditioning to be per- formed by the user. 2. In order to make sure of all the capacity is available for your battery cells, allow the battery cell to be fully charged when installed for the first time.
Page 153: Appendix C
APPENDIX Appendix C SNMP Operation & Definition Overview The McRAID manager includes a firmware-embedded Simple Net- work Management Protocol (SNMP) agent and SNMP Extension Agent for the PCI SATA RAID controller. An SNMP-based manage- ment application (also known as an SNMP manager) can monitor the disk array.
Page 154 APPENDIX MIB Compilation and Definition File creation Before the manager application accesses the RAID controller, it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management application’s database of events and status indicator codes. This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application. This process is highly vendor-specific and should be well-covered in the User’s Guide of your SNMP application.
Page 155 Windows are both installed and operational in your system. To enable the SNMP agent for Windows, configure Windows for TCP/IP and SNMP services. The ARECA SNMP Extension Agent file is ARCSNMP.DLL. Screen captures in this section are taken from a Windows XP instal- lation.
Page 156 SNMP service first.) 3. Click on the Setup file then the Welcome screen appears. 4. Click the Setup file and then the “install the program” screen appears. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete ARECA SNMP Extension Agent installation.
Page 157 APPENDIX 5. A Progress bar appears that measures the progress of the ARECA SNMP Extension Agent setup. When this screen complete, you have completed the ARECA SNMP Extension Agent setup. 6. After a successful installation, the “Setup Complete” dialog box of the installation program is displayed.
Page 158 APPENDIX SNMP community Configurations Please refer to page 149 of community name. SNMP Trap Notification Configruations The Community Name should be the same as firmware- embedded SNMP Community. The SNMP Trap Notification Configruations include level 1: serious, level 2: error, level 3: Warning and level 4: Information.
Page 159 You must have administrative level permission to install SATA RAID software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and FreeBSD are installed and operational in your system. For the SNMP Extension Agent Installation for FreeBSD procedure please refer to <CD-ROM>\packages\FreeBSD\ SNMP\Readme or download from areca.com.tw...
Page 160: Appendix D
Look for the latest information on SATA RAID Controllers as well as the newest drivers on the ARECA web site at http://www.areca. com.tw. The following general guidelines are for some specific er-...
Page 161 Due to this higher level of protection, users can set up larger RAID volumes, spanning up to 56 physical drives. With the ARECA RAID 6 engine, RAID 6 and RAID 5 have similar performance in the SATA RAID controller.
Page 162 Q8: Will ARECA submit the Linux code to kernel.org? Answer: Yes. ARECA Serial ATA ll RAID the lastest driver has been integrated directly into the Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc3-mm1 (and later), allowing future versions of Linux operating systems to support Areca’s entire fam-ily PCI-X and PCI-Express series of high performance SATA ll RAID controllers.
Page 163 3. 64-bit O/S and 64-bit applications (64-bit Mode): This usage requires 64-bit device drivers. It also requires applications to be modified for 64-bit operation and then recompiled and vali- dated. • For more FAQs, please visit knowledgebase of Areca website at: http://faq.areca.com.tw/modules/smartfaq/...
Page 164: Appendix E
APPENDIX Appendix E Technical Support Areca Technical Support provides several options for Areca users to access information and updates. We encourage you to use one of our electric services, which provide product information updates for the most efficient service and support. If you decide to contact...
Page 165: Glossary
GLOSSARY Glossary The 32-bit file systems have a maximum limitation of 2 TB per volume set. 64-bit versions remove this limitation. so, if you are building large warehouses, you should consider 64-bit versions. Array An array is a logical disk comprised of multiple physical hard disks. The number of hard disks in an array is dictated by the type of the array and the number of spares that may be assigned to it.
Page 166: Battery Backup Module
GLOSSARY Battery Backup Module Many modern RAID controllers are armed with a battery backup Mod- ule (BBM). While an UPS protects most servers from power fluctua- tions or failures, a BBM provides an additional level of protection. In the event of a power failure, a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID controller’s cache, thereby permitting any potentially dirty data in the cache to be flushed out to secondary storage when power is restored.
Page 167: Hot Spare
GLOSSARY Hot Spare An extra physical disk drive in a RAID configuration that a controller can use to automatically rebuild a system drive when another drive fails. The hot spare drive must have at least as mush capacity as the largest disk drive in the array or the rebuild will not start.
Page 168: Pci-X
GLOSSARY speed, switched architecture. Each PCI Express link is a serial commu- nications channel made up of two differential wire pairs that provide 2.5 Gbits/sec in each direction. Up to 32 channels may be combined, creating a parallel interface of independently controlled serial links. PCI-X (PCI extended) an enhanced PCI bus technology is backward compat- ible with existing PCI cards.
Page 169: Smart
GLOSSARY SMART This technology provides users with advanced warning of Disk Drive failures, thus enabling the Operating System to warn Users of potential failure. S.M.A.R.T. was included in EIDE drives with the ATA-3 and later specification. SNMP Since it was developed in 1988, the Simple Network Management Protocol has become the de facto standard for inter-network manage- ment.
Page 170 GLOSSARY of data corruption is greatly reduced. The disadvantage is that write- through operations are more time consuming. XOR-Engine All RAID arrays (with the exception of RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 1E) require parity to be calculated and written to the array in conjunction with data.
Page 171: Version History
History Version History Revision Page Description p35, p36, p44, Revised illustration of ARC- 1230ML/1260ML/1280ML/1280 p53-97 Corrected the misspelled words and now all contents without chinese characters F i xe d s c r e e n o f V i e w D r i ve Information p61, p73, Added Greater Two TB Volume...

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