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Areca ARC-1200 User Manual (109 pages)

SATA RAID Cards, 2-Port PCIe x1 to SATA RAID Controller

Brand: Areca | Category: Computer Hardware | Size: 2.19 MB

Table of Contents
3
Introduction
8
Overview
8
Features
10
Hardware Installation
12
Before Your Begin Installation
12
Board Layout
13
Installation
15
Mcbios RAID Manager
24
Starting the Mcbios RAID Manager
24
Mcbios RAID Manager
25
Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets
26
Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration
26
Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function Method
27
Main Menu
28
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
29
Raid Set Function
32
Create Raid Set
32
Delete Raid Set
33
Expand Raid Set
33
Migrating
33
Activate Incomplete Raid Set
34
Create Hot Spare
34
Delete Hot Spare
34
Raid Set Information
34
Volume Set Function
35
Create Volume Set
35
Volume Name
37
Raid Level
37
Capacity
37
Stripe Size
38
SCSI Channel
38
Scsi ID
38
Scsi Lun
38
Cache Mode
38
Tag Queuing
38
Delete Volume Set
38
Modify Volume Set
39
Volume Growth
39
Volume Set Migration
40
Display Volume Set Info
40
Physical Drives
40
View Drive Information
41
Create Pass-Through Disk
41
Modify a Pass-Through Disk
41
Delete Pass-Through Disk
41
Identify Selected Drive
41
Raid System Function
42
Mute the Alert Beeper
42
Alert Beeper Setting
42
Change Password
42
JBOD/RAID Function
43
Background Task Priority
43
Maximum SATA Mode
43
HDD Read Ahead Cache
44
Stagger Power on
44
Spin down Idle HDD
44
HDD SMART Status Polling
44
Auto Activate Raid Set
45
Capacity Truncation
45
View System Events
45
Clear Events Buffer
46
Hardware Monitor
46
System Information
46
Driver Installation
47
Creating the Driver Diskettes
47
Driver Installation for Windows
49
New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 2003/XP-64/Vista
49
Install Windows 2000/Xp/2003/Vista on a SATA RAID Volume
49
Installation Procedures
49
Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System
51
Installing Controller into an Existing Windows 2000/ Xp/2003/Vista Installation
51
Uninstall Controller from Windows 2000/Xp/2003/Vista
53
Driver Installation for Linux
54
Driver Installation for Freebsd
55
Driver Installation for Solaris 10
55
Driver Installation for Mac 10.X
55
Driver Installation for Unixware 7.1.4
56
Driver Installation for Netware 6.5
56
Archttp Proxy Server Installation
57
For Windows
58
For Linux
59
For Freebsd
61
For Solaris 10 X86
61
For Mac os 10.X
62
Archttp Configuration
62
SNMP Trap Configurations
64
SNMP System Configurations
65
SNMP Trap Notification Configurations
65
Web Browser-Based Configuration
66
Start-Up Mcraid Storage Manager
66
Start-Up Mcraid Storage Manager from Windows Local Administration
67
Start-Up Mcraid Storage Manager from Linux/Freebsd/Solaris/Mac Local Administration
68
Mcraid Storage Manager
68
Main Menu
69
Quick Function
69
Raid Set Functions
70
Create Raid Set
71
Delete Raid Set
71
Expand Raid Set
71
Activate Incomplete Raid Set
72
Create Hot Spare
72
Delete Hot Spare
72
Rescue Raid Set
73
Offline Raid Set
73
Volume Set Functions
73
Create Volume Set
74
Volume Name
74
Raid Level
74
Capacity
74
Greater Two TB Volume Support
74
Initialization Mode
75
Stripe Size
75
Cache Mode
75
SCSI Channel/Scsi ID/SCSI Lun
75
Tag Queuing
76
Delete Volume Set
76
Modify Volume Set
76
Volume Growth
76
Volume Set Migration
77
Physical Drive
77
Create Pass-Through Disk
78
Modify Pass-Through Disk
78
Delete Pass-Through Disk
79
Identify Selected Drive
79
System Controls
79
System Config
79
System Beeper Setting
80
Background Task Priority
80
JBOD/RAID Configuration
80
Maximum SATA Mode Supported
80
HDD Read Ahead Cache
80
Stagger Power on
81
Spin down Idle HDD
81
HDD SMART Status Polling
81
Disk Write Cache Mode
81
Disk Capacity Truncation Mode
81
View Events/Mute Beeper
82
Generate Test Event
82
Clear Events Buffer
82
Modify Password
82
Update Firmware
83
Information
83
Raid Set Hierarchy
83
System Information
84
Hardware Monitor
84
Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process
85
Upgrading Firmware through Mcraid Storage Manager
85
Upgrading Firmware through Nflash DOS Utility
87
SNMP Operation & Definition
89
Event Notification Configurations
96
Device Event
96
Volume Event
97
RAID Set Event
98
Hardware Monitor Event
98
RAID Concept
100
RAID Set
100
Volume Set
100
Ease of Use Features
101
Online Array Roaming
101
Online Capacity Expansion
101
Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration
103
Online Volume Expansion
103
High Availability
104
Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support
104
Auto Rebuilding
104
Adjustable Rebuild Priority
105
High Reliability
105
Hard Drive Failure Prediction
105
Auto Reassign Sector
105
Data Protection
106
Recovery Rom
106
Understanding RAID
107
Raid 0
107
Raid 1
108
Jbod
109
Single Disk (Pass-Through Disk)
109

Areca ARC-1200 Quick Installation Manual (17 pages)

SATA RAID Cards, 2-Port PCIe x1 to SATA RAID Controller

Brand: Areca | Category: Computer Hardware | Size: 0.6 MB

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