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ARC-1203 series

(PCIe 2.0 to 6Gb/s SATA RAID Controllers)

6Gb/s SATA RAID Cards

User Manual

Version: 1.0

Issue Date: April, 2017

The information regarding products in this manual is subject to change

without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part

of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors

that may appear in this manual. All brands and trademarks are the

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protected under International Copyright Conventions. All rights

reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by

any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without

the written permission of the manufacturer and the author.

FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim-

its for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against in-

terference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses,

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used

in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to

radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interfer-

ence will not occur in a particular installation.

Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certication

We conrm ARC-1203 series 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-

lowing standards were applied:

EN 55022: 2006, Class B

EN 61000-3-2: 2006

EN 61000-3-3: 1995+A1: 2001+A2: 2005

EN 55024:1998+A1:2001=A2:2003

IEC61000-4-2: 2001

IEC61000-4-3: 2006

IEC61000-4-4: 2004

IEC61000-4-5: 2005

IEC61000-4-6: 2006

IEC61000-4-8: 2001

IEC61000-4-11: 2004

Contents

1. Introduction 10 ..............................................................

1.1 Overview 10 .......................................................................

1.2 Features 12 ........................................................................

2. Hardware Installation 15 ...............................................

2.1 Before You First Installing................................................. 15

2.2 Board Layout 16 ..................................................................

2.3 Installation ..................................................................... 18

2.4 SATA Cables 24 ...................................................................

2.4.1 Internal Min SAS 4i to SATA Cable 24 ...............................

2.4.2 Internal Min SAS 4i (SFF-8087) to Internal Min SAS 4i (SFF-

8087) cable 25 .......................................................................

2.5 LED Cables 26 .....................................................................

2.6 Summary of the installation .............................................. 30

3. McBIOS RAID Manager 33 ..............................................

3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager 33 ...................................

3.2 McBIOS RAID manager 34 ....................................................

3.3 Conguring Raid Sets and Volume Sets 35 ..............................

3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares 35 ......................................

3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Conguration 36 ....................

3.6 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function 37Method .......................

3.7 Main Menu 39 ....................................................................

3.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup ............................................ 40

3.7.2 Raid Set Function ....................................................... 44

3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set .................................................... 45

3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set ..................................................... 46

3.7.2.3 Expand Raid Set .................................................... 47

3.7.2.4 Ofine Raid Set ..................................................... 48

3.7.2.5 Activate Incomplete Raid Set 49 ...................................

3.7.2.6 Create Hot Spare ................................................... 50

3.7.2.7 Delete Hot Spare ................................................... 50

3.7.2.8 Rescue Raid Set ................................................... 51

3.7.2.9 Raid Set Information .............................................. 52

3.7.3 Volume Set Function ................................................... 52

• Volume Name ................................................................ 55

• Raid Level ..................................................................... 56

• Capacity ....................................................................... 56

• Stripe Size .................................................................... 58

• SCSI ID 59 ........................................................................

• SCSI LUN 59 ......................................................................

• Cache Mode .................................................................. 60

• Write Protect ................................................................. 60

• Tag Queuing .................................................................. 61

3.7.3.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60) ............ 61

3.7.3.3 Delete Volume Set ................................................. 62

3.7.3.4 Modify Volume Set 63 .................................................

3.7.3.4.1 Volume Growth 63 .................................................

3.7.3.4.2 Volume Set Migration ........................................ 64

3.7.3.5 Check Volume Set .................................................. 65

3.7.3.6 Stop Volume Set Check .......................................... 65

3.7.3.7 Display Volume Set Info. ........................................ 65

3.7.4 Physical Drives ........................................................... 66

3.7.4.1 View Drive Information .......................................... 66

3.7.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk ....................................... 67

3.7.4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk ....................................... 68

3.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk ....................................... 68

3.7.4.5 Set Disk To Be Failed 69 ..............................................

3.7.4.6 Activate Failed Disk 69 ................................................

3.7.4.7 Identify Selected Drive ........................................... 70

3.7.4.8 Identify Enclosure .................................................. 70

3.7.5 Raid System Function ................................................. 71

3.7.5.1 Mute The Alert Beeper ............................................ 71

3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting ............................................... 72

3.7.5.3 Change Password .................................................. 72

3.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Function 73 ..............................................

3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority 73 ........................................

3.7.5.6 SATA NCQ Support ................................................. 74

3.7.5.7 HDD Read Ahead Cache .......................................... 75

3.7.5.8 Volume Data Read Ahead ........................................ 75

3.7.5.9 Empty HDD Slot LED .............................................. 76

3.7.5.10 Auto Activate Raid Set .......................................... 77

3.7.5.11 Disk Write Cache Mode ......................................... 77

3.7.5.12 Write Same Support ............................................. 78

3.7.5.13 Capacity Truncation .............................................. 78

3.7.6 More System Functions 79 ...............................................

3.7.6.1 Smart Option For HDD............................................ 80

3.7.6.2 Smart Polling Interval............................................. 80

3.7.6.3 Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding .............................. 81

3.7.7 HDD Power Management ............................................. 82

3.7.7.1 Stagger Power On 83 ..................................................

3.7.7.2 Time To Hdd Low Power Idle ................................... 84

3.7.7.3 Time To Low RPM Mode ......................................... 84

3.7.7.4 Time To Spin Down Idle Hdd .................................. 85

3.7.8 Ethernet Conguration ............................................... 85

3.7.8.1 DHCP Function ...................................................... 85

3.7.8.2 Local IP address .................................................... 86

3.7.8.3 HTTP Port Number ................................................. 87

3.7.8.4 Telnet Port Number ................................................ 87

3.7.8.5 SMTP Port Number ................................................. 88

3.7.8.6 Ethernet Address 89 ...................................................

3.7.9 Alert By Mail Cong 89 ...................................................

3.7.10 View System Events 90 ..................................................

3.7.11 Clear Events Buffer 90 ...................................................

3.7.12 Hardware Monitor 91 .....................................................

3.7.13 System Information 91 ..................................................

4. Driver Installation 92 .....................................................

4.1 Creating the Driver Diskettes ............................................ 92

4.2 Driver Installation for Windows ......................................... 93

4.2.1 Installing Windows on a RAID Volume ........................... 93

4.2.2 Installing Controller on an Existing Win 95dows ..................

4.2.3 Uninstall controller from Windows 96 .................................

4.3 Driver Installation for Linux 97 ..............................................

4.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD .......................................... 97

4.5 Driver Installation for Solaris ............................................ 98

4.6 Driver Installation for Mac X ............................................. 98

4.6.1 Installation Procedures ................................................ 99

4.6.2 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X 101 ..................

5. ArcHTTP Proxy Server Installation 103 ..........................

5.1 For Windows................................................................. 104

5.2 For Linux ..................................................................... 105

5.3 For FreeBSD ................................................................. 107

5.4 For Solaris 10 107 ...............................................................

5.5 For Mac OS X 108 ................................................................

5.6 ArcHTTP Conguration ................................................... 108

6. Web Browser-based Conguration ......................... 113

6.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager ................................. 113

• Start-up from Windows/Mac Local Administration 114 .......

• Start-up from Local Administration 114 ...........................

• Start-up from Ethernet Port (Out-of-Band) 115 ...............

6.2 McRAID Storage Manager 116 ...............................................

6.3 Main Menu .................................................................. 117

6.4 Quick Function .............................................................. 117

6.5 Raid Set Functions 118 ........................................................

6.5.1 Create Raid Set ....................................................... 118

6.5.2 Delete Raid Set ........................................................ 119

6.5.3 Expand Raid Set ....................................................... 119

6.5.4 Ofine Raid Set ........................................................ 120

6.5.5 Rename Raid Set ...................................................... 121

6.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set 121 .....................................

6.5.7 Create Hot Spare 122 .....................................................

6.5.8 Delete Hot Spare ...................................................... 123

6.5.9 Rescue Raid Set ....................................................... 123

6.6 Volume Set Functions .................................................... 124

6.6.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6) ............................. 124

6.6.2 Create Raid 30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60) .............. 127

6.6.3 Delete Volume Set .................................................... 128

6.6.4 Modify Volume Set .................................................... 129

6.6.4.1 Volume Growth ................................................... 129

6.6.4.2 Volume Set Migration ........................................... 130

6.6.5 Check Volume Set .................................................... 131

6.6.6 Schedule Volume Check ............................................ 131

6.6.7 Stop Volume Set Check ............................................. 132

6.7 Security Function .......................................................... 133

6.7.1 Create SED RAID Set ............................................... 133

6.7.2 Delete SED RAID Set ............................................... 134

6.7.3 Delete ISE RAID Set 134 ................................................

6.7.4 Security Key Setup ................................................... 135

6.7.4.1 SED Key Management-Creation ............................. 135

6.7.4.2 SED Key Management-Modication 136 ........................

6.7.5 Import Security Key .................................................. 137

6.7.6 Erase Failed Disk ...................................................... 138

6.7.7 RevertSP ................................................................. 138

6.8 Physical Drive .............................................................. 139

6.8.1 Create Pass-Through Disk .......................................... 139

6.8.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk .......................................... 139

6.8.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk .......................................... 140

6.8.4 Clone Disk 140 ...............................................................

6.8.4.1 Clone And Replace 141 ...............................................

6.8.4.2 Clone Only 142 .........................................................

6.8.5 Abort Cloning 142 ...........................................................

6.8.6 Set Disk To Be Failed 142 ................................................

6.8.7 Activate Failed Disk 142 ..................................................

6.8.8 Identify Enclosure .................................................... 143

6.8.9 Identify Drive 143 ..........................................................

6.9 System Controls ........................................................... 144

6.9.1 System Cong ......................................................... 144

• System Beeper Setting ................................................. 144

• JBOD/RAID Conguration .............................................. 144

• SATA NCQ Support ....................................................... 145

• HDD Read Ahead Cache 145 ................................................

• Volume Data Read Ahead ............................................. 145

• Empty HDD Slot LED .................................................... 145

• Max Command Length .................................................. 145

• Auto Activate Incomplete Raid ....................................... 146

• Disk Write Cache Mode ................................................. 146

• Write Same For Initialization .......................................... 146

• Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding ..................................... 146

• Disk Capacity Truncation Mode ....................................... 147

• Smart Option For HDD .................................................. 147

• Smart Polling Interval ................................................... 148

6.9.2 Advanced Conguration ............................................. 148

• TLER Setting ............................................................... 148

• Timeout Setting 149 ...........................................................

• Number of Retries 149 ........................................................

• Buffer Threshold 149 ..........................................................

• Amount of Read Ahead 149 .................................................

• Number of AV Stream ................................................... 150

• Optimize AV Recording .................................................. 150

• Read Performance Margin .............................................. 151

• Write Performance Margin ............................................. 151

• Read And Discard Parity Data ........................................ 151

• BIOS Selection............................................................. 151

6.9.3 HDD Power Management ........................................... 152

• Stagger Power On Control ............................................. 152

• Time To Hdd Low Power Idle 153 .........................................

• Time To Spin Down Idle HDD 153 .........................................

• SATA Power Up In Standby ........................................... 153

6.9.4 Ethernet Conguration ............................................. 153

• DHCP Function 154 .............................................................

• Local IP address 154 ...........................................................

• Gateway IP address ...................................................... 155

• Subnet Mask 155 ...............................................................

• HTTP Port Number 155 ........................................................

• Telnet Port Number 155 ......................................................

• SMTP Port Number 155 .......................................................

6.9.5 Alert By Mail Conguration ....................................... 155

6.9.6 SNMP Conguration .................................................. 156

6.9.7 NTP Conguration .................................................... 156

• NTP Sever Address ....................................................... 157

• Time Zone ................................................................... 157

• Automatic Daylight Saving............................................. 157

6.9.8 View Events/Mute Beeper .......................................... 158

6.9.9 Generate Test Event ................................................. 158

6.9.10 Clear Events Buffer 159 .................................................

6.9.11 Modify Password 159 .....................................................

6.9.12 Update Firmware ................................................... 160

6.10 Information 161 ................................................................

6.10.1 Raid Set Hierarchy 161 ..................................................

6.10.2 System Information 161 ................................................

6.10.3 Hardware Monitor ................................................... 162

Appendix A 163 .................................................................

Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process 163 ....................................

A-1 Overview ................................................................... 163

A-2 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager 164 ...

A-3 Upgrading Firmware Through nash DOS Utility .............. 165

A-4 Upgrading Firmware Through CLI .................................. 166

Appendix B 167 ..................................................................

Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120BA-T121-12G) 167 ....................

Appendix C 171 ..................................................................

SNMP Operation & Installation 171 ..............................................

C-1 Overview 171 ...................................................................

C-2 SNMP Denition .......................................................... 171

C-3 SNMP Installation ....................................................... 172

C-3-1 Using ArcHTTP ....................................................... 174

C-3-2 Using Onboard NIC Installation ................................ 174

C-3-3 Using In-band PCIe + SNMP extension agent Installation

.................................................................................... 176

C-3-4 SNMP Extension Agent Installation .......................... 177

C-3-4-1 Windows .......................................................... 177

C-3-4-2 Linux .............................................................. 180

C-3-4-3 FreeBSD .......................................................... 181

Appendix D 182 ..................................................................

Appendix E 186 ..................................................................

RAID Concept 186 ....................................................................

RAID Set 186 .........................................................................

Volume Set 186 ......................................................................

Ease of Use Features ......................................................... 187

• Foreground Availability/Background Initialization .............. 187

• Online Array Roaming 187 ...................................................

• Online Capacity Expansion ............................................. 187

• Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration 189 ....................

• Online Volume Expansion 190 ..............................................

High Availability ............................................................... 190

• 190Global/Local Hot Spares ................................................

• Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support ......................................... 191

• Auto Declare Hot-Spare ............................................... 191

• Auto Rebuilding 192...........................................................

• Adjustable Rebuild Priority 192 .............................................

High Reliability ................................................................. 193

• Hard Drive Failure Prediction 193 ..........................................

• Auto Reassign Sector .................................................... 193

• 194 Consistency Check .......................................................

Data Protection ................................................................ 195

• 195 Battery Backup ...........................................................

• Recovery ROM 195 .............................................................

Appendix F 196 ..................................................................

Understanding RAID 196 ..........................................................

RAID 0 ............................................................................ 196

RAID 1 ............................................................................ 197

RAID 10(1E) .................................................................... 198

RAID 3 198 ............................................................................

RAID 5 ............................................................................ 199

RAID 6 200 ............................................................................

RAID x0 .......................................................................... 200

JBOD .............................................................................. 201

Single Disk (Pass-Through Disk) ......................................... 201

Summary of RAID Levels 202 ...................................................

INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction

This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s SATA RAID control-

ler, ARC-1203-4i/8i/12i/16i. (PCIe 2.0 to 6Gb/s SATA RAID controllers)

1.1 Overview

The ARC-1203-4i/8i/12i/16i internal PCIe 2.0 host RAID controllers

are a cost-effective solutions for connecting up to 4/8/12/16 6Gb/s

SATA peripheral devices. The RAID controllers are based on the

same RAID kernel of eld-proven internal/external RAID controller

and same device driver architecture with widely used 3Gb/s and

6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID controller. Applications that benet most

features from these controllers include NAS, server RAID solutions,

web servers, near-line backup, security systems and streaming

applications. ARC-1203 series support directly attached 4/8/12/16

internal 6Gb/s SATA ports via 1/2/3/4 SFF-8087 connector.

The ARC-1203 series 6Gb/s RAID controllers are low-prole PCI

cards, ideal for 1U and 2U rack-mount systems. These controllers

utilize the same RAID kernel that has been eld-proven in existing

external RAID controller products, allowing Areca to quickly bring

stable and reliable PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SATA RAID controllers to the

market.

Unparalleled Flexibility

Embedded with ARM-based storage I/O processor makes those

products a pure hardware RAID controller and raise the standard

to higher performance levels with several enhancements including

6Gb/s SATA ports, on-board 512MB SDRAM memory and high per-

formance PCIe 2.0 x8 lane host interface bus interconnection. The

ARC-1203 series RAID card with a dedicated processor and cache

memory that ofoads the parity calculations from the CPU, as this

means you can pair it with a slow, lower power processor, the cost

to benet ratio for this cost-effective RAID adapter is negligible.

With several port conguration options 4 internal, 8 internal, 12

internal and 16 internal ARC-1203 series RAID can be easily inte-

grated into a variety of hardware and software platforms, and are

ideal for cost-effective, high-capacity NAS, DVR and cold storage

market.

INTRODUCTION

Unsurpassed Data Availability

As storage capacities continue to rapidly increase, users need

greater level of disk drive fault tolerance, which can be imple-

mented without doubling the investment in disk drives. The RAID

6 can offer fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only

consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data.

Areca entry-level RAID controllers incorporate onboard storage pro-

cessors to deliver true hardware RAID. Hardware RAID cards have

their own local RAID processor onboard, plus dedicated onboard

cache for full hardware ofoading of RAID-processing functions.

The ability of hardware RAID controllers to rebuild an array in the

event of a drive failure is superior to what software RAID control-

lers offer.

The ARC-1203 series 6Gb/s SATA RAID controllers can also provide

RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD

for maximum conguration exibility. Its high data availability and

protection derives from Areca Technology’s advanced features: On-

line RAID Capacity Expansion, Array Roaming, Online RAID Level /

Stripe Size Migration, Global Online Spare, Automatic Drive Failure

Detection, Automatic Failed Drive Rebuilding, Disk Hot-Swap, On-

line Background Rebuilding, Instant Availability/Background Initial-

ization, Auto Reassign Sector, Redundant Flash Image and Bat-

tery Backup Module. The optional battery backup module provides

power to the cache if it contains data not yet written to the drives

when power is lost.

Maximum Interoperability

The ARC-1203 series 6Gb/s SATA RAID adapters support broad

operating system including Windows 10/8/server 2012/2008/

Vista/2003/XP, Linux (Open Source), FreeBSD (Open Source), VM-

ware, Solaris (Open Source), Mac and more, along with key system

monitoring features such as enclosure management (Serial bus &

SGPIO) and SNMP function. Our products and technology are based

on extensive testing and validation process; same as Areca 3Gb/s

and 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapter eld-proven compatibility with

operating systems, motherboards, applications and device drives.

INTRODUCTION

Easy RAID Management

The controllers contain an embedded McBIOS RAID manager that

can access via hot key at M/B BIOS boot-up screen. This pre-boot

McBIOS RAID manager can use to simplify the setup and manage-

ment of RAID controller. The controller rmware also contains a

browser-based McRAID storage manager which can be accessed

through the Ethernet port or ArcHttp proxy server in Windows,

Linux, FreeBSD and more environments. The McRAID storage man-

ager allows local and remote to create and modify RAID set, vol-

ume set, and monitor RAID status from standard web browser. The

ArcSAP quick manager can scan for multiple RAID units in the local

and remote systems and provide an effective mechanism to cong-

ure and monitor your RAID units.

1.2 Features

Controller Architecture

• ARM_based 1066MHz storage I/O processor

• 512MB on-board DDR3-1066 SDRAM with ECC protection

• PCIe 2.0 x4 lanes host interface

• Support up to 4/8/12/16 x 6Gb/s SATA HDDs/SSD

• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements

• BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance

• BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specication)

support

• Boot support for the uEFI host BIOS

• NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log

• Redundant ash image for controller availability

• Battery Backup Module (BBM) ready (optional)

• RoHS compliant

RAID Features

• RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD

• Multi-level RAID 0 and RAID 10 (R00 and R100)

• Support up to 1MB stripe size

• Multiple RAID selection

• Online array roaming

• Online RAID level/stripe size migration

• Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultane-

ously

INTRODUCTION

• Online volume set growth

• Instant availability and background initialization

• Support global and dedicated hot spare

• Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and rebuilding

• Greater than 2TB capacity per disk drive support

• Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)

• SED (self-encrypting drives) function support

• Support intelligent power management to save energy and ex-

tend service life

• Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SATA devices

• Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function

• SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support

• Support HDD rmware update

Monitors/Notication

• System status indication through global HDD activity/fault con-

nector, individual fault connector, LCD/serial bus connector an d

alarm buzzer

• SMTP support for email notication

• SNMP support for remote manager

• Enclosure management (Serial bus & SGPIO) ready

RAID Management

• Field-upgradeable rmware in ash ROM

In-Band Manager

• Hot key "boot-up" McBIOS RAID manager via M/B BIOS

• Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via ArcHTTP proxy

server for all operating systems

• Support Command Line Interface (CLI)

• API library for customer to write manager utility

• Single Admin Portal (ArcSAP) quick manager utility

Out-of-Band Manager

• Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage man-

ager, SMTP manager, SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ether-

net port

• Out-of-Band API sample and functional code for customer to

quickly customize its AP

• Support push button and LCD display panel (optional)

INTRODUCTION

6Gb/s SATA RAID controllers

Model name ARC-1203-4i ARC-1203-8i

I/O Processor ARM_based 1066MHz storage I/O processor

Form Factor (H x L) Low Prole: 64.4 x 168 mm

Host Bus Type PCIe 2.0 p14-x4 Lanes

Driver Connector 1xSFF-8087 2xSFF-8087

Drive Support Up to 4 x 6Gb/s SATA HDDs/SSD Up to 8 x 6Gb/s SATA HDDs/SSD

RAID Level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, Single Disk, and

JBOD

0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60,

Single Disk, and JBOD

On-Board Cache 512MB on-board DDR3-1066 SDRAM with ECC protection

Management Port In-Band: PCIe / Out-of-Band: LCD, and LAN Port

Enclosure Ready Individual Faulty Header, SGPIO, and Serial bus

Operating System

• Windows 10/8/2012/7/2008/Vista/XP/2003

• Linux

• FreeBSD

• VMware (Driver 6.x support CLI in-band management utility)

• Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64

• Mac OS 10.5.x or higher

6Gb/s SATA RAID controllers

Model name ARC-1203-12i ARC-1203-16i

I/O Processor ARM_based 1066MHz storage I/O processor

Form Factor (H x L) Low Prole: 64.4 x 202 mm

Host Bus Type PCIe 2.0 p14-x4 Lanes

Driver Connector 3xSFF-8087 4xSFF-8087

Drive Support Up to 12 x 6Gb/s SATA HDDs/SSD Up to 16 x 6Gb/s SATA HDDs/SSD

RAID Level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk, and JBOD

On-Board Cache 512MB on-board DDR3-1066 SDRAM with ECC protection

Management Port In-Band: PCIe / Out-of-Band: LCD, and LAN Port

Enclosure Ready Individual Faulty Header, SGPIO, and Serial bus

Note:

Low-prole bracket has included on the low prole board shipping

package.

INTRODUCTION

2. Hardware Installation

This section describes the procedures for installing the 6Gb/s SATA RAID

controllers.

2.1 Before You First Installing

Thanks for purchasing the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller as your

RAID data storage subsystem. This user manual gives simple step-

by-step instructions for installing and conguring the 6Gb/s SATA

RAID controller. To ensure personal safety and to protect your

equipment and data, reading the following information package list

carefully before you begin installing.

Package Contents

If your package is missing any of the items listed below, con-

tact your local dealers before you install. (Disk drives and disk

mounting brackets are not included)

• 1 x 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller in an ESD-protective bag

• 1 x Installation CD – containing driver, relative software, an elec-

tronic version of this manual and other related manual

• 1 x Quick start guide

• 1 x Low-prole bracket

System Requirement

The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller can be installed in an universal

PCIe slot and requires a motherboard that:

ARC-1203 series 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller requires:

• Comply with the PCIe 2.0 p15-x4 lanes

It can work on the PCIe 2.0 x1, x4, x8, and x16 signal with x4,

x8 or x16 slot M/B.

• Backward-compatibe with PCIe 1.0

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

Connector Type Description

1. (J1) Manufacture Purpose Port 14-pin header

2. (J2) 14-pin box headerBattery Backup Module Connector

3. (J3) I2C/LCD Connector 7-pin header

4. (J4) Global Fault/Activity LED 4-pin header

5. (J5) Individual Activity LED (1-8 Ports) Header 8-pin header

6. (J6) Individual Fault LED (1-8 Ports) Header 8-pin header

7. (J7) RJ45Ethernet port

8. (SCN1) SATA 1-4 Ports SFF-8087

9. ( SATA 5-8 Ports (for ARC-1203-8i) SCN2) SFF-8087

Table 2-1, ARC-1203-4i/8i connectors

Figure 2-1, ARC-1203-4i/8i 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller

2.2 Board Layout

The RAID controllers can support a family SATA interface included

4/8/12/16 internal ports with 6Gb/s capability. This section pro-

vides the board layout and connector/jumper for the 6Gb/s SATA

RAID controller.

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Note:

Each SFF-8087 connector uses one port multiplier.

Connector Type Description

Front Side

1. (J1) Manufacture Purpose Port 14-pin header

2. (J2) 14-pin box headerBattery Backup Module Connector

3. (J3) Global Fault/Activity LED 4-pin header

4. (J4) Individual Fault LED (9-16 Ports) Header 8-pin header

5. (J5) Individual Fault LED (1-8 Ports) Header 8-pin header

6. (J6) I2C/LCD Connector 7-pin header

7. (J7) RJ45Ethernet port

8. (SCN1) SATA 1-4 Ports SFF-8087

9. (SCN2) SATA 5-8 Ports SFF-8087

Back Side

10. ( )SCN3 SATA 9-12 Ports SFF-8087

11. (SCN4) SATA 13-16 Ports (for ARC-1203-16i) SFF-8087

Table 2-2, ARC-1203-12i/16i connectors

Figure 2-2, ARC-1203-12i/16i 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller

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2.3 Installation

Use the following instructions below to install a PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s

SATA RAID controller.

Step 1. Unpack

Unpack and remove the PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller 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 sys-

tem’s cover. For the instructions, please see the computer system

documentation.

Step 3. Install the PCIe 6Gb/s SATA RAID Cards

To install the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller, remove the mounting

screw and existing bracket from the rear panel behind the selected

PCIe 2.0 slot. Align the gold-ngered edge on the card with the

selected PCIe 2.0 slot. Press down gently but rmly to ensure that

the card is properly seated in the slot, as shown on Figure 2-4.

Then, screw the bracket into the computer chassis. ARC-1203 se-

ries controllers require a PCIe 2.0 x4/x8/x16 slot.

Figure 2-3, Insert into a

PCIe slot

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Step 4. Mount the Drives

You can connect the SATA drives to the controller through direct

cable and backplane solutions. In the direct connection, SATA

drives are directly connected to 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller port

with SATA cables. The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller can support up

to 8 ports. 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 connected to either the cage backplane or the individual

drives.

In the backplane solution, SATA drives are directly connected

to 6Gb/s SATA system backplane. The number of SATA drives is

limited to the number of slots available on the system backplane.

Step 5. Install SATA Cable

This section describes SATA cable how to connect on controller.

Figure 2-4, Connecting to HDD

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Figure 2-5, Connecting to Backplane

Step 6. Install the LED Cable (Optional)

The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the internal

SFF-8087 connector. This connector has eight signal pins to sup-

port four SATA drives and six pins for the SGPIO (Serial General

Purpose Input/Output) side-band signals. The SGPIO bus is used

for efcient LED management and for sensing drive Locate status.

See SFF 8485 for the specication of the SGPIO bus. For backplane

without SGPIO supporting, Please refer to Section 2.6 LED cables

for fault/activity LED cable installation.

LED Management: The backplane may contain LEDs to indicate

drive status. Light from the LEDs could be transmitted to the out-

side of the server by using light pipes mounted on the SATA drive

tray. A small microcontroller on the backplane, connected via the

SGPIO bus to a 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller, could control the LEDs.

Activity: blinking 5 times/second and Fault: solid illuminated

Drive Locate Circuitry: The location of a drive may be detected by

sensing the voltage level of one of the pre-charge pins before and

after a drive is installed.

The following signals dene the SGPIO assignments for the Min

SAS 4i internal connector (SFF-8087) in the 6Gb/s SATA RAID con-

troller.

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PIN Description PIN Description

SideBand0 SClock (Clock signal) SideBand1 SLoad (Last clock of a bit stream)

SideBand2 Ground GroundSideBand3

SideBand4 SDataOut (Serial data

output bit stream)

SideBand5 SDataIn (Serial data input bit

stream)

SideBand6 Reserved SideBand7 Reserved

Step 7. Adding a Battery Backup Module (Optional)

Please refer to Appendix B Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120BA-

T121) for installing the BBM in your 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller.

Step 8. Re-check Fault LED Cable Connections (Optional)

Be sure that the proper failed drive channel information is dis-

played by the fault LEDs. An improper connection will tell the user

to ‘‘Hot Swap’’ the wrong drive. This can result in removing the

wrong disk (one that is functioning properly) from the controller.

This can result in failure and loss of system data.

Step 9. Power up the System

Throughly check the installation, reinstall the computer cover, and

reconnect the power cord cables. Turn on the power switch at the

rear of the computer (if equipped) and then press the power button

at the front of the host computer.

Step 10. Install the Controller Driver

For a new system:

• Driver installation usually takes places as part of operating sys-

tem installation. Please refer to Chapter 4 “Diver Installation” for

the detailed installation procedure.

For an existing system:

• To install the controller driver into the existing operating system.

For the detailed installation procedure, please refer to the Chap-

ter 4, “Driver Installation”.

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Step 11. Install ArcHTTP Proxy Server

The ARC-1203 rmware has embedded the web-browser McRAID

storage manager. ArcHTTP proxy server will launch the web-

browser McRAID storage manager. It provides all of the creation,

management and monitor ARC-1203 series RAID controller status.

Please refer to the Chapter 5 for the detail “ArcHTTP Proxy Server

Installation”. For SNMP agent function, please see the “SNMP

Operation & Installation” section in the Appendix C of the user

manual.

Step 12. Congure Volume Set

With Areca series RAID cards, there are 4 methods to manage your

ARC-1203 series RAID controller. It can be congured by using the

LCD with keypad, McBIOS RAID manager (terminal emulation) or

McRAID storage manager (via LAN port and ArcHTTP proxy utility).

• Method 1: Internal PCIe Connection (McBIOS RAID Manager)

The ARC-1203 series RAID controller can be congured via a

BIOS start up McBIOS manager. The McBIOS RAID manager is

rmware-based and is used to congure RAID sets and volume

sets. Because the utility resides in the ARC-1203 series RAID

controller rmware, operation is independent of any operating

systems on your computer. For additional information on using

the BIOS on-screen to congure the RAID subsystem see the

Chapter 3 of “BIOS Conguration” of the user manual.

• Method 2: Internal PCIe Connection (McRAID Storage Manager)

You’re now ready to use the McRAID storage manager to set up

RAID volumes. Your ARC-1203 series RAID controller can be con-

gured by using McRAID storage manager (launched by ArcHTTP

proxy server). ARC-1203 RAID controller has embedded the TCP/

IP & web browser-based RAID manager in the rmware. User can

use the standard web browsers to manage the RAID controller

using ArcHTTP proxy server installed. For additional information

on using the McRAID storage manager to congure the RAID con-

troller see the Chapter 6 of “Web Browser-Based Conguration”

of the user manual.

• Method 3: LAN Port Connection (McRAID Storage Manager)

The ARC-1203 RAID controller has embedded the TCP/IP & web

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browser-based RAID manager in the rmware. User can remote

manage the RAID controller without adding any user specic soft-

ware (platform independent) via standard web browsers directly

connected to the 10/100Mbits RJ45 LAN port. For additional in-

formation on using the LAN port to congure the RAID subsystem

see the Chapter 6 of “Web Browser-Based Conguration” of the

user manual.

• Method 4: Front LCD Panel with Keypad (Optional)

You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create

the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs you of the

disk array’s current operating status at a glance. For additional

information on using the LCD to congure the RAID controller see

the ARC1000_LCD manual on the shipping CD. The LCD provides

a system of screens with areas for information, status indication,

or menus. The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of

menu items or other information.

Step 13. Format, Partition and Mount the ARC-1203 RAID

Controller Volumes

After the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be

partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the operating system.

There are various steps, on what operating system you depending

are using (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD or Mac, etc.). Detailed steps

for each operating system are provided on their disk utility. After

that, the ARC-1203 series RAID controller can be fully used.

Step 14. Determining the Boot Sequences

The ARC-1203 series RAID controller is a bootable device. You can

use it as primary boot drive or secondary storage drive. If your

system already contains a bootable device with an installed operat-

ing system, you can set up your system to boot a second operating

system from the new ARC-1203 series RAID controller volume.

For PC system:

To add a second bootable controller, you may need to enter setup

of motherboard BIOS and change the device boot sequence so that

the new ARC-1203 series RAID controller volume heads the list. If

the system BIOS setup does not allow this change, your system

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may be not congurable to allow the new ARC-1203 RAID control-

ler volume to act as a second boot device.

For Apple Mac Pro system:

Areca controller has supported the uEFI BIOS on the PCIe 2.0

6Gb/s SATA RAID controller. You have other alternatively to add

volumes on the Intel-based Mac bootable device listing. You can

follow the following procedures to add 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller

on the Mac bootable device listing.

1. Set the BIOS selection in System Controls: Advance Congura-

tion to “uEFI” option for Intel_based MacPro boot.

2. Ghost (such as Carbon Copy Cloner ghost utility) the Mac OS X

system disk on the Intel-based Mac to the external 6Gb/s SATA

RAID controller volume set. Carbon Copy Cloner is an archival

type of back up software. You can take your whole Mac OS X

system and make a carbon copy or clone to Areca volume simi-

lar as an other hard drive.

3. Power up Intel-based Mac, it will take about 30 seconds for con-

troller rmware ready. Areca volume will be added in the

bootable device automatically.

2.4 SATA Cables

You can connect the end devices to each other through direct

cables or through the SATA backplane connections. The following is

an example of some internal SATA cables.

2.4.1 Internal Min SAS 4i to SATA Cable

The Min SAS 4i to SATA cables are used for connection between

the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller internal connectors and connec-

tors on the SATA disk drives or SAS/SATA connector backplane.

The 6Gb/s SATA controllers have 1-4 Min SAS 4i (SFF-8087)

internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SATA

drives.

These controllers can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with

standard SATA/SAS connectors backplane. The following diagram

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Figure 2-6, SFF-8087 to 4x SATA cable

shows the picture of Min SAS 4i to 4*SATA cables. Backplane

supports SGPIO header can leverage the SGPIO function on the

6Gb/s SATA RAID controller through the sideband cable.

The SFF-8448 sideband signals cable is reserved for the back-

plane with header on it.

2.4.2 Internal Min SAS 4i (SFF-8087) to Internal

Min SAS 4i (SFF-8087) cable

The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controllers have 1-4 Min SAS 4i internal

SFF-8087 connectors, each of them can support up to four SATA

signals. These controllers can be installed in a server RAID enclo-

sure with Min SAS 4i internal connectors backplane. This Min SAS

4i cable has eight signal pins to support four SATA drives and six

pins for the SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) side-

band signals. The SGPIO bus is used for efcient LED manage-

ment and for sensing drive Locate status.

Figure 2-7, SFF-8087 cable

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Note:

A cable for the global indicator comes with your computer

system. Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with a

drive cage, or you may need to purchase them.

2.5 LED Cables

There is no SGPIO supported in the most of old version SATA

backplane. The 6Gb/s SATA controller also provides two kinds of

alternative LED cable header to support the fault/activity status

for those backplanes. The global indicator connector is used by the

server/desktop system global indicator LED.

The following electronics schematic is the 6Gb/s SATA RAID con-

troller logical of fault/activity header. The signal from EPLD CTL

output pin is cathode (-) side.

The following diagrams and descriptions describe each type of con-

nector.

A: Individual Fault LED and Global Activity/Fault Indicator

Connector

Most of the backplanes have supported the HDD activity from

the HDD. The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller also provides the fault

activity for fault LED. Connect the cables for the drive fault LEDs

between the backplane of the cage and the respective connector on

the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller.

The following table is the fault LED signal behavior.

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LED Normal Status Problem Indication

Fault LED 1. When the fault LED is

solid illuminated, there

is no disk present.

2. When the fault LED is

off, then disk is present

and status is normal.

1. When the fault LED is slow blinking (2

times/sec), that disk drive has failed

and should be hot-swapped immedi-

ately.

2. When the activity LED is illuminated

and fault LED is fast blinking (10 times/

sec) there is rebuilding activity on that

disk drive.

If the system will use only a single global indicator, attach the LED

to the two pins of the global activity/fault connector. The global

fault pin pair connector is the overall fault signal. This signal will

light up in any disk drive failure.

Figure 2-8, ARC-1203-4i/8i LED Indicator Connector

Figure 2-9, ARC-1203-12i/16i LED Indicator Connector

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PIN Description PIN Description

1 2 GNDPower (+5V)

3LCD Module Interrupt 4 Protect Key

5 LCD Module Serial Data 6 Fault/Activity Clock

7 Fault/Activity Serial Data 8 LCD Module Clock

B: Areca Serial Bus Connector

The serial bus connector can add optional accessories to add

RAID controller more functions. You can connect this interface to

Areca LCD module for information, status indication, or menus

or Card LED indicator for status message. This interface can

also cascade to another Areca serial bus accessories for the

additional status display.

The following picture and table is the serial bus signal name de-

scription for the LCD/I2C Module Connector (J3).

You can use one optional LCD front panel and keypad function to

simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs

you the disk array’s current operating status at a glance. The LCD

conguration is described in a separate manual: RAID Card_LCD

manual. The LCD housed in a 5¼-inch half-height or 3.5-inch

canister.

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Figure 2-10, Connect to LCD Status Panel

You can use one optional Card LED indicator connected serial bus

interface to display fault/activity status on I/O bracket or 3.5-inch

canister. This LED provides indications about the operational state

of the HDD on the RAID controller.

Figure 2-11, Connect to LED Indicator

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2.6 Summary of the installation

The ow chart below describes the installation procedures for 6Gb/s

SATA RAID controllers.

These procedures includes hardware installation, the creation and

conguration of a RAID volume through the McBIOS/McRAID man-

ager, OS installation and installation of 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller

software.

The software components congure and monitor the 6Gb/s SATA

RAID controllers as following table.

Conguration Utility Operating System Supported

McBIOS RAID Manager OS-Independent

McRAID Storage Manager

(Via ArcHTTP proxy server)

Windows 10/8/2012/7/2008/Vista/

XP/2003, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and

Mac

McRAID Storage Manager

(Via Ethernet port)

OS-Independent

SAP Monitor (Single Admin Portal to

scan for multiple RAID units in the net-

work, via ArcHTTP proxy server)

Windows 10/8/2012/7/2008/Vista/

XP/2003

SNMP Manager Console Integration Windows 10/8/2012/7/2008/Vista/

XP/2003, Linux and FreeBSD

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McRAID Storage Manager

Before launching the rmware-embedded web browser, McRAID

storage manager through the PCIe bus, you need rst to install the

ArcHTTP proxy server on your server system. If you need additional

information about installation and start-up of this function, see the

McRAID Storage Manager section in Chapter 6 of the user manual.

ArcHTTP Proxy Server

ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID storage

manager) to run. It is used to launch the web browser McRAID

storage manager. It also runs as a service or daemon in the back-

ground that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps no-

tication. If you need additional information about installation and

start-up of this function, see the ArcHTTP Proxy Server Installation

section in Chapter 5 of the user manual.

CLI Utility

CLI (Command Line Interface) lets you set up and manage RAID

controller 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.

SNMP Manager Console Integration

There are two ways to transport SNMP data on the ARC-1203 RAID

controller: in-band PCIe host bus interface or out-of-band built-

in LAN interface. Enter the “SNMP Tarp IP Address” option on the

rmware-embedded SNMP conguration function for user to select

the SNMP data agent-side communication from the out-of-band

built-in LAN interface. To use in-band PCIe host bus interface, keep

blank on the “SNMP Tarp IP Address” options.

• Out of Band-Using LAN Port Interface

Out-of-band interface refers to transport SNMP data of 6Gb/s

SATA controllers from a remote station connected to the

controller through a network cable. Before launching the SNMP

manager on the clinet, you need rstly to enable the rmware-

embedded SNMP agent function and no additional agent

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software inquired on your server system. If you need additional

information about installation and start-up this function, see the

section 6.8.4 SNMP Conguration of the user manual.

• In-Band-Using PCIe Host Bus Interface

In-band interface refers to management of the SNMP data of

6Gb/s SATA controllers from a PCIe host bus. In-band interface is

simpler than out-of-band interface for it requires less hardware in

its conguration.Since the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller is already

installed in the host system, no extra connection is necessary.

Just load the necessary in-band Areca SNMP extension agent

for the controllers. Before launching the SNMP agent in the

sever, you need rst to enable the rmware-embedded SNMP

community conguration 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 Appendix C of the user manual.

Single Admin Portal (ArcSAP) Monitor

This utility can scan for multiple RAID units in the local and remote

systems and provide an effective mechanism to congure and

monitor your RAID units. For additional information, see the utility

manual (ArcSAP) in the packaged CD or download it from the web

site http://www.areca.com.tw

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3. McBIOS RAID Manager

The system mainboard BIOS automatically congures the following

6Gb/s SATA RAID controller parameters at power-up:

• I/O Port Address

• Interrupt Channel (IRQ)

• Controller ROM Base Address

Use McBIOS RAID manager to further congure the 6Gb/s SATA RAID

controller to suit your server hardware and operating system.

3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager

This section explains how to use the McBIOS RAID manager to

congure your RAID system. The McBIOS RAID manager is de-

signed to be user-friendly. It is a menu-driven program, residing

in the rmware, which allows you to scroll through various menus

and sub-menus and select among the predetermined conguration

options.

When starting a system with a 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller in-

stalled, it will display the following message on the monitor during

the start-up sequence (after the system BIOS startup screen but

before the operating system boots):

The McBIOS RAID manager message remains on your screen for

about nine seconds, giving you time to start the conguration

menu by pressing or -Tab F6. If you do not wish to enter congu

ration menu, press ESC to skip conguration immediately. When

activated, the McBIOS RAID manager window appears showing a

selection dialog box listing the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controllers that

are installed in the system. The legend at the bottom of the screen

shows you what keys are enabled for the windows.

Bus/Dev/Fun= 8/0/0, I/0-Port=FBEA0000h, IRQ=10, BIOS=CA00 : 0h

ID-LUN=00-0, Vol=”Areca ARC-1203-VOL#000R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)

ID-LUN=00-1, Vol= 1R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)”Areca ARC-1203-VOL#00

ID-LUN=00-2, Vol=”Areca ARC-1203-VOL#002R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)

RAID controller BIOS not installed

Press <Tab/F6> to enter SETUP menu. 9 second(s) left <ESC to Skip>..

ARC-1203 PCIEx4/5.0G RAID Controller - DRAM: 1024(MB) / #Channels: 8

BIOS: V1.23 / Date: 2015-12-10 - F/W: V1.52 / Date: 2015-11-10

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Areca Technology Corporation RAID Setup <V1.56, 2012/12/24>

ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, **** Press F10 (Tab) to Reboot ****

Select An Adapter To Congure

( 001/ 0/0) I/O=28000000h, IRQ = 9

Use the Up Down and arrow keys to select the controller you want

to congure. While the desired controller is highlighted, press the

Enter key to enter the main menu of the McBIOS RAID manager.

3.2 McBIOS RAID manager

The McBIOS RAID manager is rmware-based and is used to con-

gure RAID sets and volume sets. Because the utility resides in the

6Gb/s SATA RAID controller rmware, operation is independent of

any operating systems on your computer. This utility can be used

to:

• Create RAID sets,

• Expand RAID sets,

I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System

ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw

Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller

Main Menu

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Verify Password

Note:

T h e m a n u f a c t u r e

default password is

set to 0000; this

p a s s w o r d c a n b e

modied by selecting

Change Password

in the Raid System

Function section.

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3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares

Any unused disk drive that is not part of a RAID set can be desig-

nated as a hot spare. The “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” conguration

will add the spare disk drive and automatically display the appro-

priate RAID level from which the user can select. For the “Raid Set

Function” conguration option, the user can use the “Create Hot

Spare” option to dene the hot spare disk drive.

When a hot spare disk drive is being created using the “Create Hot

Spare” option (in the “Raid Set Function”), all unused physical de-

vices connected to the current controller appear:

Choose the target disk by selecting the appropriate check box.

Press key to select a disk drive, and press Enter Yes in the “Cre-

ate Hot Spare” to designate it as a hot spare.

• Add physical drives,

• Dene volume sets,

• Modify volume sets,

• Modify RAID level/stripe size,

• Dene pass-through disk drives,

• Modify system functions and

• Designate drives as hot spares.

3.3 Conguring Raid Sets and Volume Sets

You can congure RAID sets and volume sets with McBIOS RAID

manager automatically. Using “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” or manu-

ally using “Raid Set/Volume Set Function”. Each conguration

method requires a different level of user input. The general ow of

operations for RAID set and volume set conguration is:

Step Action

1 Designate hot spares/pass-through drives (optional).

2 Choose a conguration method.

3 Create RAID sets using the available physical drives.

4 Dene volume sets using the space available in the RAID set.

5 Initialize the volume sets and use volume sets (as logical drives) in the

host OS.

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3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Con-

guration

“Quick Volume / Raid Setup conguration” collects all available

drives and includes them in a RAID set. The RAID set you created

is associated with exactly one volume set. You will only be able to

modify the default RAID level, stripe size and capacity of the new

volume set. Designating drives as hot spares is also possible in the

“Raid Level” selection option. The volume set default settings will

be:

Parameter Setting

Volume Name ARC-1203-VOL#00

SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN 0/0/0

Cache Mode Write-Back

Tag Queuing Yes

The default setting values can be changed after conguration is

completed. Follow the steps below to create arrays using the “Raid

Set / Volume Set” method:

Step Action

1 Choose “Quick Volume /Raid Setup” from the main menu. The available

RAID levels with hot spare for the current volume set drive are displayed.

2 It is recommended that you use drives of the same capacity in a specic

array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in

the RAID set will be set to the capacity of the smallest drive in the RAID

set.

The numbers of physical drives in a specic array determines which RAID

levels that can be implemented in the array.

RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives.

RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives.

RAID 10(1E) requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 6 + Spare requires at least 5 physical drives.

Highlight the desired RAID level for the volume set and press the Enter

key to conrm.

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3.6 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function

Method

In “Raid Set Function”, you can use the “Create Raid Set” function

to generate a new RAID set. In “Volume Set Function”, you can use

the “Create Volume Set” function to generate an associated volume

set and conguration parameters.

If the current controller has unused physical devices connected,

you can choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the “Raid Set

Function” to dene a global hot spare. Select this method to con-

gure new RAID sets and volume sets. The “Raid Set/Volume Set

Function” conguration option allows you to associate volume sets

with partial and full RAID sets.

3 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 conrm. The available stripe sizes for the current volume

set are then displayed.

4 and arrow keys to select the current volume set Use the UP DOWN

stripe size and press the key to conrm. This parameter species Enter

the size of the stripes written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 10(1E), 5 or 6

volume set. You can set the stripe size to 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB, 64KB,

128KB, 256KB, 512KB, or 1024KB. A larger stripe size provides better

read performance, especially when the computer preforms mostly se-

quential reads. However, if the computer preforms random read requests

more often, choose a smaller stripe size.

5 key to When you are nished dening the volume set, press the Yes

conrm the “Quick Volume And Raid Set Setup” function.

6 Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to dene fast initialization

or selected the Background (Instant Available) or No Init (To Rescue Vol-

ume). In the “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.

In “Foreground Initialization”, the initialization proceeds must be com-

pleted before the volume set ready for system accesses. In “No Init”,

there is no initialization on this volume.

7 Initialize the volume set you have just congured

8 If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu “Create Vol-

ume Set” function.

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Step Action

1 To setup the hot spare (option), choose “Raid Set Function” from the

main menu. Select the “Create Hot Spare” and press the key to Enter

dene the hot spare.

2 Choose “Raid Set Function” from the main menu. Select “Create Raid

Set” and press the Enter key.

3 The “Select a Drive For Raid Set” window is displayed showing the SATA

drives connected to the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller.

4 Press the and UP DOWN arrow keys to select specic physical drives.

Press the key to associate the selected physical drive with the cur-Enter

rent RAID set.

It is recommended that you use drives of the same capacity in a specic

array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in

the RAID set will be set to the capacity of the smallest drive in the RAID

set.

The numbers of physical drives in a specic array determines which RAID

levels that can be implemented in the array.

RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives.

RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives.

RAID 10(1E) requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 30 requires at least 6 physical drives.

RAID 50 requires at least 6 physical drives.

RAID 60 requires at least 8 physical drives.

5 After adding the desired physical drives to the current RAID set, press

the Enter to conrm the “Create Raid Set” function.

6 An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanu-

meric characters to dene a unique identier for this new RAID set. The

default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set. #. Press Enter

key to nish the name editing.

7 Press the Enter key when you are nished creating the current RAID

set. To continue dening another RAID set, repeat step 3. To begin vol-

ume set conguration, go to step 8.

8 Choose the “Volume Set Function” from the main menu. Select “Create

Volume Set” and press the Enter key.

9 Choose a RAID set from the “Create Volume From Raid Set” window.

Press the Yes key to conrm the selection.

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3.7 Main Menu

The main menu shows all functions that are available for executing

actions, which is accomplished by clicking on the appropriate link.

Note:

The manufacture default password is set to 0000; this

password can be modied by selecting “Change Password”

in the “Raid System Function section.”

10 Choosing Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to dene fast

initialization or selected the Background (Instant Available) or No Init

(To Rescue Volume). In the “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. In “Foreground Initialization”, the initialization

proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system

accesses. In “No Init”, there is no initialization on this volume.

11 If space remains in the RAID set, the next volume set can be congured.

Repeat steps 8 to 10 to congure another volume set.

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Verify Password

Main Menu

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

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Option Description

Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create a default conguration based on the number

of physical disk installed

Raid Set Function Create a customized RAID set

Volume Set Function Create a customized volume set

Physical Drives View individual disk information

Raid System Function Setup the RAID system conguration

Hdd Power Management Manage HDD power based on usage patterns

Ethernet Conguration LAN port setting

View System Events Record all system events in the buffer

Clear Event Buffer Clear all information in the event buffer

Hardware Monitor Show the hardware system environment status

System Information View the controller system information

This password option allows user to set or clear the RAID control-

ler’s password protection feature. Once the password has been set,

the user can only monitor and congure the RAID controller by pro-

viding the correct password. The password is used to protect the

RAID controller from unauthorized entry. The controller will prompt

for the password only when entering the main menu from the initial

screen. The RAID controller will automatically return to the initial

screen when it does not receive any command in ve minutes.

3.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup

“Quick Volume/Raid Setup” is the fastest way to prepare a RAID

set and volume set. It requires only a few keystrokes to com-

plete. Although disk drives of different capacity may be used in

the RAID set, it will use the capacity of the smallest disk drive as

the capacity of all disk drives in the RAID set. The “Quick Vol-

ume/Raid Setup” option creates a RAID set with the following

properties:

1. All of the physical drives are contained in one RAID set.

2. The RAID level, hot spare, capacity, and stripe size options are

selected during the conguration process.

3. When a single volume set is created, it can consume all or a

portion of the available disk capacity in this RAID set.

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If volume capacity will exceed 2TB, controller will show the

“Greater Two TB Volume Support” sub-menu.

• No

It keeps the volume size with max. 2TB limitation.

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4. If you need to add an additional volume set, use the main

menu “Create Volume Set” function.

The total number of physical drives in a specic RAID set deter-

mine the RAID levels that can be implemented within the RAID

set. Select “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” from the main menu; all

possible RAID level will be displayed on the screen.

Main Menu

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Main Menu

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Total 5 Drives

Raid 0

Raid 1 + 0

Raid 1 + 0 + Spare

Raid 3

Raid 5

Raid 3 + Spare

Raid 5 + Spare

Raid 6

Raid 6 + Spare

Total 5 Drives

Raid 0

Raid 1 + 0

Raid 1 + 0 + Spare

Raid 3

Raid 5

Raid 3 + Spare

Raid 5 + Spare

Raid 6

Raid 6 + Spare

Raid 0

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Use 64bit LBA

Use 4K Block

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• Use 64bit LBA

This option use 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes. The maxi-

mum volume capacity up to 512TB. For any hard disk drives

working in the 4K native mode in the Raid set, the volume

set directly sets and exposes 4KB sector size to the operating

system. This option works on different OS which supports 16

bytes CDB. Such as:

Windows 2003 with SP1 or later

Linux kernel 2.6.x or later

• Use 4K Block

This option uses 16 bytes CDB and changes the sector size from

default 512 bytes to 4k bytes. Windows XP only supports maxi-

mum volume capacity is up to 16TB.

A single volume set is created and consumes all or a portion of

the disk capacity available in this RAID set. Dene the capacity of

volume set in the “Available Capacity” popup. The default value

for the volume set, which is 100% of the available capacity, is

displayed in the selected capacity. Use the UP DOWN and arrow

key to set capacity of the volume set and press key to ac-Enter

cept this value. 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 dene additional volume sets.

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Main Menu

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Total 5 Drives

Raid 0

Raid 1 + 0

Raid 1 + 0 + Spare

Raid 3

Raid 5

Raid 3 + Spare

Raid 5 + Spare

Raid 6

Raid 6 +Spare

Raid 6

Available Capacity : 2400.0GB

Selected Capacity: 2400.0GB

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A larger stripe size produces better-read performance, especially

if your computer does mostly sequential reads. However, if you

are sure that your computer performs random reads more often,

select a smaller stripe size.

Press Yes key in the “Create Vol/Raid Set” dialog box, the RAID

set and volume set will start to initialize it.

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Main Menu

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Total 5 Drives

Raid 0

Raid 1 + 0

Raid 1 + 0 + Spare

Raid 3

Raid 5

Raid 3 + Spare

Raid 5 + Spare

Raid 6

Raid 6 +Spare

Raid 6

Available Capacity : 2400.0GB

Selected Capacity: 2400.0GB

Select Strip Size

16K

32K

128K

256K

512K

1024K

64K

Total 5 Drives

Raid 0

Raid 1 + 0

Raid 1 + 0 + Spare

Raid 3

Raid 5

Raid 3 + Spare

Raid 5 + Spare

Raid 6

Raid 6 +Spare

Raid 6

Select Strip Size

16K

32K

128K

256K

512K

1024K

64K

Available Capacity : 2400.0GB

Selected Capacity: 2400.0GB

Create Vol/Raid Set

Yes

Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to

each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, or 6 logical drive. You can set

the stripe size to 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB, 64KB, 128KB, 256KB,

512KB, or 1024KB.

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3.7.2 Raid Set Function

Manual conguration gives complete control of the RAID set set-

ting, but it will take longer to congure than “Quick Volume/Raid

Setup” conguration. Select “Raid Set Function” to manually con-

gure the RAID set for the rst time or delete existing RAID sets

and recongure the RAID set.

Select “Foreground (Faster Completion)” or “Background (Instant

Available)” for initialization and “No Init (To Rescue Volume)” for

recovering the missing RAID set conguration.

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Total 5 Drives

Raid 0

Raid 1 + 0

Raid 1 + 0 + Spare

Raid 3

Raid 5

Raid 3 + Spare

Raid 5 + Spare

Raid 6

Raid 6 +Spare

Raid 6

Select Strip Size

16K

32K

128K

256K

512K

1024K

64K

Initialization Mode

Background (Instant Available)

No Init (To Rescue Volume)

Foreground (Faster Completeion)

Available Capacity : 2400.0GB

Selected Capacity: 2400.0GB

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set

The following summaries are the RAID set features for the

6Gb/s SATA RAID controller.

1. Up to 16 disk drives can be included in a single RAID set.

2. Up to 16 RAID sets can be created per controller, but RAID

level 30 50 and 60 only can support two sub-volumes (RAID

set).

To dene a RAID set, follow the procedures below:

(1). Select “Raid Set Function” from the main menu.

(2). Select “Create Raid Set” from the “Raid Set Function” dialog

box.

(3). A “Select IDE Drive For Raid Set” window is displayed show-

ing the SATA drives connected to the current controller.

Press the and UP DOWN arrow keys to select specic phys-

ical drives. Press the key to associate the selected Enter

physical drive with the current RAID set. Repeat this step;

the user can add as many disk drives as are available to

a single RAID set. When nished selecting SATA drives for

RAID set, press Esc key. A “Create Raid Set Conrmation”

screen will appear, select the Yes option to conrm it.

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(4). An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box appears. Enter 1 to

15 alphanumeric characters to dene an unique identier

for the RAID set. The default RAID set name will always ap-

pear as Raid Set #.

(5). Repeat steps (3) to dene another RAID sets.

Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid Set Function

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Create Raid Set

Select IDE Drives For Raid Set

[ ]E#1Solt#2 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#3 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

[ ]E#1Solt#4 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#5 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#6 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#7 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360

[ ]E#1Solt#8 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

[*]E#1Solt#1 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

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3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set

To completely erase and recongure a RAID set, you must rst

delete it and re-create the RAID set. To delete a RAID set, select

the RAID set number that you want to delete in the “Select Raid

Set To Delete” screen. Then “Delete Raid Set” dialog box will ap-

pear, press the to delete it. Warning, data on RAID set will Yes

be lost if this option is used. But for deleting RAID set with the

Raid 30/50/60 volume, rstly, you need to delete the volumes

belonging those RAID sets.

Note:

To create RAID 30/50/60 volume, you need create multiple

RAID sets rst with the same disk numbers on each RAID

set. The max no. disk drives per volume set: 16 for RAID

0/10(1E)/3/5/6/30/50/60

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid Set Function Raid Set Function

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Create Raid Set

Select IDE Drives For Raid Set

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[ ]E#1Solt#3 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

[ ]E#1Solt#4 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#5 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#6 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#7 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360

[ ]E#1Solt#8 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

[*]E#1Solt#1 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

Edit The Raid Set Name

aid Set # 000R

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Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid Set Function Raid Set Function

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Create Raid Set

Select Raid Set to Delete

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 001 :9/9 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 003 :8/8 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 004 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 005 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 006 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 007 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Select Raid Set To Delete

Raid Set # 000

Are you Sure?

Yes

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3.7.2.3 Expand Raid Set

Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional

disk drives, the “Expand Raid Set” function allows the users to

add disk drives to the RAID sets that have already been created.

To expand a RAID set:

1. Select the “Expand Raid Set” option. If there is an available

disk, then the “Select SATA Drives For Raid Set Expansion”

screen appears.

2. Select the target RAID set by clicking on the appropriate

radius button. Select the target disk by clicking on the

appropriate check box.

3. Press the key to start the expansion on the RAID set.Yes

The new additional capacity can be utilized by one or more

volume sets. The volume sets associated with this RAID set

appear for you to have chance to modify RAID level or stripe

size. Follow the instruction presented in the “Modify Volume Set

” to modify the volume sets; operation system specic utilities

may be required to expand operating system partitions.

Caution:

RAID set expansion is a quite critical process, we strongly

recommend customer backup data before expand. Unex-

pected accident may cause serious data corruption.

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Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid Set Function

Create Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Expand Raid Set

Select IDE Drives For Raid Set Expansion

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 001 :9/9 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 003 :8/8 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 004 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 005 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 006 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 007 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Select Raid Set To Expansion

Raid Set # 000

Are you Sure?

Yes

BIOS CONFIGURATION

• Migrating

Migration occurs when a disk is added to a RAID set.

Migrating state is displayed in the RAID state area of “The

Raid Set Information” screen when a disk is being added to a

RAID set. Migrating state is also displayed in the associated

volume state area of the “Volume Set Information” which

belongs this RAID set.

3.7.2.4 Ofine Raid Set

This function is for customer being able to unmount and re-

mount a multi-disk volume. All Hdds of the selected RAID set

will be put into ofine state and spun down and fault LED will be

in fast blinking mode.

Note:

1. Once the “Expand Raid Set” process has started, user

can not stop it. The process must be completed.

2. If a disk drive fails during RAID set expansion and a hot

spare is available, an auto rebuild operation will occur

after the RAID set expansion completes.

3. RAID 30/50/60 doesn't support the “Expand Raid Set”.

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Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid Set Function

Create Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Raid Set information

The Raid Set Information

Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 00

Member Disks : 2

Raid State : Migrating

Total Capacity : 800.0GB

Free Capacity : 800.0GB

Min Member Disk Size : 400.0GB

Member Disk Channels : .E1S1.E1S2.

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3.7.2.5 Activate Incomplete Raid Set

The following screen is used to activate the RAID set after one

of its disk drive was removed in the power off state.

When one of the disk drives is removed in power off state, the

RAID set state will change to “Incomplete State”. If user wants

to continue to work while the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller is

powered on, the user can use the “Activate Incomplete Raid

Set” option to active the RAID set. After user selects this func-

tion, the RAID state will change to “Degraded Mode” and start to

work.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

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System information

Raid Set Function

Create Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Ofine Raid Set

Select Raid Set To Ofine

Raid Set # 000

Ofine Raid Set

Yes

Are you Sure?

Yes

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More System Functions

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System information

Raid Set Function Raid Set Function

Create Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Activate Raid Set

Select Raid Set To Activate

Raid Set # 000

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.2.6 Create Hot Spare

When you choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the “Raid Set

Function”, all unused physical devices connected to the current

controller will result in the screen.

Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box.

Press the key to select a disk drive and press Enter Yes in the

“Create Hot Spare” to designate it as a hot spare.

The “Create Hot Spare” gives you the ability to dene a global

or dedicated hot spare. Unlike “Global Hot Spare” which can be

used with any RAID sets, “Dedicated Hot Spare” can only be

used with a specic RAID set or Enclosure. Under “Global For

SSD or HDD” option, SSD hot spare is used to rebuild failed SSD

and HDD hot spare for rebuild failed HDD. When a disk drive

fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated hot spare is

pre-set, data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the

dedicated hot spare disk.

3.7.2.7 Delete Hot Spare

Select the target hot spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap-

propriate check box.

Press the key to select a hot spare disk drive, and press Enter

Yes in the “Delete Hot Spare” screen to delete the hot spare.

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More System Functions

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System information

Raid Set FunctionRaid Set Function

Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Create Hot Spare

Select Drives For HotSpare

[ ]E#1Solt#02 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#03 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

[ ]E#1Solt#04 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#05 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#06 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

[ ]E#1Solt#07 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360

[ ]E#1Solt#08 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

[*]E#1Solt#01 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360

Select Hot Spare Type

Dedicated To RaidSet

Dedicated To Enclosure

Global For SSD or HDD

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.2.8 Rescue Raid Set

When the system is powered off in the RAID set update/creation

period, it possibly could disappear due to this abnormal condi-

tion. The “RESCUE” function can recover the missing RAID set

information. The RAID controller uses the time as the RAID set

signature. The RAID set may have different time after the RAID

set is recovered. The “SIGANT” function can regenerate the sig-

nature for the RAID set.

Caution:

Please contact us to make sure if you need to use rescue

function. Improperly usage may cause conguration

corruption.

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Raid Set Function

Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Delete Hot Spare

Select The HotSpare Device To Be Deleted

[ ]E#1Solt#3 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

[*]E#1Solt#3 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS

Delete HotSpare?

Yes

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More System Functions

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System information

Raid Set Function Raid Set Function

Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Rescue Raid Set

Enter the Operation Key

BIOS CONFIGURATION

Once can manually fail a drive, which is useful in kill-off slow

speed disk. There is nothing physically wrong with the disk. A

manually failed the drive can be rebuilt by the hot spare and

brought back on-line.

3.7.2.9 Raid Set Information

To display RAID set information, move the cursor bar to the de-

sired RAID set number, then press the key. The “Raid Set Enter

Information” will appear. You can only view information for the

RAID set in this screen.

3.7.3 Volume Set Function

A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical de-

vice; it is organized in a RAID level within the controller utiliz-

ing one or more physical disks. RAID level refers to the level of

data performance and protection of a volume set. A volume set

can consume all of the capacity or a portion of the available disk

capacity of a RAID set. Multiple volume sets can exist on a RAID

set. If multiple volume sets reside on a specied RAID set, all

volume sets will reside on all physical disks in the RAID set. Thus

each volume set on the RAID set will have its data spread evenly

across all the disks in the RAID set rather than one volume set

using some of the available disks and another volume set using

other disks.

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More System Functions

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System information

Raid Set Function

Raid Set

Delete Raid Set

Expand Raid Set

Ofine Raid Set

Activate Raid Set

Create Hot Spare

Delete Hot Spare

Rescue Raid Set

Raid Set Information

Select Raid Set To Display

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 001 :9/9 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 003 :8/8 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 004 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 005 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 006 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 007 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

The Raid Set Information

Raid Set Name : Raid Set #000

Member Disks : 4

Raid State : Initializing

Raid Power State : Operating

Total Capacity : 14000.0GB

Free Capacity : 2233.3GB

Min Member Disk Size : 2000.0GB

Support Volumes : 128

Member Disk Channels : .E1S1.E1S2.E1S3.E1S4

BIOS CONFIGURATION

The following summaries are the volume set features for the

6Gb/s SATA RAID controller.

1. Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same

RAID set and up to 128 volume sets per controller.

2. Up to 128 volume sets can be created in a RAID set.

3. The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is not

limited to 2TB, because the controller is capable of 64-bit LBA

mode. However the operating system itself may not be capable

of addressing more than 2TB.

3.7.3.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6)

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Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

BIOS CONFIGURATION

To create a volume set, following the steps:

1. Select the “Volume Set Function” from the main menu.

2. Choose the “Create Volume Set” from “Volume Set Functions”

dialog box screen.

3. The “Create Volume From Raid Set” appears. This screen

displays the existing arranged RAID sets. Select the RAID

set number and press the key. The “Volume Creation” Enter

dialog is displayed in the screen.

4. The new create volume set attribute allows user to select the

Volume Name, Raid level, Capacity, Strip Size, SCSI Channel/

SCSI ID/SCSI Lun, Cache Mode, and Tagged Command Queu-

ing.

5. After completed the modication of the volume set, press the

Esc key to conrm it. An “Initialization Mode” screen appears.

• Select “Foreground (Faster Completion)” for faster initializa-

tion of the selected volume set.

• Select “Background (Instant Available)” for normal initial-

ization of the selected volume set.

• Select “No Init (To Rescue Volume)” for no initialization of

the selected volume.

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Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 001 :9/9 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 003 :8/8 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 004 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 005 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 006 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 007 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal

Volume Creation

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 3980.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 1

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL# 000

BIOS CONFIGURATION

6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 to create additional volume sets.

7. The initialization percentage of volume set will be displayed at

the button line.

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Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Volume Name : Volume Set # 000

Initialization Mode

Background (Instant Available)

No Init (To Rescue Volume)

Foreground (Faster Completion)

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Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL# 000

Edit The Volume Name

RC-1203-VOL# 00 A

Note:

Controller starts to initialize the volume in two conditions

1. Stay in controller bios manager or

2. Boot into OS and the controller driver loaded.

• Volume Name

The default volume name will always appear as ARC-1203-

VOL #. You can rename the volume set providing it does not

exceed the 15 characters limit.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

• Raid Level

Set the “Raid Level” for the volume set. Highlight “Raid Level”

and press the key. The available RAID levels for the Enter

current volume set are displayed. Select a RAID level and

press the Enter key to conrm.

• Capacity

The maximum available volume size is the default value for

the rst setting. Enter the appropriate volume size to t your

application. The capacity value can be increased or decreased

by the and arrow keys. The capacity of each vol-UP DOWN

ume set must be less than or equal to the total capacity of the

RAID set on which it resides.

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Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL # 000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Raid Level : 5

Select Raid Level

0 + 1

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Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL# 000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 160.1GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Available Capacity : 2400.0GB

Selected Capacity : 2400.0GB

BIOS CONFIGURATION

If volume capacity will exceed 2TB, controller will show the

"Greater Two TB Volume Support" sub-menu.

- No

When this option is enabled, it keeps the volume size with

max. 2TB limitation. For any hard disk drives working in the

4K native mode in the Raid set, the volume set directly sets

and exposes 4KB sector size to the operating system.

- Use 64bit LBA

This option use 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes. The maxi-

mum volume capacity up to 512TB. For any hard disk drives

working in the 4K native mode in the Raid set, the volume

set directly sets and exposes 4KB sector size to the operating

system. This option works on different OS which supports 16

bytes CDB. Such as:

Windows 2003 with SP1 or later

Linux kernel 2.6.x or later

- Use 4K Block

This option uses 16 bytes CDB and changes the sector size

from default 512 bytes to 4k bytes. Windows XP only supports

maximum volume capacity is up to 16TB.

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Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Total 5 Drives

Raid 0

Raid 1 + 0

Raid 1 + 0 + Spare

Raid 3

Raid 5

Raid 3 + Spare

Raid 5 + Spare

Raid 6

Raid 6 + Spare

Raid 0

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Use 64bit LBA

Use 4K Block

BIOS CONFIGURATION

• Stripe Size

This parameter sets the size of segment written to each disk

in a RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 6, 50 or 60 logical drive. You can

set the stripe size to 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB, 64KB, 128KB,

256KB, 512KB, or 1024KB.

The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller function simulates an exter-

nal SCSI RAID controller. The host bus represents the SCSI

channel. Choose the “SCSI Channel”. A “Select SCSI Channel”

dialog box appears; select the channel number and press the

Enter key to conrm it.

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Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL#000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Stripe Size : 64K

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Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL#000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

SCSI Channel : 0

BIOS CONFIGURATION

• SCSI ID

Each device attached to the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller, as

well as the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller itself, must be as-

signed an unique SCSI ID number. A SCSI channel can con-

nect up to 15 devices. It is necessary to assign a SCSI ID to

each device from a list of available SCSI IDs.

• SCSI LUN

Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs. Most 6Gb/s SATA

controllers treat each LUN as if it were a SATA disk.

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Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL#000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

SCSI ID : 0

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Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL#000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

SCSI LUN : 0

BIOS CONFIGURATION

• Cache Mode

User can set the cache mode to either “Write Through” or

“Write Back”.

• Write Protect

When “Write Protect” is enabled on the “Create Volume Set”,

host commands fail if they are issued to a volume in that

RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume’s data or

attributes. “Write Protection” is used primarily for customer-

initiated disaster recovery testing.

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Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL#000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Cache Mode : : Write Back

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL#000

Raid Level : 6

Capacity : 5039.9GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 1

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

Write Protect : Disabled

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Creat Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Volume Set

Create Volume From Raid Set

Raid Set # 00

Volume Creation

Volume Name : ARC-1203-VOL#000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2400.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

• Tag Queuing

This option, when enabled, can enhance overall system perfor-

mance under multi-tasking operating systems. The Command

Tag (Drive Channel) function controls the SATA command tag

queuing support for each drive channel. This function should

normally remain be enabled. Disabled this function only when

using older drives that do not support command tag queuing.

3.7.3.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set

30/50/60)

To create 30/50/60 volume set from RAID set group, move

the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Create

Raid30/50/60” link. The “Select The Raid Set To Create Volume

On It” screen will show all RAID set number. Tick on the RAID

set numbers (same disk No per RAID set) that you want to cre-

ate and then click on it.

The created new volume set attribute option allows users to se-

lect the Volume Name, Capacity, Raid Level, Strip Size, SCSI ID/

LUN, Cache Mode, and Tagged Command Queuing. The detailed

description of those parameters can refer to section 3.7.3.1.

User can modify the default values in this screen; the modica-

tion procedures are in section 3.7.3.4.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

Note:

Raid Level 30 50 and 60 can support up to eight RAID sets

(four pairs).

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Create Volume Set

Creat Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Create Raid30/50/60

Create Raid 30/50/60 Free(Capacity)

[*] Raid Set # 000 3000.0GB (3000.0GB)

[*] Raid Set # 001 1000.0GB (8000.0GB)

[ ] Raid Set # 003 150.0GB ( 240.0GB)

[ ] Raid Set # 004 150.0GB ( 240.0GB)

[ ] Raid Set # 005 150.0GB ( 240.0GB)

[ ] Raid Set # 006 150.0GB ( 240.0GB)

[ ] Raid Set # 007 150.0GB ( 240.0GB)

[*] Raid Set # 000 3000.0GB (3000.0GB)

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Create Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Delete Volume Set Select Volume To Delete

ARC-1203-VOL#009 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

ARC-1203-VOL#014 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

ARC-1203-VOL#002 (Raid Set # 001)

ARC-1203-VOL#003 (Raid Set # 002)

ARC-1203-VOL#004 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

Delete Volume Set

Yes

3.7.3.3 Delete Volume Set

To delete volume set from a RAID set, move the cursor bar to

the “Volume Set Functions” menu and select the “Delete Volume

Set” item, then press the key. The “Volume Set Func-Enter

tions” menu will show all Raid Set # items. Move the cursor

bar to a RAID set number, then press the key to show all Enter

volume sets within that RAID set. Move the cursor to the volume

set number that is to be deleted and press the key to Enter

delete it.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.3.4 Modify Volume Set

Use this option to modify volume set conguration. To modify

volume set values from RAID set system function, move the

cursor bar to the “Modify Volume Set” item, then press the

Enter key. The “Volume Set Functions” menu will show all RAID

set items. Move the cursor bar to a RAID set number item, then

press the key to show all volume set items. Select the Enter

volume set from the list to be changed, press the key to Enter

modify it.

As shown, volume information can be modied at this screen.

Choose this option to display the properties of the selected

volume set. But user can only modify the last volume set

capacity.

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Create Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Modify Volume Set

Select Volume To Modify

ARC-1880-VOL#009 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

ARC-1880-VOL#014 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

ARC-1880-VOL#002 (Raid Set # 001)

ARC-1880-VOL#003 (Raid Set # 002)

ARC-1880-VOL#004 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

Volume Modication

Volume Set Name : ARC-1203-VOL # 000

Raid Level : 5

Capacity : 2000.0GB

Stripe Size : 64K

SCSI Channel : 0

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 1

Cache Mode : Write-Back

Tag Queuing : Enabled

3.7.3.4.1 Volume Growth

Use “Expand Raid Set” function to add disk to a RAID set. The

additional capacity can be used to enlarge the last volume set

size or to create another volume set. The “Modify Volume Set”

function can support the “Volume Modication” function. To

expand the last volume set capacity, move the cursor bar to

the “Capacity” item and entry the capacity size. When nished

the above action, press the key and select the option ESC Yes

to complete the action. The last volume set starts to expand its

capacity.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

To expand an existing volume noticed:

• Only the last volume can expand capacity.

• When expand volume capacity, you can’t modify stripe size or

modify RAID revel simultaneously.

• You can expand volume capacity, but can’t reduce volume

capacity size.

• After volume expansion, the volume capacity can not be

decreased.

For greater 2TB expansion:

• If your system installed in the volume, don't expand the

volume capacity greater 2TB; except your OS and RAID

controller can support boot up from a greater 2TB capacity

device.

• Expand over 2TB used 64bit LBA mode. Please make sure

your OS supports 64bit LBA before expand it.

3.7.3.4.2 Volume Set Migration

Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID

level to another, when a volume set strip size changes, or when

a disk is added to a RAID set. Migration state is displayed in the

volume state area of the “Volume Set Information” screen.

Note:

Power failure may damage the migration data. Please back-

up the RAID data before you start the migration function.

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Create Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Select Volume To Display

ARC-1880-VOL#009 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

VOL#003R30Vo14-1(Raid Set # 002)

VOL#003R30Vo14-2(Raid Set # 003)

VOL#003R30Vo14-3(Raid Set # 004)

ARC-1880-VOL#004 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

The Volume Set Information

Volume Set Name : ARC-1203-VOL # 004

Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 02

Volume Capacity : 1200.0GB

Volume State : Migration

SCSI CH/ID/Lun : 0/0/4

Raid Level : 5

Stripe Size : 64K

Block Size : 512 Bytes

Member Disk : 5

Cache Attribute : Write-Back

Tag Queuing : Enabled

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.3.5 Check Volume Set

Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in

a volume set. For example, in a system with a dedicated parity

disk drive, a volume set check entails computing the parity of

the data disk drives and comparing those results to the contents

of the dedicated parity disk drive. To check volume set, move

the cursor bar to the “Check Volume Set” item, then press the

Enter key. The “Volume Set Functions” menu will show all RAID

set number items. Move the cursor bar to a RAID set number

item and then press the key to show all volume set items. Enter

Select the volume set to be checked from the list and press En-

ter key to select it. After completed the selection, the conrma-

tion screen appears, press to start the check.Yes

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Create Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Check Volume Set

Select Volume To Check

ARC-1203-VOL#009 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

ARC-1203-VOL#014 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

ARC-1203-VOL#002 (Raid Set # 001)

ARC-1203-VOL#003 (Raid Set # 002)

ARC-1203-VOL#004 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

Check The Volume ?

Yes

3.7.3.6 Stop Volume Set Check

Use this option to stop all of the “Check Volume Set” operations.

3.7.3.7 Display Volume Set Info.

To display volume set information, move the cursor bar to the

desired volume set number and then press the key. The Enter

“Volume Set Information” screen will be shown. You can only

view the information of this volume set in this screen, but can

not modify it.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Volume Set Function

Volume Set Functions

Create Volume Set

Create Raid30/50/60

Delete Volume Set

Modify Volume Set

Check Volume Set

Stop Volume Check

Display Volume Info.

Select Volume To Display

ARC-1880-VOL#009 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

VOL#003R30Vo14-1(Raid Set # 002)

VOL#003R30Vo14-2(Raid Set # 003)

VOL#003R30Vo14-3(Raid Set # 004)

ARC-1880-VOL#004 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)

The Volume Set Information

Volume Set Name : ARC-1203-VOL # 004

Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 02

Volume Capacity : 1200.0GB

Volume State : Migration

SCSI CH/ID/Lun : 0/0/4

Raid Level : 5

Stripe Size : 64K

Block Size : 512 Bytes

Member Disk : 5

Cache Attribute : Write-Back

Tag Queuing : Enabled

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Physical Drives

3.7.4 Physical Drives

Choose this option from the main menu to select a physical disk

and perform the operations listed above. Move the cursor bar to

an item, then press key to select the desired function.Enter

3.7.4.1 View Drive Information

When you choose this option, the physical disks connected to

the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller are listed. Move the cursor to

the desired drive and press key to view drive information.Enter

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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More System Functions

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Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Physical Drives

Select The Drive

E#1Solt#2 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KLA360

E#1Solt#02 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NSRaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#03 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#04 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#05 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#06 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#07 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NSRaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#01 : 500.1GB : RaidSet Member: HDS725050KLA360

E#1 Solt# - SATA

Model Name : ST380013AS

Serial Number : 5JV944ZF

Firmware Rev. : A600

Disk Capacity : 80.0 GB

Current SATA : 3G

Supported SATA : 3G

APM Support : Yes

Device State : RaidSet Member

Timeout Count : 0

Media Errors : 0

Temperature : 39

Rotation Speed : N.A

SMART Read Error : 0

SMART Reallocation Count : 107 (24)

SMART Seek Error Rate : 100 (5)

SMART Spinup Retires : 100 (67)

SMART Calibration Retries : 100 (60)

3.7.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk

A pass-through disk is not controlled by the 6Gb/s SATA RAID

controller rmware and thus cannot be a part of a volume set.

The disk is available directly to the operating system as an indi-

vidual disk. It is typically used on a system where the operating

system is on a disk not controlled by the 6Gb/s SATA RAID con-

troller rmware. The SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN, Cache

Mode, Write Protect and Tag Queuing must be specied to create

a pass-through disk.

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Yes

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

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More System Functions

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System information

Physical Drives

Physical Drive Function

View Drive Information

Modify Pass-Through Disk

Delete Pass-Through Disk

Set Disk To Be Failed

Activate Failed Disk

Identify Selected Drive

Identify Enclosure

Create Pass-Through

Select The Drive

E#1Solt#2 : 500.1GB : Up..360

E#1Solt#8 : 500.1GB : Free ST3500630NS:

E#1Solt#9 : 400.1GB : Free Hitachi HDT725040VLA360:

E#1Solt#10 : 400.1GB : Free Hitachi HDT725040VLA360:

E#1Solt#11 : 400.1GB : Free Hitachi HDT725040VLA360:

E#1Solt#12 : 500.1GB : Free HDS725050KL360:

E#1Solt#7 : 500.1GB : Free : HDS725050KLA360

Pass-Through Disk Attribute

SCSI ID : 0

SCSI LUN : 0

Cache Mode : Write Back

Write Protect : Disabled

Tag Queuing : Enabled

SCSI Channel : 0

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk

Use this option to modify “Pass-Through Disk Attributes”. To

select and modify a pass-through disk from the pool of pass-

through disks, move the “Modify Pass-Through Drive” option and

then press the key. The “Physical Drive Function” menu Enter

will show all pass-through drive number options. Move the cur-

sor bar to the desired number and then press the key to Enter

show all pass-through disk attributes. Select the parameter from

the list to be changed and then press the key to modify it.Enter

3.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk

To delete a pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool,

move the cursor bar to the “Delete Pass-Through Drive” item,

then press the Enter key. The “Delete Pass-Through conrma-

tion” screen will appear; select Yes to delete it.

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Physical Drives

Physical Drive Function

View Drive Information

Create Pass-Through Disk

Modify Pass-Through Disk

Delete Pass-Through Disk

Set Disk To Be Failed

Activate Failed Disk

Identify Selected Drive

Identify Enclosure

Delete Pass-Through

Select The Drive

E#1Slot#2 : 500.1GB Pass Through HDS725050KL360

Delete Pass-Through

Yes

Are you Sure?

Yes

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Physical Drives

Physical Drive Function

View Drive Information

Create Pass-Through Disk

Modify Pass-Through Disk

Delete Pass-Through Disk

Set Disk To Be Failed

Activate Failed Disk

Identify Selected Drive

Identify Enclosure

Set Disk To Be Failed

Select The Drive

E#1Slot#2 : 500.1GB Pass Through HDS725050KL360

Delete Pass-Through

Yes

Are you Sure?

Yes

3.7.4.5 Set Disk To Be Failed

It sets a normal working disk as “failed” so that users can test

some of the features and functions.

3.7.4.6 Activate Failed Disk

It forces the current “failed” disk in the system to be back on-

line. “Activate Failed Disk” function has no effect on the removed

disks, because a “removed” disk does not give the controller a

chance to mark it as “failure”.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Physical Drives

Physical Drive Function

View Drive Information

Create Pass-Through Disk

Modify Pass-Through Disk

Delete Pass-Through Disk

Set Disk To Be Failed

Activate Failed Disk

Identify Selected Drive

Identify Enclosure

Activate Failed Disk

Select The Drive

E#1Slot#2 : 500.1GB Pass Through HDS725050KL360

Delete Pass-Through

Yes

Are you Sure?

Yes

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Physical Drive Information

Physical Drive Function

View Drive Information

Create Pass-Through Disk

Modify Pass-Through Disk

Delete Pass-Through Disk

Set Disk To Be Failed

Activate Failed Disk

Identify Selected Drive

Identify Enclosure

Identify Selected Drive

Select The Drive

E#1Solt#2 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KLA360

E#1Solt#02 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NSRaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#03 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#04 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#05 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#06 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360RaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#07 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NSRaidSet Member:

E#1Solt#01 : 500.1GB : RaidSet Member: HDS725050KLA360

Please Check The Device’s LED

3.7.4.7 Identify Selected Drive

To prevent removing the wrong drive, the selected disk fault LED

indicator will light for physically locating the selected disk when

the “Identify Selected Device” is selected.

3.7.4.8 Identify Enclosure

To prevent removing the wrong enclosure, the selected Areca

expander enclosure all disks fault LED indicator will light for

physically locating the selected enclosure when the “Identify

Enclosure” is selected. This function will also light the enclosure

LED indicator, if it is existed.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Physical Drives

Physical Drive Function

View Drive Information

Create Pass-Through Disk

Modify Pass-Through Disk

Delete Pass-Through Disk

Set Disk To Be Failed

Activate Failed Disk

Identify Selected Drive

Identify EnclosureIdentify Enclosure

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

3.7.5 Raid System Function

To set the “Raid System Function”, move the cursor bar to the

main menu and select the “Raid System Function” item and then

press key. The “Raid System Function” menu will show Enter

multiple items. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press Enter

key to select the desired function.

3.7.5.1 Mute The Alert Beeper

The “Mute The Alert Beeper” function item is used to control the

SATA RAID controller beeper. Select and press the Yes Enter

key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off temporarily. The

beeper will still activate on the next event.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Mute The Alert Beeper

Mute Alert Beeper

Yes

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting

The “Alert Beeper Setting” function item is used to “Disabled” or

“Enabled” the SATA RAID controller alarm tone generator. Select

“Disabled” and press the Enter key in the dialog box to turn the

beeper off.

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Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Alert Beeper Setting

Enabled

Disabled

3.7.5.3 Change Password

The manufacture default password is set to 0000.

The password option allows user to set or clear the password

protection feature. Once the password has been set, the user

can monitor and congure the controller only by providing the

correct password. This feature is used to protect the internal

RAID system from unauthorized access. The controller will check

the password only when entering the main menu from the ini-

tial screen. The system will automatically go back to the initial

screen if it does not receive any command in 5 minutes.

To set or change the password, move the cursor to “Raid System

Function” screen, press the “Change Password” item. The “Enter

New Password” screen will appear. Do not use spaces when you

enter the password. If spaces are used, it will lock out the user.

To disable the password, only press key in both the “Enter Enter

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.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Change Password

Enter New Password

3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority

The “Background Task Priority” is a relative indication of how

much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operation. The

6Gb/s SATA RAID controller allows the user to choose the re-

build priority (UltraLow, Low, Normal, High) to balance volume

set access and rebuild tasks appropriately.

3.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Function

JBOD is an acronym for “Just a Bunch Of Disk”. A group of

hard disks in a RAID box are not set up as any type of RAID

conguration. All drives are available to the operating system as

an individual disk. JBOD does not provide data redundancy. User

needs to delete the RAID set, when you want to change the

option from the RAID to the JBOD function.

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

JBOD/RAID Function

JBOD

RAID

JBOD/RAID Function

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Background Task Priority

UltraLow(5%)

Medium(50%)

High(80%)

Low(20%)

3.7.5.6 SATA NCQ Support

RAID controller supports both SATA and SATA disk drives. The

SATA NCQ allows multiple commands to be outstanding within

a drive at the same time. Drives that support NCQ have an

internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynami-

cally rescheduled or re-ordered, along with the necessary track-

ing mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the

workload. The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller allows the user to

select the SATA NCQ support: “Enabled” or “Disabled”.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

SATA NCQ Support SATA NCQ Support

Enabled

Disabled

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.5.7 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.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Enabled

Disable Maxtor

Disabled

Enabled

3.7.5.8 Volume Data Read Ahead

The volume read data ahead parameter species the controller

rmware algorithms which process the read ahead data blocks

from the disk. The "Volume Data Read Ahead" parameter is

normal by default. To modify the value, you must set it from the

"Raid System Function" using the 'Volume Data Read Ahead"

option. The default "Normal" option satises the performance

requirements for a typical volume. The "Disabled" value implies

no read ahead. The most efcient value for the controllers

depends on your application. The "Aggressive" value is optimal

for sequential access but it degrades random access.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.5.9 Empty HDD Slot LED

The rmware has added the "Empty HDD Slot LED" option to

setup the fault LED light "ON "or "OFF" when there is no HDD

installed. When each slot has a power LED for the HDD installed

identify, user can set this option to "OFF". Choose option "ON",

the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller will light the fault LED; if no

HDD installed.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Volume Data Read Ahead

Enabled

Aggressive

Conservative

Disabled

Normal

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Volume Data Read Ahead

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Empty HDD Slot LED

Empty Slot Led

OFF

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.5.10 Auto Activate Raid Set

When some of the disk drives are removed in power off state

or boot up stage, the RAID set state will change to “Incomplete

State”. But if a user wants to automatically continue to work

while the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller is powered on, then user

can set the “Auto Activate Raid Set” option to “Enabled”. The

RAID state will change to “Degraded Mode” while it powers on.

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Auto Activate Raid Set

Auto Activate Raid When Power on

Enabled

Disabled

3.7.5.11 Disk Write Cache Mode

User can set the “Disk Write Cache Mode” to Auto, Enabled, or

Disabled. “Enabled” increases speed, “Disabled” increases reli-

ability.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Disk Write Cache Mode

Auto

Disabled

Enabled

Auto

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.5.12 Write Same Support

Drives that support the Write Same feature (SCT) can write to

multiple drive sectors at once, improving initialization time. To

take advantage of this feature, all the drives in the unit must

support Write Same. User can set the “Enabled” or “Disabled”

for the controller initialization.

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Write Same Support

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

3.7.5.13 Capacity Truncation

The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller uses 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 capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units. The

controller provides three truncation modes in the system con-

guration: Multiples Of 10G, Multiples Of 1G and Disabled.

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Raid System Function

Mute The Alert Beeper

Alert Beeper Setting

Change Password

JBOD/RAID Function

Background Task Priority

SATA NCQ Support

HDD Read Ahead Cache

Volume Data Read Ahead

Empty HDD Slot LED

Auto Activate Raid Set

Disk Write Cache Mode

Write Same Support

Capacity Truncation

Truncate Disk Capacity

To Multiples of 10G

To Multiples of 1G

Disabled

To Multiples of 1G

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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. “Mul-

tiples Of 10G” truncates the number under tens. This makes the

same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace

the other.

Multiples Of 1G: If you have 123 GB drives from different

vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For ex-

ample, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 123.4 GB.

“Multiples Of 1G” truncates the fractional part. This makes the

same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace

the other.

Disabled: It does not truncate the capacity.

3.7.6 More System Functions

To set the “More System Functions”, move the cursor bar to the

main menu and select the “More System Functions” item and then

press Enter key. The “More System Functions” menu will show

multiple items. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press Enter

key to select the desired function.

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

More System Functions

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.6.1 Smart Option For HDD

This option is used to increases the reliability of SSDs/HDDs by

automatically copying data from a drive with potential to fail to

a designated hot spare or newly inserted drive. The options are:

“Failed The Drive”, “Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist”, and

“Alert Only”. The default is “Alert Only”.

“Failed The Drive”- controllers kill off the SMART fail drive imme-

diately.

“Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist” – controllers kill off the

SMAT fail disk if hot sapre dive is existed.

“Alert Only” – it will trigger alert when there happens a SMART

fail drive.

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

More System Functions

Smart Option For HDD

Smart Polling Interval

Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding

Smart Option For HDD

3.7.6.2 Smart Polling Interval

Besides the scheduled volume check, user can dene the Smart

Pulling Interval to pull the SMART status of each disk. The de-

fault is “on demand”.

User can schedule every certain period of time interval to pull

the SMART status of each disk. When SMART pulling is executed,

disk activity will be temporally halted until the SMART parameter

reading is nished. That is why you don’t want to set the Inter-

val too frequent. What to use is up to the users to decide based

on their applications and experiment results.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

More System Functions

Smart Option For HDD

Smart Polling Interval

Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding

Smart Polling Interval

On Demand

30 Seconds

1 Minute

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

20 Minutes

30 Minutes

1 Hour

2 Hours

3 Hours

6 Hours

12 Hours

On Demand

3.7.6.3 Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding

It denes if the RAID array volume should start rebuilding or

not when detects a disk is inserted/re-inserted during online.

The options are: “Blank Disk Only”, “Always”, and “Disable”. The

default is “Blank Disk Only”.

“Blank Disk Only”-it will trigger the rebuilding if and only if the

inserted disk has not been in the RAID array before, which has

no RAID signature on it. So when a previously removed disk is

self re-inserted, it won’t trigger the degraded RAID array to re-

build, and so that the administrator has a chance to identify this

mis-behaving disk and replaces it.

“Always” – it is what it was before. Whenever a disk is inserted/

re-inserted whether new or previously existed, it always trigger

a rebuilding for the Degraded RAID set/Volume.

“Disable” – it will not trigger rebuilding regardless what sort of

disk plugging in.When “Disable” and/or “Blank Disk Only” is se-

lected, the re-inserted/previously removed disk will be identied

as a disk in a separate RAID set with duplicated RAIDset# and

with all the rest of RAID members missing.

BIOS CONFIGURATION

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Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

More System Functions

Smart Option For HDD

Smart Polling Interval

Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding

Blank Disk Only

Always

Disabled

Blank Disk Only

3.7.7 HDD Power Management

The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller has automated the ability to

manage HDD power based on usage patterns. The “HDD Power

Management” allows you to choose a “Stagger Power On”, “Low

Power Idle”, “Low RPM” and completely “Spins Down HDD”. It is

designed to reduce power consumption and heat generation on

idle drives.

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More System Functions

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Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Hdd Power Management

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.7.1 Stagger Power On

In a PC system with only one or two drives, the power can sup-

ply enough power to spin up both drives simultaneously. But in

systems with more than two drives, the startup current from

spinning up the drives all at once can overload the power sup-

ply, causing damage to the power supply, disk drives and other

system components. This damage can be avoided by allowing

the host to stagger spin-up of the drives. The SATA drives have

supported the staggered spin-up capabilities to boost reliability.

The staggered drive spin-up is a very useful feature for manag-

ing multiple disk drives in a storage subsystem. It gives the host

the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially or in groups,

allowing the drives to come ready at the optimum time without

straining the system power supply. The staggered drive spin-up

in a multiple drive environment also avoids the extra cost of a

power supply designed to meet short-term startup power de-

mand as well as steady state conditions.

The 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller has included the option for cus-

tomer to select the disk drives sequentially staggered power up

value. The values can be selected from 0.4s to 6s per step which

powers up one group of drives.

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Hdd Power Management

Stagger Power On

Time To Low Power Idle

Time To Low RPM Mode

Time To Spin Down Hdd

Stagger Power On

0.4

0.7

1.0

1.5

6.0

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.7.2 Time To Hdd Low Power Idle

This option delivers lower power consumption by automatically

unloading recording heads during the setting idle time. The val-

ues can be selected “Disabled” or within the range 2 to 7 min-

utes.

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More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Hdd Power Management

Stagger Power On

Time To Low Power Idle

Time To Low RPM Mode

Time To Spin Down Hdd

Time To Low Power Idle

Low Power Idle

Disabled

3.7.7.3 Time To Low RPM Mode

This function can automatically spin disks at lower RPM if there

have not been used during the setting idle time. The values can

be selected “Disabled” or within the range 10 to 60 minutes.

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Hdd Power Management

Stagger Power On

Time To Low Power Idle

Time To Low RPM Mode

Time To Spin Down Hdd

Time To Low RPM Mode

Low RPM Mode

Disabled

BIOS CONFIGURATION

3.7.7.4 Time To Spin Down Idle Hdd

This function can automatically spin down the drive if it hasn’t

been accessed for a certain amount of time. This value is used

by the drive to determine how long to wait (with no disk activity,

before turning off the spindle motor to save power). The values

can be selected “Disabled” or within the range 1 to 60 minutes.

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Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Hdd Power Management

Stagger Power On

Time To Low Power Idle

Time To Low RPM Mode

Time To Spin Down HddTime To Spin Down Hdd

Spin Down Hdd

Disabled

3.7.8 Ethernet Conguration

Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port conguration.

It is not necessary to create reserved disk space on any hard disk

for the Ethernet port and HTTP service to function; these func-

tions are built into the controller rmware. Move the cursor bar to

the main menu “Ethernet Conguration Function” item and then

press the Enter key. The “Ethernet Conguration” menu appears

on the screen. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press Enter

key to select the desired function.

3.7.8.1 DHCP Function

DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol) allows network ad-

ministrators centrally manage and automate the assignment of

IP (Internet Protocol) addresses on a computer network. When

using the TCP/IP protocol (Internet protocol), it is necessary for

a computer to have a unique IP address in order to communi-

cate to other computer systems. Without DHCP, the IP address

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must be entered manually at each computer system. 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 congurations for a

specic time period (called a lease period) and to minimize the

work necessary to administer a large IP network.

To manually congure the IP address of the controller, move the

cursor bar to DHCP Function item, then press key to show Enter

the DHCP setting. Select the “Disabled” or “Enabled” option to

enable or disable the DHCP function. If DHCP is disabled, it will

be necessary to manually enter a static IP address that does not

conict with other devices on the network.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Ethernet Conguration

DHCP Function : Enable

Local IP Address : 192.168.001.100

HTTP Port Number : 80

Telent Port Number : 23

SMTP Port Number : 25

EtherNet Address : 00. 04. D9.7F .FF. FF

DHCP Function : Enable

Select DHCP Setting

Enabled

Disabled

3.7.8.2 Local IP address

If you intend to set up your client computers manually (no

DHCP), make sure that the assigned IP address is in the same

range as the default router address and that it is unique to your

private network. However, it is highly recommend to use DHCP

if that option is available on your network. An IP address alloca-

tion scheme will reduce the time it takes to set-up client com-

puters and eliminate the possibilities of administrative errors

and duplicate addresses. To manually congure the IP address

of the controller, move the cursor bar to Local IP address item,

then press the key to show the default address setting in Enter

the RAID controller. You can then reassign the static IP address

of the controller.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Ethernet Conguration

DHCP Function : Enable

Local IP Address : 192.168.001.100

HTTP Port Number : 80

Telent Port Number : 23

SMTP Port Number : 25

EtherNet Address : 00. 04. D9.7F .FF. FF

Local IP Address : 192.168.001.100

Edit The Local IP Address

92.168.001.1001

3.7.8.3 HTTP Port Number

To manually congure the “HTTP Port Number” of the controller,

move the cursor bar to “HTTP Port Number” item, then press the

Enter key to show the default address setting in the RAID con-

troller. Then you can reassign the default “HTTP Port Number” of

the controller.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Ethernet Conguration

DHCP Function : Enable

Local IP Address : 192.168.001.100

HTTP Port Number : 80

Telnet Port Number : 23

SMTP Port Number : 25

EtherNet Address : 00. 04. D9.7F .FF. FF

HTTP Port Number : 80

Edit The HTTP Port Number

0080

3.7.8.4 Telnet Port Number

To manually congure the “Telnet Port Number” of the controller,

move the cursor bar to “Telnet Port Number” item, then press

the key to show the default address setting in the RAID Enter

controller. You can then reassign the default “Telnet Port Num-

ber” of the controller.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Ethernet Conguration

DHCP Function : Enable

Local IP Address : 192.168.001.100

HTTP Port Number : 80

Telent Port Number : 23

SMTP Port Number : 25

EtherNet Address : 00. 04. D9.7F .FF. FF

Telnet Port Number : 23

Edit The Telent Port Number

0023

3.7.8.5 SMTP Port Number

To manually congure the “SMTP Port Number” of the control-

ler, move the cursor bar to the main menu “Ethernet Congu-

ration” function item and then press key. The “Ethernet Enter

Conguration” menu appears on the screen. Move the cursor

bar to “SMTP Port Number” item, then press key to show Enter

the default address setting in the RAID controller. You can then

reassign the default “SMTP Port Number” of the controller.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Ethernet Conguration

DHCP Function : Enable

Local IP Address : 192.168.001.100

HTTP Port Number : 80

Telnet Port Number : 23

SMTP Port Number : 25

EtherNet Address : 00. 04. D9.7F .FF. FF

SMTP Port Number : 25

Edit The SMTP Port Number

0025

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3.7.8.6 Ethernet Address

Each Ethernet port has its unique Mac address, which is also

factory assigned. Usually, Ethernet address is used to uniquely

identify a port in the Ethernet network.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Ethernet Conguration

DHCP Function : Enable

Local IP Address : 192.168.001.100

HTTP Port Number : 80

Telnet Port Number : 23

SMTP Port Number : 25

EtherNet Address : 00.04.D9.7F.FF.FF

3.7.9 Alert By Mail Cong

To congure the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller e-mail function,

move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Alert

By Mail Cong” link. The “Alert By Mail Cong” menu will show

all items. Move the cursor bar to the “Alert By Mail Cong” item,

then select the desired function.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Alert By Mail Cong

SMTP Server IP Addr : 000.000.000.000

Mail Sender Name :

Mail Sender Address :

Mail Account :

Mail Account Passwd :

EventNotication1 : Enter

EventNotication2 : Enter

EventNotication3 : Enter

EventNotication4 : Enter

SMTP Server IP Addr : 000.000.000.000

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3.7.10 View System Events

To view the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller’s system events informa-

tion, move the cursor bar to the main menu and select the “View

System Events” link, then press the Enter key. The 6Gb/s SATA

RAID controller’s events screen appear.

Choose this option to view the system events information: Timer,

Device, Event type, Elapsed Time, and Errors. The SATA RAID

controller does not have a build-in real time clock. The time infor-

mation is the relative time from the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller

powered on.

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

View System Events

Time Device Event Type ElapseTime Errors

2010-4-8 12:00:00 ARC-1203-VO#001 Raid Powered On

2010-4-8 12:00:00 H/W Monitor Raid Powered On

2010-4-7 12:00:00 RS232 Terminal VT100 Log In

2010-4-7 12:00:00 H/W Monitor Raid Powered On

2010-4-7 12:00:00 ARC-1203-VO#001 Start Initialize

3.7.11 Clear Events Buffer

Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer.

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Clear Event Buffer

Clear Event Buffer?

Yes

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3.7.12 Hardware Monitor

To view the RAID controller’s hardware monitor information,

move the cursor bar to the main menu and click the “Hardware

Monitor” link. The “Controller H/W Monitor” screen appears. The

“Controller H/W Monitor -” provides the CPU temperature, control

ler temperature and voltage of the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller.

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Main Menu

Quick Volume/Raid Setup

Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

Hardware Monitor

Controller H/W Monitor

CPU Temperature 58

12V 12.424

5V 5.026

3.3V 3.360

CPU Analog +2.5V 2.576

CPU Analog +1.8V 1.840

DDR3 +1.5V 1.536

CPU VCore +1.0V 1.024

DDR3 +0.75V 0.768

Battery Status Not Installed

3.7.13 System Information

Choose this option to display controller name, rmware version,

BOOT ROM version, SATA rmware version, serial number, main

processor, CPU instruction cache and data cache size, system

memory, and current IP address. To check the system informa-

tion, move the cursor bar to “System Information” item, then

press key. All relevant controller information will be dis-Enter

played.

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Raid Set Function

Volume Set Function

Physical Drives

Raid System Function

More System Functions

Hdd Power Management

Ethernet Conguration

Alert By Mail Cong

View System Events

Clear Event Buffer

Hardware Monitor

System information

System Information

The System Information

Main Processor : 1066MHz ARM

CPU ICache Size : 32KB

CPU DCache Size : 32KBs/Write Back

System Memory : 1024MB/900MHzECC

Firmware Version : V1.51 2013-01-03

BOOT ROM Version : V1.51 2013-01-03

Serial Number : 1100-2116-6633

Unit Serial # :

Controller Name : ARC-1203

Current IP Address : 192.168.0.211

DRIVER INSTALLATION

4. Driver Installation

This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller driver to

your operating system. The installation procedures use the following

terminology:

Installing operating system on SATA controller’s volume

If you have a new drive conguration without an operating system

and want to install operating system on a disk drive managed by the

SATA RAID controller. The driver installation is a part of the operating

system installation.

Installing SATA RAID controller into an existing operating

system

The computer has an existing operating system installed and the

SATA RAID controller is being installed as a secondary controller.

Have all required system hardware and software components on

hand before proceeding with the setup and installation.

Materials required:

• Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X installa-

tion CD

• SATA RAID controller software CD

• SATA RAID controller

4.1 Creating the Driver Diskettes

The software CD disc shipped with the 6Gb/s RAID controller is

included driver les for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac

OS X/macOS.

If you do not have the software CD disc with the package, contact

your local dealers or you can also download the latest version

drivers from Areca web site at http://www.areca.com.tw

These driver les are intended for use with new operating system

installations. You can copy the driver le to USB device and

installed from it. Determine the correct kernel version and identify

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which les contain drivers for that kernel, and a screen with several

choices will be displayed.

The driver disk is ready now. Proceed the following installation with

the instructions for your operating system.

4.2 Driver Installation for Windows

The SATA RAID controller can be used with Microsoft Windows

10/8/Server 2012/7/2008/Vista/XP/2003 with StorPort Drivers.

4.2.1 Installing Windows on a RAID Volume

For completed details on installing Windows, see the Windows

User’s Manual. The following procedures detail installing the SATA

RAID controller driver while installing Windows 10/8/Server 2012/

7/2008/Vista/XP/2003. Have your bootable Microsoft Windows

CD and follow the required procedure below to install SATA RAID

controller:

1. Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 “Hardware

Installation” to install the controller and connect the disk

drives or enclosure.

2. Start the system and then press or to access the Mc Tab F6

BIOS RAID manager. Use the McBIOS RAID manager to cre-

ate the RAID set and volume set to which you will install Win-

dows. For details, see Chapter 3 “McBIOS RAID manager”.

Once a volume set is created and congured, continue with

next step to install the operating system.

3. Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin

the Windows installation.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows instal-

lation.

5. When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select

“Load Driver”.

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6. Insert the USB driver disk or oppy drive, browse to the driver

location, then click “OK”.

7. Window will check the oppy; select the correct card and CPU

type for your hardware from the listing and press “ to Next”

install it.

8. Click on “Next” again to accept the default partition congura-

tion, or refer to your Windows documentation to congure

partitions manually.

9. From this point on, simply follow the Microsoft Windows instal-

lation procedure. Follow the on-screen instructions, responding

as needed, to complete the installation.

10. After the installation is completed, reboot the system to load

the new driver/operating system.

11. See Chapter 5 in this manual to customize your RAID volume

sets using McRAID storage manager.

After you nish creating additional volume, the following steps

show how to make any new volumes or independent disks acces-

sible to Windows.

(a). Click “ ” and selectStart Computer” = => right-click “

“Manage”.

(b). Click “ t” in the left pane.Disk Managemen

(c). Scroll down to the bottom of the middle pane.

Windows will display a list of new drives attached to your sys-

tem with a label such as “Disk 1” or “Disk 2”, etc.

(d). Right-click on the drive you want to partition and then again

to format it

(e). Once it’s formatted, Windows automatically assigns the next

available drive letter to it and then it will appear in Win-

dows Explorer.

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4.2.2 Installing Controller on an Existing Win-

dows

In this scenario, you are installing the controller in an existing

Windows system. To install the driver:

1. Follow the instructions in Chapter 2, the Hardware Installation

Chapter, to install the controller and connect the disk drives or

enclosure.

2. Start the system and then press or to enter the con-Tab F6

troller McBIOS RAID manager. Use the conguration utility to

create the RAID set and volume set. For details, see Chap-

ter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager. Once a volume set is created

and congured, continue with installation of the driver.

3. Re-Boot Windows and the OS will recognize the SATA RAID

controller and launch the “Found New Hardware Wizard”,

this guides you in installing the SATA RAID driver.

4. The Windows will pop-up and provide a choice of how to pro-

ceed. so that you can choose a specic driver.

5. When the next screen queries the user about utilizing the

currently installed driver, click on the “ ” button.Have Disk

6. Insert the SATA RAID controller driver media to locate the

correct path. Click on the “ ” button.Next

7. Windows automatically copies the appropriate driver les and

rebuilds its driver database.

8. The summary screen appears; click on the “close” button.

9. Restart the computer to load the new drivers.

10. See Chapter 5 in this manual for information on customizing

your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager.

After you nish creating additional volume, the following steps

show how to make any new volumes or independent disks acces-

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sible to Windows.

(a). Click “ ” and select Start Computer” = => right-click “

“Manage”.

(b). Click “ ” in the left pane.Disk Management

(c). Scroll down to the bottom of the middle pane.

Windows will display a list of new drives attached to your

your system with a label such as “Disk 1” or “Disk 2”, etc.

(d). Right-click on the drive you want to partition and then again

to format it

(e). Once it’s formatted, Windows automatically assigns the next

available drive letter to it and then it will appear in Win-

dows Explorer.

4.2.3 Uninstall controller from Windows

To remove the SATA RAID controller driver from the Windows sys-

tem, follow the instructions below.

1. Ensure that you have closed all applications and are logged in

with administrative rights.

2. Open “Control Panel” and start the “Add/Remove Program” icon

and uninstall and software for the SATA RAID controller.

3. Go to “Control Panel” and select “System”. Select the “Hard-

ware” tab and then click the “Device Manager” button. In de-

vice manager, expand the “SCSI and RAID Controllers” section.

Right click on the SATA RAID controller and select “Uninstall”.

4. Click Yes to conrm removing the SATA RAID driver. The

prompt to restart the system will then be displayed.

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4.3 Driver Installation for Linux

This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller

driver to Red Hat Linux, SuSE and other versions of Linux. Before

installing the SATA RAID driver to the Linux, complete the following

actions:

1. Install and congure the controller and hard disk drives accord-

ing to the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation.

2. Start the system and then press or to enter the McBIOS Tab F6

RAID manager conguration utility. Using the McBIOS RAID

manager to create the RAID set and volume set. For details, see

Chapter 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

SAS software CD or download the source from the Areca website

and compile a new driver.

Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are includ-

ed on the shipped CD. You can download updated versions of com-

piled and tested drivers for RedHat or SuSE Linux from the Areca

web site at http://www.areca.com.tw. Included in these downloads

is the Linux driver source, which can be used to compile the updat-

ed version driver for RedHat, SuSE and other versions of Linux.

Please refer to the “readme.txt” le on the included SATA RAID

controller CD or website to make driver diskette and install driver

to the system.

4.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD

This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller

driver to FreeBSD. Before installing the SATA RAID driver to Free-

BSD, complete following actions:

1. Install and congure the controller and hard disk drives accord-

ing to the instructions in Chapter 2, Hardware Installation.

2. Start the system and then press or to enter the McBIOS Tab F6

RAID Manager conguration utility. Use the McBIOS RAID man-

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ager to create the RAID set and volume set. For details, see

Chapter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager.

The supplied software CD that came with the SATA RAID control-

ler includes compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD 7.x (7.2 and

onwards), 8.x (8.0 and onwards) and 9.x (9.0 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” le on the SATA RAID controller

software CD or website to make driver diskette and install driver to

the system.

4.5 Driver Installation for Solaris

This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller

driver to Solaris. Before installing the SATA RAID driver to Solaris,

complete following actions:

1. Install and congure the controller and hard disk drives accord-

ing to the instructions in Chapter 2, Hardware Installation.

2. Start the system and then press or to enter the McBIOS Tab F6

RAID Manager conguration utility. Use the McBIOS RAID man-

ager to create the RAID set and volume set. For details, see

Chapter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager.

The supplied software CD that came with the SATA RAID controller

includes compiled and tested drivers for Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64.

Please refer to the “readme.txt” le on the software CD or website:

http:/www.areca.com.tw to make driver diskette and install driver

to the system.

4.6 Driver Installation for Mac X

After hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the

SATA RAID controller must be congured and the volume set units

initialized by the controller before they are ready to use by the

system.

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4.6.1 Installation Procedures

This section describes detailed instructions for installing the

Areca Mac driver & utility for the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller on

your Intel_based Mac Pro. You must have administrative level

permissions to install Mac driver & utility. You can use the MRAID

installer to install Mac driver & utility (MRAID) at once or “Custom”

to install special components.

To follow the process to install driver & utility on Intel-based Mac

as below:

1. Insert the Areca Software CD that came with your Areca SATA

RAID controller.

2. Double-click on the “install_mraid.zip” le that resides at <CD-

ROM>\packages\MacOS to add the installer on the Finder.

3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the install_mraid on the

Finder.

4. Follow the installer on-screen steps, responding as needed, to

complete the Areca driver and MRAID (ArcHTTP and CLI utility)

installation.

Important:

Be sure to update the ArcMSR.kext driver shipping with

Mac OS X to V1.3.7 or later from the software CD or

from the Areca website.

• Driver is required for the operating system to be able to

interact with the Areca RAID controller.

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• has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID ArcHTTP

storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon

in the background that allows capturing of events for mail

and SNMP traps notication. Refer to the section 5.6 ArcHTTP

Conguration, for details about the mail and SNMP traps con-

guration.

• Command Line Interface (CLI) lets you set up and man-

age RAID controller 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 (This will start

the ArcHTTP so RAID Console can be used).

6. Normally ArcHTTP64 and CLI are installed at the same time

on SATA RAID controller. Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been

installed, the ArcHTTP background task automatically starts

each time when you start your computer.

There is one “MRAID” icon showing on your desktop. Double-click

on the “MRAID” icon to locate your ArcHTTP utility and CLI pro-

gram le folder.

When you double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”, it shows all RAID

storages available on the system and create an individual RAID

storage icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP Congura-

tions” screen.

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Locate “ARC-1203 Web Management” and launch the selected

McRAID storage manager. Enter RAID storage default User Name

“admin” and the Password “0000” when the login page prompted

for it. After logging in, the McRAID storage manager process

starts.

If there is any RAID adapter missed on the system start-up,

you can use the “Rescan Device” function. See chapter 5 in this

manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using

McRAID storage manager.

4.6.2 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X

When you create a volume through McRAID storage manager, the

Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is avail, and displays a mes

sage asking what you next want to do. If the message does not

show up, start the “Disk Utility” manually from the “Finder”, use

the “Go” menu and open the “Utilities” folder. Double-click on the

“Disk Utility” program. Follow the on-screen prompts to create a

volume set and to assign a disk drive letter.

To initialize and partition your unit

1. When the Disk Utility window opens, nd and select the desired

drive in the sidebar that represents your RAID storage and

click on the “Partition” button.

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 RAID storage to have. Each partition will appear

as a separate drive on your computer.

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3. Specify your Partition Information, Option setting and click on

the “Apply” button.

4. When a message asks you to conrm you want to partition the

disk, click on the “Partition” button. This may take a couple of

minutes, depending on the size of the drives in your RAID stor-

age. When the partitioning is complete, icons for each new

partition show up on your desktop. They are now ready to use.

If you’re not sure which format to use, choose Mac OS X

Extended (Journaled).

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5. ArcHTTP Proxy Server Installation

Overview

After hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the SATA

RAID controller must be congured 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 conguration that resides in the controller’s rmware. It provides

complete control and management of the controller and disk arrays,

eliminating the need for additional hardware or software.

In addition, a software utility to congure the SATA RAID controller

is provided on the software CD delivered with SATA RAID controller.

This software CD contains the software utility that can monitor, test,

and support the SATA RAID controller. The software utility and McRAID

storage manager can congure and monitor the SATA RAID controller

via ArcHTTP proxy server interface. The following table outlines their

functions:

The HTTP management software (ArcHTTP) runs as a service or dae-

mon, and have it automatically start the proxy for all controllers found.

This way the controller can be managed remotely without having to

integrated the email notication and SNMP extension agent. The email

notication can be congured in local or remote standard web browser.

Note:

If your controllers have onboard LAN port, you do not need

to install ArcHTTP proxy server, you can use McRAID storage

manager directly.

Conguration Utility Operating System Supported

McBIOS RAID Manager OS-Independent

McRAID Storage Manager

(Via ArcHTTP proxy server)

Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac

OS X

SAP Monitor (Single Admin Portal to

scan for multiple RAID units in the net-

work, Via ArcHTTP proxy server)

Windows

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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. If you are running another version of Windows, your instal-

lation screen may look different, but the ArcHTTP proxy server

installation is essentially the same.

1. Insert the RAID controller software CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2. Run the install.exe le that resides at: <CD-ROM>\PACKAGES\

Windows\http directory on the CD-ROM.

3. The screen shows ArcHTTP installation introduction.

Follow the on-screen prompts to complete ArcHTTP proxy

server software installation. A program bar appears that mea-

sures the progress of the ArcHTTP proxy server setup. When

this screen completes, you have completed the ArcHTTP proxy

server software setup.

4. After a successful installation, press “Done“ to quit the install-

er.

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There “Areca RAID Controller” icon bar window start appearing

in the taskbar, double-click to launch the ArcHTTP Conguration

screen. Or click on the “Start” button in the Windows task bar

and then click on the “Program”, select the “McRAID” and run “

ArcHTTP proxy server”. The ArcHTTP Congurations dialog box

appears.

It shows all RAID adapters available on the system and creates

an individual adapter icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP

Congurations” screen. This adapter icon is for user to launch the

selected RAID adapter web browser RAID manager.

1. See the next chapter detailing the McRAID Storage Manager

to customize your RAID volume set.

2. If you need to congure the “System Function” of ArcHTTP,

please refer to section 5.6 ArcHTTP Conguration.

5.2 For Linux

You should have administrative level permissions to install SATA

RAID software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID

hardware and Linux are installed and operational in your system.

The following installation procedure explains how to install the SATA

RAID software for Linux. The ArcHTTP proxy server is provided

on the software CD delivered with SATA RAID controller card or

download from the www.areca.com.tw. The rmware embedded

McRAID storage manager can congure and monitor the SATA RAID

controller via ArcHTTP proxy server.

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1. Login as root. Copy the ArcHTTP le to a local directory.

(a). Insert the SATA RAID controller CD in the CD-ROM drive.

(b). Copy <CD-ROM>\PACKAGES\Linux\http directory to local

(Ex:/usr/local/sbin). or

(c). Download from the www.areca.com.tw or from the email

attachment.

2. You must have administrative level permissions to install SATA

RAID controller ArcHTTP proxy server software. This procedure

assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and driver are installed

and operational in your system.

The following details are the installation procedure of the SATA

RAID controller for Linux ArcHTTP proxy server software.

(a). Run the ArcHTTP proxy server by using the following

command:

Usage: ./archttp32 (TCP_PORT) or ./archttp64 (TCP_PORT).

It depends on your OS version.

Parameters: TCP_PORT value= 1~65535 (If TCP_PORT

assigned, ArcHTTP will start from this port. Otherwise, it will

use the setting in the archttpsrv.conf or default 81). This

is the port address assigning for the ArcHTTP conguration

(Cfg Assistant). Such as: archttp64 1553

(b). ArcHTTP server console started, Controller card detected

then ArcHTTP proxy server screen appears.

Areca HTTP proxy server V2.4.0 for Areca RAID controllers.

Controller(s) list

--------------------------------------------

Cfg Assistant : Listen to port[1553].

Controller[1](PCI) : Listen to port[1554].

Binding IP:[0.0.0.0]

Note: IP[0.0.0.0] stands for any ip bound to this host.

--------------------------------------------

##############################

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5.3 For FreeBSD

You must have administrative level permissions to install SATA RAID

software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware

and FreeBSD are installed and operational in your system. The

following installation procedure explains how to install the SATA

RAID software for FreeBSD.

1. Insert the SATA RAID controller software CD in the CD-ROM

drive.

2. Login as root. Copy <CD-ROM>\PACKAGES\FreeBSD\http

ArcHTTP le to a local directory. The next steps are same as

Linux. Please see section 5.2 For Linux.

5.4 For Solaris 10

You must have administrative level permissions to install SATA

RAID software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID

hardware and Solaris are installed and operational in your system.

The following installation procedure explains how to install the SATA

RAID software for Solaris.

Press CTRL-C to exit program!!

##############################

Controller [1] Http: New client [9] accepted

Controller [1] Http: New Recv 243 bytes

Controller [1] Http: Send [174] bytes back to the client

(c). If you need the Cfg Assistant please refer to section 5.6 “ ”,

ArcHTTP Conguration.

(d). For detailing about McRAID storage manager to customize

your RAID volume set is discussed in Chapter 6.

For Mozilla user:

Because our management need Java support, so user

may need upgrade to version 1.6 or later.

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1. Insert the SATA RAID controller software CD in the CD-ROM

drive.

2. Login as root. Copy <CD-ROM>\PACKAGES\Solaris\http

ArcHTTP le to a local directory. The next steps are same as

Linux. Please see section 5.2 For Linux.

5.5 For Mac OS X

The rmware embedded McRAID storage manager can congure

and monitor the SATA RAID controller via ArcHTTP proxy server.

The ArcHTTP proxy server for Mac OS X has combined with the CLI

and driver on the install_mraid installer, please refer to Chapter

4.6 Driver Installation for Mac OS X.

5.6 ArcHTTP Conguration

The ArcHTTP proxy server will automatically assign one additional

port for setup its conguration. If you want to change the

“archttpsrv.conf” setting up of ArcHTTP proxy server conguration,

for example: General Conguration, Mail Conguration, and SNMP

Conguration, please start Web Browser http:\\localhost: Cfg

Assistant. Such as http:\\localhost: 81. The port number for the

rst controller McRAID storage manager is ArcHTTP proxy server

conguration port number plus 1.

• General Conguration:

Binding IP: Restrict ArcHTTP proxy server to bind only single

interface (If more than one physical network in the server).

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HTTP Port#: Value 1~65535.

Display HTTP Connection Information To Console: Select “Yes"

to show Http send bytes and receive bytes information in the

console.

Scanning PCI Device: Select “Yes” for ARC-1XXX series controller.

Scanning RS-232 Device: No.

Scanning Inband Device: No.

• Mail (alert by Mail) Conguration:

Many users require that email notications be sent to the

appropriate administrators when an alert is detected. To set up

your mail servers, click on the “Mail Conguration” link. The “SMTP

Server Congurations” allows you to dene settings for your

mail server. This setup screen is shown as below:

The following article describes a best practice methodology for

setting this up in the “SMTP Server Congurations”.

1. SMTP Server Conguration:

SMTP Server IP Address: Enter IP address of the SMTP server

to congure your mail program correctly.

Ex: 192.168.0.2.

2. Mail Address Congurations:

Sender Name: This is the sender name that the e-mail alerts

will appear to be coming from.

Ex: RaidController_1.

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Mail address: This is the mail address that the e-mail alerts

will appear to be coming from, but don’t type IP to replace

domain name.

Ex: RaidController_1@areca.com.tw.

Account: Enter the valid account if your SMTP mail server

requires authentication.

Password: Enter the valid password if your SMTP mail server

requires authentication.

3. Event Notication Congurations:

This step involves setting up of notication rules. Notication

rules instruct ArcHTTP on the notications that should be sent

when certain types of alerts are detected.

MailTo Name: Enter the alert receiver name that will be shown

in the outgoing mail.

Mail Address: Enter the receiver's e-mail address. This is the

address you want the e-mail alerts sent to.

Ex: admin@areca.com.tw.

According to your requirement, set the corresponding event

level:

Disable Event Notication: No event notication will be sent.

Urgent Error Notication: Send only urgent events.

Serious Error Notication: Send urgent and serious events.

Warning Error Notication: Send urgent, serious and warning

events.

Information Notication: Send all events.

Notication For No Event: Notify user if no event occurs within

24 hours.

• SNMP Traps Conguration:

This section discusses how to enable the SNMP traps on your

RAID storage, and how to control the sending of SNMP traps from

the ArcHTTP. To send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager

such as Net-SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to

the operating system, you can simply use the SNMP function on

the ArcHTTP. The ArcHTTP only provides one direction to send

the trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the

SNMP extension agent on the host. If SNMP manager requests to

query the SNMP information from RAID storage, please refer the

Appendix D "SNMP Operation & Installation".

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To set up SNMP traps sending function, click on the “SNMP

Conguration” link. SNMP Traps Congurations are set up on this

page. This setup screen is shown as below:

The following article describes a best practice methodology for

setting this up in the “SNMP Traps Congurations”.

1. SNMP Trap Congurations

Enter the SNMP trap IP address.

2. SNMP System Congurations

Community name acts as a password to screen accesses to

the SNMP agent of a particular network device. Type the

community names of the SNMP agent in this eld. Most

network devices use “public” as default of their community

names. This value is case-sensitive.

3. SNMP Trap Notication Congurations

Event Notication Table refers to Appendix E. Before the client

side SNMP manager application accepts the RAID storage

traps, it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the manage-

ment application’s database of events and status indicator

codes. Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates

the contents of the areca_sata.mib le into the traps database.

Please refer to ofAppendix D “SNMP Operation & Installation”.

The MIBs le resides at: <CD-ROM>\packages\SNMP_MIBs on

the software CD.

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• Collect Support Data:

The “Collect Support Data” option on the ArcHTTP is used to

download all controller’s information (system information,

conguration, disk information and event log) to a supported le

(le name:ctlrxx-xxxxx.log). It will be automatically started when

ERROR or SERIOUS event has occurred.

• Rescan Device Conguration:

The ArcHTTP scans the RAID controllers on the system and

creates an individual RAID controller icon located on left column

of the "ArcHTTP Congurations" screen. If any RAID controller is

missed at system start-up, then you can use the "Rescan Device"

function to rescan the targets to allow a missed RAID storage to

be added.

Note:

After you conrm and submit congurations, you can use

"Generate Test Event" feature to make sure these settings

are correct.

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6. Web Browser-based Conguration

Before using the rmware-based browser McRAID storage manager, do

the initial setup and installation of this product. If you need to boot up

the operating system from a RAID volume set, you must rst create a

RAID volume by using McBIOS RAID manager. Please refer to section

3.3 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Conguration for information on

creating this initial volume set.

The McRAID storage manager is rmware-based utility, which is acces-

sible via the web browser installed on your operating system. The web

browser-based McRAID storage manager is a HTML-based application,

which utilizes the browser (IE, Chrome and Mozilla etc.) installed on

your monitor station.

It can be accessed through the in-band PCIe bus or out-of-band LAN

port. ArcHTTP is used to launch the in-band web browser-based

McRAID storage manager. The rmware-embedded web browser-based

McRAID storage manager allows local or remote to access it from any

standard internet browser via a LAN or WAN with no software or

patches required. The rmware contains SMTP manager monitors all

system events and user can select either single or multiple user noti-

cations to be sent via LAN with “Plain English” e-mails. The rmware-

embedded SNMP agent allows remote to monitor events via LAN with

no SNMP agent required. Use the McRAID storage manager to:

• Create RAID set

• Expand RAID set

• Dene volume set

• Add physical drive

• Modify volume set

• Modify RAID level/stripe size

• Dene pass-through disk drives

• Modify system function

• Update rmware

• Designate drives as hot spares

6.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager

With McRAID storage manager, you can:

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• Locally manage a system containing a supported RAID storage

that has Windows or Mac OS X, ArcHTTP and a supported

browser.

• Remote and managed systems must have a TCP/IP connection.

• Start-up from Windows/Mac Local Administration

Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed, the ArcHTTP - back

ground task automatically starts each time when you start your

computer. There is one MARID icon showing on your “Desktop”

or “Start” menu. This icon is for you to start up the ArcHTTP

(launch the McRAID storage manager) and CLI utility. When you

click on the ArcHTTP from MRAID icon, it shows all RAID con-

trollers available on the host system and create an individual

RAID controller icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP

Congurations” screen. This RAID controller icon is for user to

launch the selected RAID controller web browser McRAID

storage manager.

The “Enter Network Password” dialog screen appears, type the

User Name and Password. The RAID controller default User

Name is “admin” and the Password is “0000”. After entering

the user name and password, press key to access the Enter

McRAID storage manager.

• Start-up from Local Administration

To congure the internal SATA RAID controller. You need to

know its IP address. You can nd the IP address assigned by

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the ArcHTTP proxy server installation: Binding IP:[X.X.X.X] and

controller listen port.

1. You can click on the individual adapter icon located on left

column of the “ArcHTTP Congurations” screen or Launch

your McRAID storage manager by entering http://[Computer

IP Address]:[Port Number] in the web browser.

2. When connection is established, the "System Login" screen

appears. The SATA RAID controller default user name is

“admin” and the password is “0000”.

• Start-up from Ethernet Port (Out-of-Band)

The SATA RAID controller also offers an alternative out-of-band

method for McRAID storage manager. User can access the built-

in conguration without running the ArcHTTP proxy server on

the host system. The web browser-based McRAID storage man-

ager is a HTML-based application, which utilizes the browser

installed on your remote system. To ensure proper communica-

tions between the SATA RAID controller and McRAID storage

manager, please connect the SATA RAID controller LAN port to

any LAN switch port.

The RAID storage has embedded the TCP/IP & web browser

based McRAID storage manager in the rmware. User can

remote manage the SATA RAID controller without adding any

user specic software (platform independent) via standard web

browsers directly connected to the 10/100Mbit RJ45 LAN port.

To congure SATA RAID controller on a remote machine, you

need to know its IP address. The IP address is default shown

on the LCD initial start-up screen. Launch your McRAID storage

manager by entering http://[IP Address] in the web browser.

Note:

You can nd controller Ethernet port IP address in McBIOS

RAID manager “System Information” option.

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6.2 McRAID Storage Manager

The following login screen is displayed in the browser. This screen

displays the initial start-up conguration.

The RaidSet Hierarchy displays the “Raid Set List”, “Volume Set

List”, and “Physical Disk List”. The RAID set information, volume set

information, and drive information can also be viewed by clicking

on the “RAID Set Hierarchy” on the main menu screen.

• To display RAID set information, move the mouse cursor to the

desired RAID set number, then click on it. The RAID set informa-

tion will be displayed.

• To display volume set information, move the mouse cursor to the

desired volume set number, then click on it. The volume set

information will be displayed.

• To display drive information, move the mouse cursor to the

desired physical drive number, then click on it. The drive infor-

mation will be displayed.

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6.3 Main Menu

The main menu shows all available functions, accessible by clicking

on the appropriate link.

Individual Category Description

Quick Function Create a default conguration, which is based

on the number of physical disks installed; it can

modify the volume set Capacity, Raid Level, and

Stripe Size.

Raid Set Functions Create a customized RAID set.

Volume Set Functions Create customized volume sets and modify the

existed volume sets parameter.

Physical Drives Create pass through disks and modify the existing

pass through drives parameters. Also provides

the function to identify disk drives (blinking fault

LED).

System Controls Setting the RAID system conguration.

Information Viewing the controller information. The Raid Set

Hierarchy can be viewed through the “Raid Set

Hierarchy” item.

6.4 Quick Function

The number of physical drives in the 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller

determines the Raid Levels that can be implemented with the RAID

set. You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume

set. The user can change the Raid Level, Capacity, Initialization

Mode and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, depending

on the exist conguration. Click the “Conrm The Operation” check

box and click on the “Submit” button in the “Quick Create” screen,

the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize.

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Note:

In “Quick Create”, your volume set is automatically congured

based on the number of disks in your system. Use the “Raid

Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions” if you prefer to

customize your volume set, or RAID 30/50/60 volume set.

6.5 Raid Set Functions

Use the “Raid Set Function” and “Volume Set Function” if you pre-

fer to customize your volume set. Manual conguration can provide

full control of the RAID set settings, but it will take longer to com-

plete than the “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” conguration. Select the

“Raid Set Function” to manually congure the RAID set for the rst

time or delete and recongure existing RAID sets. (A RAID set is a

group of disks containing one or more volume sets.)

6.5.1 Create Raid Set

To create a RAID set, click on the “Create Raid Set” link. A “Select

The Drive For RAID Set” screen is displayed showing the drive(s)

connected to the current controller and enclosures. Click on the

selected physical drives within the current RAID set. Enter 1 to 15

alphanumeric characters to dene a unique identier for a RAID

set. The default RAID set name will always appear as “Raid Set

#”. Click the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click on the

“Submit” button on the screen; the RAID set will start to initialize.

If you have available disk member, you can repeat above proce-

dures to dene another RAID sets.

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Select the “Expand Raid Set” option. If there is an available disk,

then the “Select SATA Drives For Raid Set Expansion” screen

appears.

Select the target RAID set by clicking on the appropriate radio

button. Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check

box. Click on the "Submit" button to start the expansion on the

RAID set. The new additional capacity can be utilized by one or

more volume sets. The volume sets associated with this RAID set

appear for you to have chance to modify RAID level or stripe size.

Follow the instruction presented in the “Modify Volume Set ” to

modify the volume sets; operation system specic utilities may be

required to expand operating system partitions.

Note:

1. Once the “Expand Raid Set” process has started, user can

not stop it. The process must be completed.

2. If a disk drive fails during RAID set expansion and a hot

spare is available, an auto rebuild operation will occur

after the RAID set expansion completes.

3. RAID 30/50/60 does not support the "Expand Raid set".

4. RAID set expansion is a quite critical process, we strongly

recommend customer backup data before expand. Unex-

pected accident may cause serious data corruption.

6.5.4 Ofine Raid Set

This function is for customer being able to unmount and remount

a multi-disk volume. All Hdds of the selected RAID set will be put

into ofine state, spun down and fault LED in fast blinking mode.

User can remove those Hdds and insert new Hdds on those empty

slots without needing power down the controller.

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6.5.5 Rename Raid Set

The default RAID set name will always appear as “Raid Set #”

when it is rst created by the controller. The "Rename Raid Set"

function is for customer to rename the default RAID set name.

To rename a RAID set from a group of RAID sets:

(1). Click on the ”Rename Raid Set" link.

(2). Click the RAID set check box from the list that you wish to

rename. Click the “Submit” button. The following screen appears.

Use this option to rename the RAID set name.

6.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set

If one of the disk drives is removed in power off state, the RAID

set state will change to “Incomplete State”. If the user wants to

continue to operate the controller without power-off the 6Gb/s

SATA RAID controller, the user can use the “Activate Incomplete

Raid Set” option to active the RAID set. After the user completes

this function, the Raid State will change to “Degraded Mode” and

start to work.

To activate the incomplete the RAID set, click on the “Activate

Raid Set” link. A “Select The RAID SET To Activate” screen is

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