INTRODUCTION
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testing and validation process; leverage Areca SAS or SATA RAID
controller field-proven compatibility with operating systems, moth-
erboards, applications and device drivers.
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 firmware 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
Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility can support one applica-
tion to scan multiple RAID units in the network.
1.2 Features
Controller Architecture
• Dual Core RAID-on-Chip (ROC) 800 MHz processor
• PCIe 3.0 x8 lane host interface
• 1GB on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• Support up to 4/8 internal or 4/8 external 6Gb/s SAS ports
• ARC-1215-4i/4x supports up to 4 x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs
• ARC-1225-8i/8x supports up to 8 x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs
• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
• BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
• BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification)
support
• Support EFI BIOS for Mac Pro
• NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
• Redundant flash 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
