INTRODUCTION
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Easy Management
A set of 8 green LEDs and 8 red LEDs are provided on the front
side of the MD2 low profile board to transport activity/fault sta
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tus for each of up to 8 attached devices. The global state of these
activity/fault indicators is also presented on two sets of header. The
adapters contain a BIOS set up utility that can access via hot key
at system BIOS boot-up screen. This pre-boot setup utility provides
flexibility for customer to optimize the host adapter parameter. API
library for customer combines the ARC-1330 series function code to
its monitor utility. CLI and API code have supported a system level
ATA-8 microcode download for upgrading SATA disk firmware and
SES microcode download for upgrading enclosure expander firm
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ware.
1.2 Features
Hardware Specification
• PCIe 3.0 x8 lanes (x8, x4, and x1 lane widths)
• Up to 12Gb/s transfer rates per SAS port
• Support 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SAS and SATA link rates
• Connects to SAS/SATA HDDs, solid state driver (SSDs) and
removable media (DAS/JBOD)
• Support a maximum 128 SAS/SATA devices using SAS expander
• Available in a low-profile form factor
• Low-profile bracket
• RoHS compliant
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 12Gb/s
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS-3.0) compliant
• Supports wide port (Any combination of x1, x2, and 4x)
• Supports Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP)
• Supports SAS Management Protocol (SMP)
• Supports Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP)
• Hot-plug capability
• Staggered spin-up control
Serial ATA 6Gb/s
• 6Gb/s compliant with speed negotiation to 3Gb/s
• Support programmable SATA signal voltage levels
Summary of Contents for ARC-1330 Series
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