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ARC-1880 Series

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

6Gb/s SAS RAID Cards

USER’S Manual

Version: 1.2

Issue Date: October, 2013

Summary of Contents for ARC-1880 Series

Page 1: ...ARC 1880 Series PCIe 2 0 to 6Gb s SAS RAID Controllers 6Gb s SAS RAID Cards USER S Manual Version 1 2 Issue Date October 2013...

Page 2: ...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...

Page 3: ...Failed Drive 38 2 6 Summary of the installation 38 3 McBIOS RAID Manager 41 3 1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager 41 3 2 McBIOS RAID manager 42 3 3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets 43 3 4 Designat...

Page 4: ...ugh Disk 75 3 7 4 5 Identify Selected Drive 76 3 7 4 6 Identify Enclosure 76 3 7 5 Raid System Function 77 3 7 5 1 Mute The Alert Beeper 78 3 7 5 2 Alert Beeper Setting 78 3 7 5 3 Change Password 79 3...

Page 5: ...ndows System 100 4 2 3 Installing controller into an existing Windows 7 2008 Vista XP 2003 Installation 100 4 2 3 1 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System 102 4 2 4 Uninstall controller from W...

Page 6: ...29 Volume Raid Level 130 Capacity 130 Greater Two TB Volume Support 130 Initialization Mode 130 Stripe Size 131 Cache Mode 131 Tagged Command Queuing 131 SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun 131 6 6 2 Create...

Page 7: ...Time To Spin Down Idle HDD 148 6 8 3 5 SATA Power Up In Standby 148 6 8 4 Ethernet Configuration 148 6 8 5 Alert By Mail Configuration 149 6 8 6 SNMP Configuration 150 6 8 7 NTP Configuration 150 6 8...

Page 8: ...lume Expansion 184 High availability 184 Global Local Hot Spares 184 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support 185 Auto Declare Hot Spare 185 Auto Rebuilding 186 Adjustable Rebuild Priority 186 High Reliability 187...

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Page 10: ...nal SFF 8088 external connector When used with 6Gb s SAS expanders the controller can provide up to 128 devices through one or more 6Gb s SAS JBODs mak ing it an ideal solution for enterprise class st...

Page 11: ...troller can concurrently compute two parity blocks and get very similar RAID 5 performance The 6Gb s SAS RAID controllers can also provide RAID levels 0 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 60 Single Disk or JBOD for...

Page 12: ...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 Architectu...

Page 13: ...synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port Monitors Notification System status indication through global HDD activity fault con nector individual activity fault connector LCD I...

Page 14: ...ll Height 98 4 x 250 mm Host Bus Type PCIe 2 0 x8 Lanes Driver Connector 3xSFF 8087 1xSFF 8088 4xSFF 8087 1xSFF 8088 6xSFF 8087 1xSFF 8088 Drive Support Up to 128 6Gb s and 3Gb s SAS SATA HDDs RAID Le...

Page 15: ...sure Ready Individual Activity Faulty Header SGPIO SMP SES 2 6Gb s SAS RAID controllers Model name ARC 1880ixl 8 ARC 1880ixl 12 I O Processor RAID on Chip 800MHz Form Factor H x L Low Profile 64 4 x 2...

Page 16: ...arefully 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...

Page 17: ...al Activity HDD LED Header 24 pin header 8 J1 Global Fault Activity LED 4 pin header 9 J2 I2C LCD Connector 8 pin header 10 SCN1 SAS 21 24 Ports Internal SFF 8087 11 SCN2 SAS 17 20 Ports Internal SFF...

Page 18: ...Header 4 pin header 4 J4 Global Fault Activity LED 4 pin header 5 J2 Battery Backup Module Connector 12 pin box header 6 J1 Manufacture Purpose Port 10 pin header 7 J3 I2C LCD Connector 8 pin header 8...

Page 19: ...or 12 pin box header 2 J1 Manufacture Purpose Port 10 pin header 3 J6 Global Fault Activity LED 4 pin header 4 J3 I2C LCD Connector 8 pin header 5 J5 Individual Fault Activity LED Header 8 pin header...

Page 20: ...eader 5 J5 Ethernet Port RJ45 6 SCN1 SAS 1 4 Ports External SFF 8088 7 SCN2 SAS 5 8 Ports External SFF 8088 Table 2 4 ARC 1880x connectors Figure 2 4 ARC 1880x 6Gb s SAS RAID controller LED Status Lin...

Page 21: ...n header 6 JP1 Individual Fault LED Header 8 pin header 7 JP2 Individual Activity LED Header 8 pin header 8 JP3 Individual Fault Activity LED Header 8 pin header 9 J4 I2C LCD Connector 8 pin header 10...

Page 22: ...assist with installing the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller into an available PCIe expansion slot Small screwdriver Host system hardware manuals and manuals for the disk or enclosure being installed Persona...

Page 23: ...ller in any way touch a grounded anti static surface such as an unpainted por tion of the system chassis for a few seconds to discharge any built up static electricity 2 3 Installation Use the followi...

Page 24: ...s or SAS 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 Step 4 In...

Page 25: ...rt daisy chain up to 8 enclosures The maximum drive no is 128 devices through 8 enclosures The following figure shows how to connect the external Min SAS cable from the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller that...

Page 26: ...HARDWARE INSTALLATION 26 Figure 2 8 SAS cable connect to backplane Figure 2 7 SAS cable connect to HD Step 6 Install SAS Cable This section describes SAS cable how to connect on controller...

Page 27: ...nected via the SGPIO bus to a 6Gb s SAS 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 detect...

Page 28: ...ptional 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 w...

Page 29: ...gures RAID functionality through the McBIOS RAID manager Please refer to Chapter 3 McBIOS RAID Manager for the detail The RAID controller can also be configured through the McRAID storage manager with...

Page 30: ...controller s volume 2 Ghost such as Carbon Copy Cloner ghost utility the Mac OS X 10 4 x 10 5 x or 10 6 x system disk on the Mac Pro to the Exter nal PCIe 2 0 6Gb s SAS RAID controller volume set Car...

Page 31: ...4 SATA cables Backplane supports SGPIO header can leverage the SGPIO function on the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller through the sideband cable The SFF 8448 sideband signals cable is reserved for the back...

Page 32: ...can support up to four SAS SATA signals These controllers can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with Min SAS 4i internal connectors backplane This Min SAS 4i cable has eight signal pins to suppo...

Page 33: ...each of them can support up to four SAS SATA signals 2 5 LED Cables There is no SGPIO supported in the most of old version SATA back plane The 6Gb s SAS controller also provides two kinds of alterna t...

Page 34: ...2 times sec that disk drive has failed and should be hot swapped immediately When the activity LED is illuminated and fault LED is fast blinking 10 times sec there is rebuilding activity on that disk...

Page 35: ...l indicator attach the LED to the two pins of the global activity cache write pending connector The global fault pin pair connector is the overall fault signal This signal will light up in any disk dr...

Page 36: ...drive and global indicator connector for computer case Figure 2 16 ARC 1880x individual LED for each channel drive and global indicator connector for computer case Figure 2 17 ARC 1880ixl 8 12 individ...

Page 37: ...B Areca Serial Bus Connector You can also connect the Areca interface to a proprietary SAS SATA backplane enclosure This can reduce the number of activity LED and or fault LED cables The I2 C interfac...

Page 38: ...Drive With RAID subsystem drive tray you can replace a defective physical drive while your computer is still operating When a new drive has been installed data reconstruction will be automatically st...

Page 39: ...McRAID Storage Manager Before launching the firmware embedded web server McRAID storage manager through the PCIe bus you need first to install the ArcHttp proxy server on your server system If you nee...

Page 40: ...interface is simpler than out of band interface for it requires less hardware in its configuration Since the SAS controller is already installed in the host system no extra connection is necessary Jus...

Page 41: ...tor 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 tim...

Page 42: ...ides in the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller firmware operation is independent of any operating systems on your computer This utility can be used to Create RAID sets I O Port Addr 28000000h F2 Tab Select Con...

Page 43: ...and press Yes in the Cre ate Hot Spare to designate it as a hot spare Expand RAID sets Add physical drives Define volume sets Modify volume sets Modify RAID level stripe size Define pass through disk...

Page 44: ...olume 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 specific a...

Page 45: ...to confirm This parameter specifies 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 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB 128 KB 256KB 512KB or...

Page 46: ...s 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 dri...

Page 47: ...vents Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Quick Volume Raid Setup Verify Password 10 Choosing Foreground Fast Completion Press Enter key to define fast initialization or selected th...

Page 48: ...he RAID controller by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the internal RAID controller from unauthorized entry The control ler will prompt for the password only when enterin...

Page 49: ...The maximum volume capacity up to 512TB 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 Corp...

Page 50: ...volume set which is 100 of the available capacity is displayed in the selected capacity use the UP and DOWN arrow key to set capacity of the volume set and press Enter key to ac cept this value If the...

Page 51: ...e 4K 8K 16K 32K 128K 256K 512K 1M 64K 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...

Page 52: ...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 4K 8K 16K 32K 128K 64K Initialization Mode Backgro...

Page 53: ...onfirm it 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 M...

Page 54: ...aid Set Offline 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 1So...

Page 55: ...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 R...

Page 56: ...sion is a quite critical process we strongly recommend customer backup data before expand Unexpected accident may cause serious data corruption I O Port Addr 28000000h F2 Tab Select Controller F10 Reb...

Page 57: ...k 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 SAS RAID controller is pow ered on the user can use the Acti...

Page 58: ...ect a hot spare disk drive and press Yes in the Delete Hot Spare screen to delete the hot spare I O Port Addr 28000000h F2 Tab Select Controller F10 Reboot System ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Sele...

Page 59: ...ppear due to this abnormal condition The RESCUE function can recover the missing RAID set informa tion The RAID controller uses the time as the RAID set signature The RAID set may have different time...

Page 60: ...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...

Page 61: ...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 See Areca website f...

Page 62: ...escue Volume for no initialization of the selected volume 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 Are...

Page 63: ...epeat steps 3 to 5 to create additional volume sets 7 The initialization percentage of volume set will be displayed at the button line Volume Name The default volume name will always appear as ARC 188...

Page 64: ...rowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Driv...

Page 65: ...d 3 Raid 5 Raid 3 Spare Raid 5 Spare Raid 6 Raid 6 Spare Raid 0 Greater Two TB Volume Support No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block No No It keeps the volume size with max 2TB limitation Use 64bit LBA This op...

Page 66: ...nabled Stripe Size 64K 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 Cont...

Page 67: ...Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Fun...

Page 68: ...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 Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Func...

Page 69: ...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 s...

Page 70: ...tor 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...

Page 71: ...ater 2TB currently OS can t 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 I O Port Addr 28000000h...

Page 72: ...e set to be checked from the list and press En ter key to select it After completed the selection the confirma tion screen appears press Yes to start the check I O Port Addr 28000000h F2 Tab Select Co...

Page 73: ...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 Check The Volume No Yes I O Port Addr 280000...

Page 74: ...Information Select The Drive E 1Solt 2 500 1GB HDS725050KLA360 E 1Solt 03 500 1GB RaidSet Member ST3500630NS E 1Solt 04 400 1GB RaidSet Member Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 E 1Solt 05 400 1GB RaidSet Member...

Page 75: ...elete 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 confirma tion screen will appear...

Page 76: ...D 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 I O Port Addr 2...

Page 77: ...1 37 000 Enclosure 3 Areca x28 05 75 1 37 000 Enclosure 4 Areca x28 05 75 1 37 000 Enclosure 5 Areca x28 05 75 1 37 000 Enclosure 1 ARECA SAS RAID Adapter V1 0 3 7 5 Raid System Function To set the R...

Page 78: ...n 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 Hdd Queue Depth Setting Empty HDD...

Page 79: ...will occur when entering the main menu 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 configuration All d...

Page 80: ...iority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queue Depth Setting Empty HDD Slot LED Controller Fan Detection Auto Activate Raid Set Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation...

Page 81: ...Hardware Monitor System information Raid System Function Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support H...

Page 82: ...SAS HDD which transmits multiple commands to a single target without waiting for the initial command to complete I O Port Addr 28000000h F2 Tab Select Controller F10 Reboot System ArrowKey Or AZ Move...

Page 83: ...Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queue Depth Setting Empty HDD Slot LED Controller Fan Detection Auto Activate Raid Set Disk Write Ca...

Page 84: ...tem ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physica...

Page 85: ...rporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Hdd Power Management Ethernet Configuration View System Events Cl...

Page 86: ...1G Disabled To Multiples of 1G Capacity Truncation Multiples Of 10G If you have 120 GB drives from differ ent vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5...

Page 87: ...pply causing damage to the power supply disk drives and other sys tem components This damage can be avoided by allowing the host to stagger the spin up of the drives The SAS SATA drives have support s...

Page 88: ...Power Idle Time To Low RPM Mode Time To Spin Down Hdd Stagger Power On Stagger Power On 0 4 0 7 1 0 1 5 6 0 Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Rai...

Page 89: ...ically 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 mo...

Page 90: ...hernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Ethernet Configuration 3 7 7 1 DHCP Function DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol allows network ad m...

Page 91: ...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 tim...

Page 92: ...P Port Number 25 EtherNet Address 00 04 D9 7F FF FF HTTP Port Number 80 Edit The HTTP Port Number 0080 0 3 7 7 4 Telnet Port Number To manually configure the Telnet Port Number of the controller move...

Page 93: ...et Configuration Ethernet Configuration 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 EtherNet...

Page 94: ...nction Hdd Power Management Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information View System Function Time Device Event Type ElapseTime Errors 2010 4 8 12 0...

Page 95: ...Version V1 48 2010 4 8 PL Firmware Ver 5 0 4 0 Serial Number ARC 1880_TSD003 Unit Serial Controller Name ARC 1880 Current IP Address 192 168 0 55 3 7 11 System Information Choose this option to displ...

Page 96: ...trol ler Have all required system hardware and software components on hand before proceeding with the setup and installation Materials required Microsoft Windows 7 2008 Vista XP 2003 Linux FreeBSD Sol...

Page 97: ...ler Driver Diskette Make Utility and a screen with several choices will be displayed 4 Move the highlight bar to the Create Driver Disk entry and press Enter 5 The screen queries the ARC 1880 SAS RAID...

Page 98: ...oved queue management 4 2 2 Install Windows 7 2008 Vista XP 2003 on a 6Gb s SAS RAID Volume The following instructions explain how to install the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller device driver For completed...

Page 99: ...ine the type of one or more mass storage device installed in your sys tem Selected specify additional SCSI controller by pressing S 6 Window will prompt to place the Manufacturer supplied hardware sup...

Page 100: ...e driver and Windows are installed and operational in your sys tem 1 Partition and format the new volume set or disks using Disk Administrator a Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu b Choos...

Page 101: ...ce of how to proceed Choose Display a list of known driv ers for this device so that you can choose a specific driver and click on Next 5 When the next screen queries the user about utilizing the cur...

Page 102: ...e assumes that the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller hardware driver and Windows are installed and operational in your system 1 Partition and format the new arrays or disks using Disk Ad ministrator a Choose...

Page 103: ...other versions of Linux Before installing the SAS RAID driver to the Linux complete the following actions 1 Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives accord ing to the instructions in...

Page 104: ...Use the McBIOS RAID manager to create the RAID set and volume set For details see Chapter 3 McBIOS RAID Manager The supplied software CD that came with the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller includes compiled...

Page 105: ...r 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...

Page 106: ...ory When you click the archttp from version 2 0 it shows all RAID adapters available on the system and create a individual adapter icon located on left column of the Archttp Configurations screen This...

Page 107: ...DRIVER INSTALLATION 107 ble click on the Macintosh Disk Utility program Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to assign a disk drive letter...

Page 108: ...torage manager can configure and monitor the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller via ArcHttp proxy server interface The following table outlines their functions The HTTP management software Archttp runs as a se...

Page 109: ...oxy server installation is essentially the same 1 Insert the RAID controller software CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Run the setup exe file that resides at CD ROM PACKAGES Windows http setup exe on the CD R...

Page 110: ...d 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 configure the System Function of ArcHTTP please r...

Page 111: ...ler for Linux ArcHttp proxy server software 1 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_PO...

Page 112: ...ction 5 2 For Linux 5 4 For Solaris 10 X86 Please refer to the readme txt file on the software CD or website http www areca com tw The step is same with Linux Please see section 5 2 For Linux Press CT...

Page 113: ...e archttp srv conf setting up of ArcHttp proxy server configuration for example General Configuration Mail Configuration and SNMP Configuration please start Web Browser http localhost Cfg As sistant S...

Page 114: ...Enter the SMTP server IP address which is not MCRAID manager IP Ex 192 168 0 2 2 Mail Address Configurations Sender Name Enter the sender name that will be shown in the outgoing mail Ex RaidController...

Page 115: ...enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system such as Net SNMP manager you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHttp...

Page 116: ...s necessary to integrate the MIB into the management application s database of events and status indicator codes This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application This process is highly...

Page 117: ...option on the Archttp utility version v2 2 0 or later to download a supportfile file name ctlrxx xxxxx log with all necessary information system information configuration disk information eventlog Th...

Page 118: ...PCIe 2 0 bus or Out of Band LAN port The In Band method via archttp proxy server to launch the web browser based McRAID storage manager The firmware embedded web browser based McRAID storage manager a...

Page 119: ...other version of Windows your screens may look different but the ArcHttp proxy server installa tion is essentially the same From Arcpttp version 2 0 there Areca RAID Controller icon bar window start a...

Page 120: ...tion is established the System Login screen appears The 6Gb s SAS RAID controller default User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 Start up McRAID Storage Manager Through Ether net Port Out of Band...

Page 121: ...Volume Set List and Physical Disk List The RAID set information volume set information and drive informa tion can also be viewed by clicking on the RAID Set Hierarchy screen The current configuration...

Page 122: ...rameters Also provides the function to identify disk drives blinking fault LED System Controls Setting the RAID system configuration Information Viewing the controller information The Raid Set Hierarc...

Page 123: ...t 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 selecte...

Page 124: ...click on the Deleted Raid Set link A Select The RAID Set To Delete screen is displayed showing all exist RAID sets in the current controller Click the RAID set num ber which you want to delete in the...

Page 125: ...ional 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 present...

Page 126: ...t link A Select The RAID SET To Activate screen is displayed showing all RAID sets existing on the current controller Click the RAID set number to activate in the select column Click on the Submit but...

Page 127: ...re gives you the ability to define 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 specific RAID set or Enclosu...

Page 128: ...operly usage may cause configuration corruption 6 6 Volume Set Functions A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical di...

Page 129: ...ile for details 6 6 1 Create Volume Set 0 1 10 3 5 6 To create volume set from RAID set system move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To C...

Page 130: ...rent OS which supports 16 bytes CDB Such as Windows 2003 with SP1 or later Linux kernel 2 6 x or later 4K Block It change the sector size from default 512 bytes to 4k bytes the maximum volume capacity...

Page 131: ...ormance especially if your computer does mostly sequen tial reads However if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often select a smaller stripe size Cache Mode The 6Gb s SAS RAID con...

Page 132: ...ate 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...

Page 133: ...he Confirm The Operation check box and then click the Submit button to show all volume set items in the selected RAID set Click a volume set number and the Confirm The Operation check box and then cli...

Page 134: ...last volume set capacity move the cursor bar to the Capacity item and entry the capacity size When finished the above action click on the Sumbit button to complete the action The last volume set star...

Page 135: ...volume in that RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume s data or attributes Volume write protection is used primarily for customer initiated disaster recovery testing 6 6 5 Check Volume Set To...

Page 136: ...iated data blocks computes parity reads parity and verifies that the computed parity matches the read parity Volume checks are very important because they detect and cor rect parity errors or bad disk...

Page 137: ...g function screen appears A pass through disk is not con trolled by the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller firmware it cann t be a part of a volume set The disk is available to the operating system as an indiv...

Page 138: ...pool move the mouse cursor bar and click on the Modify Pass Through link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modi fication screen appears mark the check box for the pass through disk from the pass th...

Page 139: ...ete the selection mark the check box for Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to complete the delete action 6 7 4 Identify Enclosure To prevent removing the wrong enclosure the selected A...

Page 140: ...tor will light for physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Device is selected 6 8 System Controls 6 8 1 System Config To set the RAID system function move the cursor to the ma...

Page 141: ...want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function SATA NCQ Support The controller supports both SAS and SATA disk drives The SATA NCQ allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a dr...

Page 142: ...SAS RAID controller will light the fault LED if no HDD installed SES2 Support If your SAS backplane does not implement the correct SES2 function you can disable the SES2 support on controller Con tro...

Page 143: ...ample one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 120 GB Multiples Of 10G truncates the number under tens This makes same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other Multiples...

Page 144: ...his value Default value is 8 seconds You can select between 3 8 second Number of Retries This setting determines the number of access that will be at tempted before the current command from the RAID c...

Page 145: ...d to have not only the function of processing ordinary data but also the function of dealing with AV audio video stream data needing real time processing Since the bus cycle used in RAID controller wa...

Page 146: ...ca tions To decide how to optimize AV stream recording parameter you need to adjust the Optimize AV Recording and Write Buffer Threshold during runtime Read Performance Margin The Read Performance Mar...

Page 147: ...k 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 po...

Page 148: ...owered up into the Standby power manage ment state to minimize inrush current at power up and to allow the controller to sequence the spinup of devices It is mainly for server workstation environments...

Page 149: ...onfiguration item then select the desired func tion 6 8 5 Alert By Mail Configuration To configure the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller e mail function move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the S...

Page 150: ...r server to another server or reference time source such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem It provides accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on...

Page 151: ...ime zone the way you want Automatic Daylight Saving Automatic Daylight Saving will normally attempt to automati cally adjust the system clock for daylight saving changes based on the computer time zon...

Page 152: ...BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 152 6 8 9 Generate Test Event Use this feature is generate events for testing purposes 6 8 10 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer informa...

Page 153: ...password is used to protect the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller from unauthorized entry The controller will check the password only when entering the main menu from the initial screen The 6Gb s SAS RAID con...

Page 154: ...tion To view the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller s SAS controller and at tached expander chip information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the SAS Chip Information link The 6Gb s SAS RAID...

Page 155: ...Information link The 6Gb s SAS RAID controller RAID Subsystem Information screen appears Use this feature to view the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller s system information The controller name controller fir...

Page 156: ...WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 156 6 9 4 Hardware Monitor The hardware monitor information of the enclosure attached in this controller is also shown on this screen...

Page 157: ...on ARC1880NNNN BIN Software Binary Code NNNN refers to the software code type ARC1880BIOS BIN PCIe 2 0 BIOS for system board using ARC1880BOOT BIN RAID controller hardware initialization ARC1880FIRM B...

Page 158: ...onfirm The Operation and press the Submit button 4 The web browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a...

Page 159: ...rs an alternative means communication for the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller Upgrade the all files BIOS BOOT FIRM and MBR0 without necessary system starting up to running the ArcHttp proxy server The nflas...

Page 160: ...the CLI you perform firmware upgrade that you can perform with the McRAID storage manager GUI The controller has added protocol on the firmware for user to update the controller firmware package BIOS...

Page 161: ...up Module monitors the write back cache on the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs B 2 BBM...

Page 162: ...itions 4 Low profile bracket also provided 5 The BBM will occupy one PCI slot on the host backplane B 5 Battery Backup Capacity Battery backup capacity is defined as the maximum duration of a power fa...

Page 163: ...cable from J2 on the 6Gb s SAS RAID controller 3 Disconnect the battery pack cable from JP2 on the BBM 4 Install a new battery pack and connect the new battery pack to JP2 5 Connect the BBM to J2 on t...

Page 164: ...emperature 0O C to 40O C Humidity 45 85 non condensing Storage Temperature Temperature 40O C to 60O C Humidity 45 85 non condensing Electrical Input Voltage 3 6VDC On Board Battery Capacity 1880mAH 1...

Page 165: ...nized in a hierarchical data structure called the Management Information Base MIB These MIBs are defined and sanctioned by various industry associations Each type of device on your network has its own...

Page 166: ...ication and compile the MIB description file with the SNMP management applcation database Before the manager application accesses the Areca RAID controller it is necessary to integrate the MIB into th...

Page 167: ...out the SNMP Trap Config 3 Service Method 3 using In band PCI SNMP extension agent Pay attention to these Download the snmp extension agent from Areca URL The Agent is to be installed on the system w...

Page 168: ...tp proxy server configuration port number plus 1 from ver sion 2 00 To enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system such as...

Page 169: ...ration item The firmware embedded SNMP agent manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no agent software required 1 SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP Trap...

Page 170: ...er based manager or CLI SNMP configuration To launch the above browser based RAID controller SNMP function click on the Sys tem Controls link The System Controls menu will show avail able items Select...

Page 171: ...installation C 3 4 1 Windows You must have administrative level permission to install 6Gb s SAS RAID controller extension agent software This procedure assumes that the RAID hardware and Windows are b...

Page 172: ...the Ready Install the Pro gram screen will appear Follow the on screen prompts to com plete Areca SNMP extension agent installation 5 A Progress bar appears that measures the progress of the Areca SN...

Page 173: ...lick the Finish button to complete the installation Starting SNMP Trap Notification Configurations To start SNMP Trap Notification Configruations There have two methods First double click on the Areca...

Page 174: ...Error level 3 Warning and level 4 Information The level 4 covers notification events such as initialization of the controller and initiation of the rebuilding process Level 3 includes events which re...

Page 175: ...Areca RAID hardware and FreeBSD are installed and operational in your system The old version agent has to modify the open source project integrate the changes from Areca manually then take the modifie...

Page 176: ...ent Level Meaning Action Device Inserted Warning HDD inserted Device Removed Warning HDD removed Reading Error Warning HDD reading error Keep Watching HDD status may be it caused by noise or HDD unsta...

Page 177: ...olume deleted Modify Volume Warning Volume modified Volume Degraded Urgent Volume degraded Replace HDD Volume Failed Urgent Volume failure Failed Volume Revived Urgent Failed volume revived Abort Init...

Page 178: ...oller over 60 degree Check air flow and cooling fan of the enclosure and contact us Hdd Over Temperature Urgent Abnormally high temperature detected on Hdd over 55 degree Check air flow and cooling fa...

Page 179: ...us a VT100 login detected API Log In Serious a API login detected Lost Rebuilding MigrationLBA Urgent Some rebuilding migration raidset member disks missing before power on Reinserted the missing memb...

Page 180: ...the host system as a single logical device in other words a single large virtual hard disk A volume set will use a specific RAID level which will require one or more physical disks depending on the RA...

Page 181: ...s protected against disk failures while initialing If using Foreground Initialization the initializa tion process must be completed before the volume set is ready for system accesses Online Array Roam...

Page 182: ...s the volume sets being expanded can be accessed by the host system In addition the volume sets with RAID level 1 10 3 5 or 6 are protected against data loss in the event of disk failure s In the case...

Page 183: ...panding a RAID level 1 array would require the addition of two disks A third disk can be added to the existing RAID logical drive and the volume set can then be migrated from RAID level 1 to 5 The res...

Page 184: ...on is extended to incorporate the free space so it can be used by the operating system without creating a new operating system partition You can use the Diskpart exe command line utility included with...

Page 185: ...e same capacity as the drive it replaces Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID controller chip includes a protection circuit that sup ports the replacement of SAS SATA hard disk drives without hav ing...

Page 186: ...an be maintained RAID controllers will automatically restart the system and re building process if the system is shut down or powered off abnor mally during a reconstruction procedure condition When a...

Page 187: ...he drive and look at it The SMART can often predict a problem before failure occurs The controllers will recognize a SMART error code and notify the administer of an impending hard drive failure Auto...

Page 188: ...at the computed parity matches the read parity Consistency checks are very important because they detect and correct parity errors or bad disk blocks in the drive A consistency check forces every bloc...

Page 189: ...D controller firmware is stored on the flash ROM and is ex ecuted by the I O processor The firmware can also be updated through the RAID controllers PCIe 2 0 bus port or Ethernet port without the need...

Page 190: ...d the disks physical configuration transparent to the host operating system This means that the host operating system drivers and software utilities are not affected regardless of the RAID level selec...

Page 191: ...if the array controller can in parallel access both members of a mirrored pair During writes there will be a minor performance penalty when compared to writing to a single disk If one drive fails all...

Page 192: ...ch strip is mirrored on an adjacent disk with wrap around Areca RAID 10 offers a little more flexibility in choosing the number of disks that can be used to constitute an array The number can be even...

Page 193: ...edicated parity disk If one drive in the system fails the parity information can be used to reconstruct the data from that drive All drives in the array system can be used for seek operations at the s...

Page 194: ...and written across all of the drives RAID x0 RAID level x0 refers to RAID level 00 100 30 50 and 60 RAID x0 is a combination multiple RAID x volume sets with RAID 0 striping Striping helps to increase...

Page 195: ...00 100 30 50 or 60 JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks A group of hard disks in a RAID box are not set up as any type of RAID configuration All drives are avail able to the operating system as an individual d...

Page 196: ...ead request can be satisfied by data read from wither one disk or both disks 3 Up to one disk failure in each sub volume 3 Also known Bit Interleaved Parity Data and parity information is subdivided a...

Page 197: ...g 6 Up to one disk failure in each sub volume 50 RAID 50 is a combination multiple RAID 5 volume sets with RAID 0 striping 6 Up to one disk failure in each sub volume 60 RAID 60 is a combination multi...

Page 198: ...formation function 1 1 P 142 Added Advanced Configuration function 1 1 p 147 Added SATA Power Up in Standby 1 1 p 122 Added Create Raid Set Context 1 1 p 115 Add Rescan Device function 1 1 p 110 Chang...

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