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Contents

1. Before You First Installing ....................................................4

2. Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps .................................5

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For macOS ......................................................................5

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For Windows ....................................................................5

3. RAID Storage View ..............................................................7

4. Locations of the Storage Component ................................... 11

4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators ............................................... 11

4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators ............................................... 12

5. Setting Up RAID Storage .................................................... 13

5.1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives ........................ 13

5.2 Mac Users .................................................................... 17

5.2.1 Install the MRAID Software ........................................ 17

5.2.2

Configure RAID Volumes

........................................... 21

5.2.3 Format and Partition RAID Volumes ............................ 24

5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume ................................... 26

5.2.5 Unmounting RAID Volumes ........................................ 27

5.3 Windows Users ............................................................. 28

5.3.1 Install the MRAID Software ........................................ 28

5.3.2

Configure RAID Volumes

........................................... 32

5.3.3 Format RAID Volumes ............................................... 35

5.3.4 Unmounting RAID Volumes ........................................ 35

6. Specification

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Summary of Contents for ARC-8050T3-12

Page 1: ...ARC 8050T3 4 6 8 12 bays Thunderbolt 3 RAID Storage Installation Guide Version 1 1 Issue Date April 2017 Thunderbolt Product...

Page 2: ...e 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: ...ing Up RAID Storage 13 5 1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives 13 5 2 Mac Users 17 5 2 1 Install the MRAID Software 17 5 2 2 Configure RAID Volumes 21 5 2 3 Format and Partition RAID Volumes 24...

Page 4: ...inspect it for dam age If the ARC 8050T3 RAID storage appears damaged or if any items of the contents listed below are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or distributor immediately Checklis...

Page 5: ...n Step 3 Configure RAID Volumes Page 21 1 Double click on the MRAID icon on the desktop 2 Double click on the ArcHTTP64 3 Locate ARC 8050T3 Web Management and launch the McRAID storage manager 4 Login...

Page 6: ...ch the McRAID storage manager 4 Login User Name admin and the Password 0000 5 Click on the Quick Create to configure the volume 6 Follow the on screen steps to complete the configuration Step 4 Format...

Page 7: ...RAID storage front view and rear view Front View Rear View 1 Disk Activity LED 2 Disk Fault Link LED 3 Power and Global Fault LED 4 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port1 5 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port2 6 Display Port 7...

Page 8: ...t Link LED 3 LCD Panel with Keypad 4 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port1 5 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port2 6 Display Port 7 LAN Port 8 SAS Expansion Port 9 Reset Button 10 System Fan 11 Power Connector The following di...

Page 9: ...ault Link LED 3 LCD Panel with Keypad 4 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port1 5 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port2 6 Display Port 7 LAN Port 8 Reset Button 9 System Fan1 10 System Fan2 11 Power Connector The following diagr...

Page 10: ...h Keypad 4 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port1 5 Thunderbolt3 USB C Port2 6 Display Port 7 LAN Port 8 SAS Expansion Port 9 Reset Button 10 System Fan1 11 System Fan2 12 System Fan3 13 Power Supply Fan 14 Power C...

Page 11: ...the activity LED is lit there is I O acti vity on that disk drive 2 When the LED is not lit there is no activity on that disk drive N A 2 Fault Link LED Red Green 1 When the fault LED is lit there is...

Page 12: ...re 3 Figure 2 LCD Panel LED for 4 bay Figure 3 LCD Panel LED for 6 8 12 bay The following table provides a summary of the front panel LED Panel LED Normal Status Problem Indication 1 Power LED Green S...

Page 13: ...l the Drives in the ARC 8050T3 RAID Storage Your RAID storage supports up to 4 6 8 12 x 3 5 inch disk drives or 4 6 8 12 x 2 5 inch SAS or SATA 6 0Gb s drives each one contained in its individual hole...

Page 14: ...st and next Thunderbolt devices There are two Thunderbolt connectors on the rear of ARC 8050T3 RAID storage You can plug in two host ports 1 Direct connection to a Thunderbolt technology capable compu...

Page 15: ...AID stor age and to your Thunderbolt capable computer The additional port may be used to daisy chain compatible computer periph erals such as hard drives monitors and much more A single Thunderbolt po...

Page 16: ...rectly connected to the 10 100Mbit RJ45 LAN port Connect LAN port of the ARC 8050T3 using the Ethernet cable and then to a LAN port or LAN switch Step 4 Connecting RAID Storage Power To power the RAID...

Page 17: ...ons to install macOS driver utility This can be done in just a few steps 1 Download the install_mraid installer from the website at http www areca com tw support s_ thunderbolt thunder bolt htm the fi...

Page 18: ...o be able to inter act with the ARC 8050T3 RAID storage ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console MRAID storage manager to run It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows...

Page 19: ...at the command line You can download CLI manual from Areca website 6 On the Choose Alias Folder screen click on an icon to choose where you like to create aliases and click on the Next button to cont...

Page 20: ...NSTALLATION 20 8 A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation 9 When this screen shows you have completed the driver installation and click on the Next button to continu...

Page 21: ...storage manager by ArcHTTP and CLI utility If you have not yet installed the hardware please follow the 5 1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives section to install it Otherwise to begin the crea...

Page 22: ...lder 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 figurations screen L...

Page 23: ...ger Otherwise to begin using the ARC 8050T3 right away go on the next For mat the Volume section to begin the formatting procedure Method 2 McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port User can remote mana...

Page 24: ...tial screen is shown below 5 2 3 Format and Partition RAID Volumes After the volume set is ready for system accesses it needs to be partitioned formatted and mounted by the operating system When you c...

Page 25: ...the RAID stor age When it is complete icons for this partition shows up on your desktop It is now ready to use 2 You may want to divide a drive into more than one partition When you do this each part...

Page 26: ...age When the partitioning is complete icons for each new partition show up on your desktop They are now ready to use 5 2 4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume You can follow the following procedures to add AR...

Page 27: ...ior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable 1 Drag RAID storage volume s icon to the trash The Trash will turn into an Eject arrow This will assure that all...

Page 28: ...Custom to install special components Follow the steps below to install the driver utility for Windows 1 Download the install_mraid installer from the website at http www areca com tw support s_thunder...

Page 29: ...screen appears read and agree to the license information then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process 6 On the Setup Type screen use the settings to specify these thin...

Page 30: ...with the ARC 8050T3 RAID storage ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console McRAID storage manager to run It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events fo...

Page 31: ...sures the progress of the driver installation When this screen completes you have completed the MRAID installation If you have no ARC 8050T3 RAID storage unit yet connected or powered on a MRAID Insta...

Page 32: ...or you to start up the McRAID storage manager by ArcHTTP and CLI utility If you have not yet installed the hardware please follow the 5 1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives section to install...

Page 33: ...grams MRAID ArcHTTP 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 figur...

Page 34: ...s To configure ARC 8050T3 RAID storage using a LAN port you need to know its IP address The default IP address will be shown on the LCD initial screen Launch your web browser based McRAID storage mana...

Page 35: ...oll down to the bottom of the middle pane Windows will display a list of new drives attached to your system with a label such as Disk 1 or Disk 2 etc 4 Right click on the drive you want to partition a...

Page 36: ...AID storage from a Windows system 1 Click on the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the notification area at the lower right hand side of your screen and then in the list of devices choose...

Page 37: ...nd background initialization Advanced configuration for smooth data streaming Disk scrubbing array verify scheduling support Multiple pairs SSD HDD disk clone function SSD automatic monitor clone AMC...

Page 38: ...3 5 6 Single Disk JBOD 0 1 10 3 5 6 30 50 60 Single Disk JBOD Connection Thunderbolt 3 x2 Display Port x1 OS Support Mac OS X 10 12 or Higher Windows 8 or Higher Function Advantages Features Benefits...

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