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ARS-2018/2018E

SCSI to SATA Mirror Smart

User’s Manual

Release: April 2006

Version: 1.0

Summary of Contents for ARS-2018

Page 2: ...Windows Logo are the registered trademarks and Windows is the trademark of Microsoft Corporation All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective own ers This manual contains materials...

Page 3: ...to ARS 2018E 11 2 3 DIP Switch Setting 13 2 3 1 ARS 2018 13 2 3 2 ARS 2018E 14 2 4 Connect ARS 2018 to PC 15 2 5 Connect ARS 2018E to PC 16 Chapter 3 The Control Panel 19 3 1 LCD Panel 19 3 2 LCD Oper...

Page 4: ...face w Ultra 160 LVD SCSI features with data transfer rate up to 160MB s n Supports RAID 1 JBOD and Normal n Supports SATA hard drives n Supports real time rebuilding up to 3 0GB per minute n Supports...

Page 5: ...ilt in buzzer LED or E mail n Dimension w ARS 2018 215 L 148 W 85 H mm w ARS 2018E 280 L 172 W 152 H mm n Power supply 100V 240V 50 60Hz auto switching power supply n Temperature w Operation 5 C 40 C...

Page 6: ...l detect a hard drive named Mirror Smart 2018 Before using it do HDD partition and format if necessary Step 5 Set a proper and unique SCSI ID for ARS 2018 see 2 3 1 Step 6 Fasten ARS 2018 to the inter...

Page 7: ...r SATA hard drives Visit http www acard com to get the newest support list of hard drives ARS 2018 2018E is also compatible with various kinds of SCSI cards and can operate well in Mac OS and Linux If...

Page 8: ...8E Manual Chapter 2 Installation Power connectors SCSI ID function switch see 2 3 1 Four buttons on the LCD panel see 3 1 LEDs on the front panel see 3 3 ARS 2018 Key locks SE LVD SCSI connector The f...

Page 9: ...2018E The front The back SE LVD SCSI connectors Four buttons on the LCD panel see 3 1 LEDs on the front panel see 3 3 Key locks SCSI ID switch see 2 3 2 Function switch see 2 3 2 RS 232 for test only...

Page 10: ...to the trays of ARS 2018 1 Unlock 2 Open the tray by pushing the fastener to the left 3 Pull the handle to slide the 4 Put a hard drive into the tray and aim tray out its end to the connector of the t...

Page 11: ...2018E 1 Unlock 2 Open the tray by pushing the fastener to the left NOTICE 1 Be sure to unlock the tray before removing it 2 The provided trays are designed for ACARD ARS 2018 2018E 2019 Do not use any...

Page 12: ...rive into the tray and aim tray out its end to the connector of the tray 5 Push the hard drive till it attaches 6 Turn the tray carefully and fasten with the connector 4 screws 7 Slide the tray into A...

Page 13: ...ovide any after ser vice warranty if the problem is due to using a substitute 2 3 1 ARS 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON Pin 1 4 SCSI ID Pin 5 Reserved Pin 6 ON SE Mode OFF LVD Mode Pin 7 ON For Narrow SCSI Bu...

Page 14: ...SCSI Bus Pin 4 ON Terminator Power On OFF Terminator Power Off 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON ID 0 default ID 1 ID 2 ID 3 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON ID 4 ID 5 ID 6 ID 7 N A reserved...

Page 15: ...rt ARS 2018 and connect two 4 pin power cords to make Mirror Smart work well 2 Connect a SCSI cable to the SCSI adapter s internal connector 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON ID 8 ID 9 ID 10...

Page 16: ...of ARS 2018E 1 Insert one end of the SCSI cable into the SCSI adapter s external connector and the other end into the SCSI connector of ARS 2018E 3 Connect the other end of the SCSI cable to ARS 2018...

Page 17: ...more sets of ARS 2018E 1 Insert one end of the 1st SCSI cable into the SCSI adapter s external connector and the other end into the upper SCSI connector of the 1st set 2 Insert one end of the 2nd SCS...

Page 18: ...8 2018E Manual Once installing successfully you can find ARS 2018 2018E as Mirror Smart 2018 in Device Manager under My Computer 3 Connect the power cords to each set and attach a terminator to the la...

Page 19: ...There are 5 major function menus in ARS 2018 2018E as the following charts show 1 SYSTEM INFORMATION 1 1 RAID information 1 2 Disk1 info 1 3 Disk2 info 1 4 Health info 1 1 1 Vendor ID Model ID 1 1 3...

Page 20: ...rror or JBOD 2 1 3 Rebuilding rate Only Mirror 2 1 4 Auto compare Only Mirror 2 2 1 Fan detect 2 2 2 Fan auto control 2 2 3 Warning temperatue 2 2 4 Warning alarm 2 3 1 Standby time 2 3 2 Page switch...

Page 21: ...word 3 4 Password 3 6 Remove Disk1 Only Mirror 3 8 Mirror size Only Mirror 3 1 Change RAID mode 3 1 1 Set Mirror mode 3 1 2 Set JBOD mode 3 8 1 Set maximum 3 8 2 Extend size Select primary disk Double...

Page 22: ...ID Option the RAID configuration 2 1 1 Max SCSI speed set the speed limit of SCSI bus Options are ASYNC 10 20 40 80 160 MB s Default is 160MB s 2 1 2 RAID alarm trigger the alarm Default is OFF When R...

Page 23: ...r the set time the system will return to standby mode 2 3 2 Page switch rate set the rate of information switching It is to set the time interval of page switching in standby mode 2 3 3 Info update ra...

Page 24: ...system will ask you to key in the password 3 4 2 Change password set a new password Key in the old password then key in a new password and confirm the new password once again to finish the change If y...

Page 25: ...records record limit is 999 4 2 Erase log erase all records 4 3 Elapse time display the uptime since Mirror Smart was turned on If the system hasn t been restarted over 3 years the timer will be reset...

Page 26: ...switch is ON l Confirm if Mirror Smart was connected firmly to the SCSI card by the SCSI cable l Confirm if a terminator was added to the end of the SCSI bus l Confirm if the ID of Mirror Smart and t...

Page 27: ...condition by message A short beep per 8 sec None 2 High temperature Shows the condition by message Three short beeps per 8 sec Alarm LED blinks red with beep 3 Bad sector in HDD Shows the condition b...

Page 28: ...endix 2 6 OS didn t detect Mirror Smart s hard drives l Confirm if the SCSI card has been correctly installed see the following steps 1 to 3 l If the installation of driver is correct confirm if Devic...

Page 29: ...Manual Step 2 Enter Computer Management to choose Device Manager Figure 4 2 Step 3 In Device Manager double click SCSI and RAID controllers to examine if the driver of SCSI card has been correctly ins...

Page 30: ...5 Add a new partition for the hard drive of Mirror Smart in the Disk Manage ment so as to access the new hard drive Step 4 In Device Manager double click Disk drives to confirm if the system has dete...

Page 31: ...31 ARS 2018 2018E Manual Figure 4 6 The following figure shows the condition of the hard drive after partition...

Page 32: ...into Mirror Smart and boot from the HDD on Mirror Smart Step 1 Before migrating source HDD B into Mirror Smart back up its important data first Then boot from source HDD B and install the driver of SC...

Page 33: ...apacity Mirror Smart will regard the hard drive on the upper tray as the source and that on the lower tray as the target and begin to rebuild Step 5 Enter the motherboard BIOS and go to the Boot Devic...

Page 34: ...rror Smart Utility is used to manage and control ARS 2018 2018E With it you can easily set change and monitor the status of Mirror Smart After entering the utility if you want to change some basic set...

Page 35: ...follows 1 2 3 4 5 1 Set the updating time of the system conditions 2 Set the time interval to record the system conditions 3 Set the speed of data comparing 4 Set to reveal this utility when anything...

Page 36: ...36 ARS 2018 2018E Manual If you want to set the functions of Mirror Smart you can click Setup and select Mirror Smart Setup as shown below...

Page 37: ...rator when RAID becomes abnormal 4 Each hard drive s data will be read for one minute to prolong the drive s life 5 Automatic comparison after data rebuilding 6 The buzzer will be triggered to warn th...

Page 38: ...38 ARS 2018 2018E Manual If you want to change the RAID mode you can click Setup and select Change RAID mode as shown below 1 2 1 Select the RAID mode 2 Select a hard drive as the primary disk...

Page 39: ...the size of Mirror Smart you can click Setup and select Extend Mirror Size as shown below 1 Set a new size equal to or larger than the current one 2 Set the maximum size If the current size is the max...

Page 40: ...o update the firmware of Mirror Smart you can click Setup and select Update Firmware as shown below 1 2 1 The current F W version 2 Update to the newest version 3 Click Open and then Yes to confirm 3...

Page 41: ...rt you can click Setup and select Update LCD Module as shown below 1 2 3 1 The current F W version 2 Update to the newest version 3 Click Open and then Yes to confirm 4 It is under update After firmwa...

Page 42: ...em or a hard drive fails you can click Setup and select Mail Notification Setup as shown below Then in Mail Setup be sure that Enable mail notification is activated And type related data in the follow...

Page 43: ...clicking Add the address will be added to the list Finally click Event Filter and choose one or more than one events for which you will send a mail to notify the supervisor There are six events for c...

Page 44: ...8E Manual If you want to know the version of Mirror Smart Utility you can click About Click Status List to see the status of Mirror Smart 1 Host Bus ID No and the SCSI adapter 2 Target ID No and the M...

Page 45: ...ersion capacity status SATA bus speed in the lower tray 4 Scan the HDD 5 Compare the two HDDs data 6 The good fan 1 7 See the information of other Mirror Smarts 8 The good fan 3 for ARS 2018E only 9 T...

Page 46: ...6 ARS 2018 2018E Manual Click Compare HDDs to see if the Source HDD and the Target HDD contain the same data The percentage bar on the bottom of the figure shows the process of comparison or rebuildin...

Page 47: ...7 ARS 2018 2018E Manual If you didn t install a hard drive the status will be shown as follows If the system didn t detect the hard drive or the hard drive is failed the status will be shown as follow...

Page 48: ...48 ARS 2018 2018E Manual If you want to read the record of an event log click Open Event Log under Event Log Then choose the file you need...

Page 49: ...49 ARS 2018 2018E Manual Click the file to read as the following figure shows The Event Log describes the time and status when an event happens It is helpful for you to solve the problems...

Page 50: ...hard drives at least When data are written into the whole hard drive they will be equally striped and written into each hard drive of the array Thus the access speed becomes quicker The effect of RAI...

Page 51: ...ne hard drive s data are damaged you can replace the failed hard drive and the RAID controller will restore the data by the backup on the other hard drive For a single hard drive RAID 1 is the best in...

Page 52: ...nch of disks into a big hard drive It doesn t have the functions of quick read write speed and error tolerance However compared with RAID 0 JBOD doesn t waste the hard drive capacity Its capacity is t...

Page 53: ...ow are com patible with ARS 2018 2018E ACARD AEC 67160 ACARD AEC 67162 Adaptec ASC 29160 Adaptec ASC 39160 Adaptec AHA 2940U2W Adaptec AHA 2940UW Initio 9100UW Tekram DC 390U2W 53C895 Tekram DC 390U3W...

Page 54: ...http www acard com Required columns are marked with asterisks Model ARS 2018 2018E F W Version System Configuration Motherboard BIOS version SCSI adapter Chipset Memory Display card Other I O card OS...

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