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ARC-1110/1120/1130/1160/1170

( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Adapter )

ARC-1110ML/1120ML/1130ML/1160ML

( 4/8-port Infinband connector and 12/16-port Multi-lane

connector PCI-X SATA RAID Adapter )

ARC-1210/1220/1230/1260/1280

( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Adapter )

ARC-1230ML/1260ML/1280ML

(12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Adapter)

SATA RAID Cards

USER Manual

Version: 3.2

Issue Date: August, 2006

Содержание ARC-1110

Страница 1: ...ML 4 8 port Infinband connector and 12 16 port Multi lane connector PCI X SATA RAID Adapter ARC 1210 1220 1230 1260 1280 4 8 12 16 24 port PCI Express SATA RAID Adapter ARC 1230ML 1260ML 1280ML 12 16...

Страница 2: ...operties of their respective owners This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Conventions All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by an...

Страница 3: ...bal Hot Spares 20 1 4 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support 21 1 4 3 Auto Declare Hot Spare 21 1 4 4 Auto Rebuilding 21 1 4 5 Adjustable Rebuild Priority 22 1 5 High Reliability 23 1 5 1 Hard Drive Failure Pr...

Страница 4: ...e Hot Spare 68 3 7 2 6 Delete Hot Spare 68 3 7 2 7 Raid Set Information 69 3 7 3 Volume Set Function 69 3 7 3 1 Create Volume Set 70 Volume Name 72 Raid Level 72 Capacity 73 Strip Size 74 SCSI Channel...

Страница 5: ...3 7 10 System Information 97 4 Driver Installation 99 4 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes 99 4 2 Driver Installation for Windows 100 4 2 1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows Server 2003 100 4 2 2 Ins...

Страница 6: ...d to start up McRAID Storage Manager from Windows Local Administration 117 6 1 1 Through Ethernet port Out of Band 118 6 2 SATA RAID controller McRAID Storage Manager 119 6 3 Main Menu 120 6 4 Quick F...

Страница 7: ...ite Cache Mode 136 Disk Capacity Truncation Mode 136 6 8 2 Ethernet Configuration 12 16 24 port 137 6 8 3 Alert by Mail Configuration 12 16 24 port 138 6 8 4 SNMP Configuration 12 16 24 port 139 SNMP...

Страница 8: ...odule 152 Appendix C 153 SNMP Operation Definition 153 Appendix D 160 General Troubleshooting Tips 160 Appendix E 164 Technical Support 164 Glossary 165 2TB 165 Array 165 ATA 165 Auto Reassign Sector...

Страница 9: ...XOR Engine 170...

Страница 10: ...PCI cards ideal for 1U and 2U rack mount systems These cards utilize the same RAID kernel that has been field proven in existing external RAID controller products allowing Areca to quickly bring stab...

Страница 11: ...lers also provide RAID levels 0 1 1E 3 5 and JBOD configurations Its high data availability and protection is derived from the following capabilities Online RAID Capacity Expansion Array Roaming Onlin...

Страница 12: ...fault 256 MB of DDR2 533 SDRAM with ECC protection upgrade to 2GB ARC 12xxML ARC 1280 An ECC or non ECC SDRAM module using X8 or X16 devices Support up to 4 8 12 16 24 SATA ll drives Write through or...

Страница 13: ...BIOS Support controller s API library allowing customer to write cus tom AP Support Command Line Interface CLI Browser based management utility via ArcHttp Proxy Server Single Admin Portal SAP monito...

Страница 14: ...C 12XX 1210 1220 1230 1260 RAID processor IOP333 Host Bus Type PCI Express X8 RAID 6 support N A YES YES YES Cache Memory 256MB 256MB One SODIMM One SODIMM Drive Support 4 SATA ll 8 SATA ll 12 SATA ll...

Страница 15: ...fic RAID level which will require one or more physical disks depending on the RAID level used RAID level refers to the level of performance and data protection of a Volume Set The capacity of a Volume...

Страница 16: ...parity data However RAID 3 5 and 6 volume sets must be initialized to generate parity information In Normal Initialization the initialization proceeds as a background task and the volume set is fully...

Страница 17: ...aid set is redistributed evenly across all the disks A contigu ous block of unused capacity is made available on the raid set The unused capacity can be used to create additional volume sets A disk to...

Страница 18: ...al volume set with a different fault tolerance setting if required by the user The RAID subsystem controller redistributes the original vol ume set over the original and newly added disks using the sa...

Страница 19: ...parity fault tolerance and double the available capacity without tak ing the system down A forth disk could be added to migrate to RAID level 6 It is only possible to migrate to a higher RAID level b...

Страница 20: ...n be used to repartition disks without data loss Most of these utilities work offline Partition Magic is one such utility 1 4 High availability 1 4 1 Global Hot Spares A Global Hot Spare is an unused...

Страница 21: ...ction and online drive replacement 1 4 3 Auto Declare Hot Spare If a disk drive is brought online into a system operating in de graded mode ARC 11xx 12xx RAID adapters will automatically declare the n...

Страница 22: ...ault tolerant Fault tolerance will be lost until the removed drive is replaced and the rebuild operation is completed During the automatic rebuild process system activity will contin ue as normal howe...

Страница 23: ...and rotational speed of disks is increasing every year and so is the potential of problems Usually a drive can internally remap bad sectors without external help using cyclic redundancy check CRC chec...

Страница 24: ...mportant because a bad disk block can prevent a disk rebuild from completing We strongly recommend that you run consistency checks on a regular basis at least once per week Note that consistency check...

Страница 25: ...erformance and fault tolerance The SATA RAID control ler implements several levels of the Berkeley RAID technology An appropriate RAID level is selected when the volume sets are defined or created Thi...

Страница 26: ...ancy 1 7 2 RAID 1 RAID 1 is also known as disk mirroring data written to one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive Read per formance may be enhanced if the array controller can in...

Страница 27: ...wrap around In fact this scheme or a slightly modified version of it is often referred to as RAID 1E and was originally proposed by IBM When the number of disks comprising a RAID 1E is even the strip...

Страница 28: ...sed for seek operations at the same time greatly increasing the performance of the RAID system This relieves the write bottleneck that characterizes RAID 4 and is the primary reason that RAID 5 is mor...

Страница 29: ...The SATA RAID controller supports RAID Levels 0 1 1E 3 5 and 6 The table below provides a summary of RAID levels Features and Performance RAID Level Description Min Drives Data Reliability Data Transf...

Страница 30: ...ngle drive Reads are similar to RAID 0 Writes are slower than a single disk Reads are close to be ing twice as fast as a single disk Writes are similar to a single disk 5 Also known Block Interleaved...

Страница 31: ...e you begin installing Package Contents If your package is missing any of the items listed below contact your local dealer before proceeding with installation disk drives and disk mounting brackets ar...

Страница 32: ...2 2 Board Layout Follow the instructions below to install a PCI RAID Card into your PC Server Figure 2 1 ARC 1110 1120 4 8 port PCI X SATA RAID Controller Figure 2 2 ARC 1210 1220 4 8 port PCI Expres...

Страница 33: ...HARDWARE INSTALLATION 33 Figure 2 3 ARC 1110ML 1120ML 4 8 port PCI X SATA RAID Con troller Figure 2 4 ARC 1130 1160 12 16 port PCI X SATA RAID Control ler...

Страница 34: ...HARDWARE INSTALLATION 34 Figure 2 5 ARC 1130ML 1160ML 12 16 port PCI X SATA RAID Controller Figure 2 6 ARC 1230 1260 12 16 port PCI EXpress SATA RAID Controller...

Страница 35: ...HARDWARE INSTALLATION 35 Figure 2 7 ARC 1170 24 port PCI X SATA RAID Controller Figure 2 8 ARC 1280 24 port PCI Express SATA RAID Controller...

Страница 36: ...4 bit 33 66MHz 3 3V Complies with the PCI X 32 64 bit 66 100 133 MHz 3 3V ARC 12xx series requires Complies with the PCI Express X8 The SATA RAID controller may be connected to up to 4 8 12 16 or 24 S...

Страница 37: ...equipment turn off power switches and disconnect power cords Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can cause serious damage to...

Страница 38: ...he SATA RAID adapter remove the mounting screw and existing bracket from the rear panel behind the selected PCI slot Align the gold fingered edge on the card with the selected PCI ex pansion slot Pres...

Страница 39: ...ive or cage back plane SATA connector Figure 2 12 SATA Cable Figure 2 11 Mount Cages Drives Step 4 Mount the Cages or Drives Remove the front bezel from the computer chassis and install the Cages or S...

Страница 40: ...al dealer Figure 2 13 Multi Lance Cable Step 5 2 Connect the Multi lance cable Model ARC 11XXML has multi lance internal connectors each of them can support up to four SATA drives These adapters can b...

Страница 41: ...ce cables are not included in the ARC 12XXML package If you have not already connected your Min SAS 4i to Multi lance cables buy the Min SAS 4i to Multi lance cables to fit your enclosure And connect...

Страница 42: ...he HDD LED header LED attached to Set 1 but not Set 2 the controller will assign the first HDD LED header as the global indicator connector Otherwise each LED output will show only individual drive st...

Страница 43: ...to purchase them Figure 2 16 ARC 1110 1120 1210 1220 global LED connection for Computer Case Figure 2 17 ARC 1130 1160 1230 1260 global LED connection for Computer Case A Global Indicator Connector If...

Страница 44: ...TALLATION 44 Figure 2 20 ARC 1230ML 1260ML 1280ML global LED connection for Computer Case Figure 2 19 ARC 1280 global LED connection for Computer Case Figure 2 18 ARC 1170 global LED connection for Co...

Страница 45: ...e hot swapped immediately When the Blue LED is illuminated and Red LED is fast blinking 10 times sec there is re building activity on that disk drive B Individual LED indicator connector Connect the c...

Страница 46: ...1170 Individual LED indicators connector for each chan nel drive Figure 2 24 ARC 1280 Individual LED indicators connector for each chan nel drive Figure 2 25 ARC 1230ML 1260ML 1280ML Individual LED in...

Страница 47: ...erface can also cascade to an other SATA backplane enclosure for the additional channel status display Figure 2 26 Activity Fault LED I2 C connector connected between SATA RAID Controller SATA HDD Cag...

Страница 48: ...s used for efficient LED management and for sens ing drive Locate status See SFF 8485 for the specification of the SGPIO bus The number of drives supported can be increased by a factor of four by addi...

Страница 49: ...uter cover and reconnect the power cord cables Turn on the power switch at the rear of the computer if equipped and then press the power button at the front of the host computer Step 9 Configure volum...

Страница 50: ...detail ArcHtt proxy server installation For SNMP agent function please reference Appendix C Step 12 Determining the Boot sequences The SATA RAID controller is a bootable controller If your system alr...

Страница 51: ...ion the creation and configuration of a RAID volume through the McBIOS OS installation and installation of SATA RAID controller software The software components configure and monitor the SATA RAID con...

Страница 52: ...re embedded SNMP community configuration and install Areca SNMP extension agent in your server system If you need additional information about installation and start up the function see the SNMP opera...

Страница 53: ...ID controller installed it will display the following message on the monitor during the start up sequence after the system bios startup screen but before the operating system boots The McBIOS configur...

Страница 54: ...ause the utility resides in the SATA RAID controller firmware operation is independent of any operating systems on your computer This utility can be used to Create raid sets Expand raid sets Controlle...

Страница 55: ...isk drive and press Yes in the Create Hot Spare to designate it as a hot spare Add physical drives Define volume sets Modify volume sets Modify RAID level stripe size Define pass through disk drives M...

Страница 56: ...om the main menu The available RAID levels with hot spare for the current volume set drive are displayed 2 It is recommend that you drives of the same capacity in a specific array If you use drives wi...

Страница 57: ...the current volume set stripe size and press the Enter key to confirm This parameter specifies the size of the stripes written to each disk in a RAID 0 1 5 or 6 Volume Set You can set the stripe size...

Страница 58: ...rrent RAID Set press Yes to confirm the Create Raid Set function 6 An Edit The Raid Set Name dialog box appears Enter 1 to 15 alphanu meric characters to define a unique identifier for this new raid s...

Страница 59: ...ystem Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Quick Volume Raid Setup Verify Password Note The manufacture default password is set to...

Страница 60: ...AID Setup option creates a RAID set with the following properties 1 All of the physical drives are contained in one RAID set 2 The RAID level hot spare capacity and stripe size options are selected du...

Страница 61: ...d 0 Raid 1 0 Raid 1 0 Spare Raid 3 Raid 5 Raid 3 Spare Raid 5 Spare Raid 6 Greater Two TB Volume Support No Use 64bit LBA For Windows For Windows No It keeps the volume size with max 2TB limitation LB...

Страница 62: ...t F3000000h F2 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 Raid Set Function Volu...

Страница 63: ...pacity 160 1GB Select Strip Size 4K 8K 16K 32K 128K 64K Create Vol Raid Set No Yes Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Esca...

Страница 64: ...Press the Enter key to associate the selected physical drive with the current RAID Set Repeat this step the user can add as many disk drives as are available to a single RAID Set When finished selecti...

Страница 65: ...Raid Setup Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Raid Set Function Raid Set Function...

Страница 66: ...itions Note 1 Once the Expand Raid Set process has started user cannot 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 rebu...

Страница 67: ...aid Setup Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Raid Set Function Raid Set Function...

Страница 68: ...lume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Raid Set Function Raid Set Function Create Raid...

Страница 69: ...it is organized in a RAID level within the controller utiliz ing one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set can consume a...

Страница 70: ...splays the existing arranged raid sets Select the raid set number and press the Enter key The Volume Creation dia logue is displayed in the screen 4 A window with a summary of the current volume set s...

Страница 71: ...olume Set Function Delete Volume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set StopVolume Check Display Volume Info Create Volume Set Volume Creation Raid Level 5 Capacity 160 1GB Stripe Size 64K SCSI Channe...

Страница 72: ...fy Volume Set Check Volume Set StopVolume Check Display Volume Info Create Volume Set Volume Creation Raid Level 5 Capacity 160 1GB Stripe Size 64K SCSI Channel 0 SCSI ID 0 SCSI LUN 0 Cache Mode Write...

Страница 73: ...r System information Volume Set Function Volume Set Function Delete Volume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set StopVolume Check Display Volume Info Create Volume Set Create Volume From Raid Set Rai...

Страница 74: ...play Volume Info Create Volume Set Create Volume From Raid Set Raid Set 01 Raid Set 00 Volume Creation Volume Name Volume Set 00 Raid Level 5 Capacity 160 1GB Stripe Size 64K SCSI Channel 0 SCSI ID 0...

Страница 75: ...Redraw Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Eve...

Страница 76: ...LUN 0 SCSI LUN Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller...

Страница 77: ...Set items Move the cursor bar to a RAID Set number then press the Enter key to show all Volume Sets within that Raid Set Move the cursor to the Volume Set number that is to be deleted and press Enter...

Страница 78: ...m then press the Enter key to show all Volume Set items Select the Volume Set from the list to be changed press the Enter key to modify it As shown volume information can be modified at this screen Ch...

Страница 79: ...euing Enabled Volume Growth Use this option to expand a raid set when a disk is added to the system The additional capacity can be used to enlarge the volume set size or to create another volume set T...

Страница 80: ...t and press Enter to select it After completing the selection the con firmation screen appears presses Yes to start the check 3 7 3 5 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop all of the Check Vol...

Страница 81: ...olume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set StopVolume Check Display Volume Info Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escap...

Страница 82: ...nter 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 Function Et...

Страница 83: ...ss Through Drive option and then press the Enter key The Physical Drive Function menu will show all Raid Pass Through Drive number options Move the cursor bar to the desired item and then press the En...

Страница 84: ...stem Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Physical Drive Information Physical Drive Information View Drive Information Create Pass Through Disk Modify Pass Through Disk Identi...

Страница 85: ...oller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System...

Страница 86: ...em Function Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority Maximum SATA Mode HDD Read Ahead Cache Stagger Power on Empty HD...

Страница 87: ...created by the concatenation of partitions on the disk The operating system can see all disks when the JBOD option is selected It is necessary to delete any RAID set s on any disk s if switching from...

Страница 88: ...vents Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Raid System Function Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Pri...

Страница 89: ...ing multiple disk drives in a storage subsystem It gives the host the abil ity to spin up the disk drives sequentially or in groups allowing the drives to come ready at the optimum time without strain...

Страница 90: ...Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Raid System Function Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID...

Страница 91: ...e controller However PCI cards do not use backplanes if the drives are internal to the main server chassis The type of enclosure cannot report the HDD temperature to the controller For this reason HDD...

Страница 92: ...nabled or Disabled Enabled increases speed Disabled increases reliabil ity 3 7 5 13 Capacity Truncation ARECA RAID controllers use drive truncation so that drives from different vendors are more likel...

Страница 93: ...f 1G If you have 123 GB drives from different ven dors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 123 4 GB Areca drive Truncation mode Multiple...

Страница 94: ...muni cate to other computer systems Without DHCP the IP address must be entered manually at each computer system DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central...

Страница 95: ...uce the time it takes to set up client com puters and eliminate the possibilities of administrative errors and duplicate addresses To manually configure the IP address of the controller move the curso...

Страница 96: ...connected to a local network from the RAID controller Ethernet port a corre spondence table relates your IP address to the RAID controller s physical MAC address on the LAN 3 7 7 View System Events To...

Страница 97: ...troller 3 7 10 System Information Choose this option to display Main processor CPU Instruction cache and data cache size firmware version serial number controller model name and the cache memory size...

Страница 98: ...ysical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information System Information The System Information Main Processor 500MHz IOP3...

Страница 99: ...talled as a secondary controller Have all required system hardware and software components on hand before proceeding with the setup and installation Materials required Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 o...

Страница 100: ...screen will show Please insert a formatted dis kette into drive A Press any key to continue Insert the formatted diskette in drive A and press any key to continue 7 The window will display the driver...

Страница 101: ...procedures The following procedures detail installing the SATA RAID control ler driver while installing Windows 2000 XP 2003 Have your bootable Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 CD ROM and follow the req...

Страница 102: ...ver diskette in drive A and press Enter 7 Window will check the floppy select the correct card and CPU type for your hardware from the listing and press Enter to install it 8 After Windows scans the h...

Страница 103: ...m the menu 4 Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to give a disk drive letter 4 2 3 Installing controller into an existing Win dows 2000 XP 2003 Installation In this scenario you ar...

Страница 104: ...evious dialog box will appear showing the selected driver to be installed Click the Next button 8 The Digital Signature Not Found screen will appear Click on Yes to continue the installation 9 Windows...

Страница 105: ...a volume set and to assign a disk drive letter 4 2 4 Uninstall controller from Windows 2000 XP 2003 To remove the SATA RAID controller driver from the Windows sys tem follow the instructions below 1...

Страница 106: ...d compile a new driver Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are in cluded on the shipped CD You can download updated versions of compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat or SuSE Linux...

Страница 107: ...rent version driver is available please see the ARECA web site at http www areca com tw Please refer to the readme txt file on the SATA RAID controller software CD ROM or website to make driver disket...

Страница 108: ...manager can configure and monitor the SATA RAID controller via ArcHttp Proxy Server The following table outlines their functions From version 1 6 and later the HTTP management software Archttp runs as...

Страница 109: ...ly the same 1 Insert the RAID subsystem 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 ROM 3 The screen shows Preparing to install Fol...

Страница 110: ...For example Http Section Mail Section EvtLevel etc Please refer to main conf We recommend you use remote mail configura tion Usage archttp32 TCP_PORT or archttp64 TCP_PORT It depends on your OS versio...

Страница 111: ...is the same with Linux Please see section 5 2 For Linux 5 4 For Solaris 10 X86 Please refer to the readme txt file on the software CD ROM or website http www areca com tw 5 5 For Mac OS 10 X Please re...

Страница 112: ...ct Mail Cfg Assisant than Click Start button 5 6 1 2 For Linux FreeBSD You can directory modify archttpsrv conf to configurate Email configuration 5 6 2 Start up Mail Configuration for Remote Administ...

Страница 113: ...eceiver mail address and name Event Notification Configurations The controller classifies disk array events into four levels de pending on their severity These include level 1 Urgent level 2 serious l...

Страница 114: ...tching HDD status maybe it is caused by noise or HDD unstable Device Failed Urgent HDD failure Replace HDD PCI Parity Error Serious PCI Parity error If only happen once it maybe caused by noise If alw...

Страница 115: ...Failed Volume Revived Urgent Failed Volume revived C RaidSet Event Event Level Meaning Action Create RaidSet Warning New Raidset created Delete RaidSet Warning Raidset deleted Expand RaidSet Warning R...

Страница 116: ...Ie bus or Out of Band ethernet port The In Band method via archttp proxy server to launch the Web Browser based McRAID Storage Manager The firmware em bedded Web Browser based McRAID storage manager a...

Страница 117: ...valid raid volume created in order to managed controller To configure the internal SATA RAID controller You need to know its IP Address 1 Launch your McRAID Storage Manager by entering http Computer...

Страница 118: ...ion for the PCI X PCIe RAID Adapter McRAID Web Browser based RAID Management program User can access the built in configuration without needing system starting up running the ArcHttp proxy The Web Bro...

Страница 119: ...idSet Hierarchy in the menu Note You can find controller Ethernet port IP address in System In formation The controller has embedded the TCP IP Web Browser based RAID manager in the firmware User can...

Страница 120: ...licking on the appropriate link Individual Category Description Quick Function Create a default configuration which is based on the number of physical disks installed it can modify the volume set Capa...

Страница 121: ...unction if you prefer to customize your system Note If volume capacity will exceed 2TB controller will show the Greater 2 TB volume Support sub menu Greater Two TB Volume Support No 64bit LBA and For...

Страница 122: ...appear as Raid Set Click the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button on the screen the raid set will start to initialize 6 5 2 Delete Raid Set To delete a raid set click on the...

Страница 123: ...the available disk and the Confirm The Operation check box and then click on the Submit button on the screen to add disks to the raid set 6 5 4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set If one of the disk drives...

Страница 124: ...re option in the Raid Set Function all unused physical devices connected to the current controller appear Select the target disk by clicking on the ap propriate check box Click the Confirm The Operati...

Страница 125: ...isk capacity available in a raid set Multiple volume sets can exist on a group of disks in a raid set Additional volume sets created in a specified raid set will reside on all the physical disks in th...

Страница 126: ...ding it does not exceed the 15 characters limit Raid Level Set the RAID level for the Volume Set Highlight the desired Raid Level and press Enter The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set a...

Страница 127: ...y sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often select a smaller stripe size Note RAID level 3 can t modify strip size Cache Mode The SATA RAID controller su...

Страница 128: ...on to delete the volume set 6 6 3 Modify Volume Set To modify a volume set from a raid set 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Click the volume set check box from the list that you wish to modify...

Страница 129: ...Check Volume Set link 2 Click on the volume set from the list that you wish to check Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Use this option to verify the correctness of the redu...

Страница 130: ...ouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Pass Through link The relative setting function screen appears A pass through disk is not controlled by the SATA RAID controller firmware it cannot...

Страница 131: ...e 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 checkbox for the Pass Through Disk from the pass t...

Страница 132: ...omplete the delete action 6 7 4 Identify Selected Drive To prevent removal of the wrong drive the selected disk LED will light so as to physically locate the intended disk when Identify Selected Drive...

Страница 133: ...e JBOD RAID Configuration JBOD is an acronym for Just a Bunch Of Disks It repre sents a volume set that is created by the concatenation of par titions on the disk The OS can see all disks when this op...

Страница 134: ...ered spin up capabilities to boost reliability Staggered spin up is a very useful feature for managing multiple disk drives in a storage subsystem It gives the host the ability to spin up the disk dri...

Страница 135: ...ware monitor in the dedicated backplane that can report HDD temperature status to the controller However PCI cards do not use backplanes if the drives are internal to the main server chassis The type...

Страница 136: ...fering vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units The controller provides...

Страница 137: ...this feature to set the controller Ethernet port configuration A customer doesn t need to create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service are working The firm ware embe...

Страница 138: ...ar to the EtherNet Config item then press Enter key to select the desired function 6 8 3 Alert by Mail Configuration 12 16 24 port To configure the raid controller e mail function move the cursor bar...

Страница 139: ...nction click on the Sys tem Controls link The System Controls menu will show available items Select the SNMP Configuration item This function can only set via web based configuration The firmware SNMP...

Страница 140: ...lient or 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 millisec...

Страница 141: ...ht saving changes based on the computer time zone This tweak allows you to disable the automatic adjustment 6 8 6 View Events Mute Beeper To view the SATA RAID controller s information click on the Sy...

Страница 142: ...nufacture default password is set to 0000 The pass word option allows user to set or clear the SATA RAID controller s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monit...

Страница 143: ...this chapter Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets when it does not receive any command in ten seconds To disable the password leave the fields blank Once the user confirms the operation and clicks th...

Страница 144: ...or to the main menu and click on the System Information link The SATA RAID controller Information screen appears Use this feature to view the SATA RAID controller s information The controller name fir...

Страница 145: ...ntroller s hardware monitor information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the Hardware Moni tor link The Hardware Information screen appears The Hardware Monitor Information provides th...

Страница 146: ...IN PCI card BIOS for system board using ARCXXXBOOT BIN RAID controller hardware initialization ARCXXXFIRM BIN RAID kernel program ARCXXXMBR0 BIN Master Boot Record for supporting Dual Flash Image in t...

Страница 147: ...rmware Has Been Updated Successfully 6 After the new firmware completes downloading find a chance to restart the controller computer for the new firmware to take effect Upgrading Entire Flash ROM Imag...

Страница 148: ...ude in the shipped CD and Areca s web site It is for customer s emergency recover purpose only Hardware Setup To ensure proper communications between the RAID adapter and the DOS arcflash utility prog...

Страница 149: ...to upgrade entire flash ROM im age as following ARC 1110 1120 1210 1220 1170 for 4 8 24 ports J3 ARC 1130 ML 1160 ML 1230 1260 for 12 16 ports J7 ARC 1230ML 1260ML 1280ML 1280 for 12 16 24 ports J2 Fl...

Страница 150: ...Battery Backup Module monitors the write back cache on the SATA RAID controller and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs...

Страница 151: ...nect the BBM cable to the 12 pin battery connector on the controller 3 Integrators may provide pre drilled holes in their cabinet for securing the BBM using its three mounting positions Battery Backup...

Страница 152: ...int the LI ION battery will no longer accept a charge properly LI ION battery life expectancy is anywhere from ap proximately 1 to 5 years 1 Shutdown the operating system properly Make sure that cache...

Страница 153: ...application at your site SNMP Definition SNMP an IP based protocol has a set of commands for getting the status of target devices The SNMP management platform is called the SNMP manager and the manage...

Страница 154: ...e of your SNMP application Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the ARECARAID MIB file into the traps database SNMP Installation The installation of the SNMP manager...

Страница 155: ...ion Agent Installation for Windows You must have administrative level permission to install SATA RAID software This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and Windows are both installed and ope...

Страница 156: ...e was not installed please install SNMP service first 3 Click on the Setup file then the Welcome screen appears 4 Click the Setup file and then the install the program screen appears Follow the on scr...

Страница 157: ...l installation the Setup Complete dialog box of the installation program is displayed Click the Finish button to complete the installation Starting SNMP Trap Notification Configruations To start SNMP...

Страница 158: ...ts such as initialization of the controller and initiation of the rebuilding process Level 3 includes events which require the issuance of warning messages Level 2 covers notification events which onc...

Страница 159: ...oad from areca com tw SNMP Extension Agent Installation for FreeBSD You must have administrative level permission to install SATA RAID software This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and F...

Страница 160: ...he ARECA web site at http www areca com tw The following general guidelines are for some specific er ror conditions Q1 The BIOS Message of the SATA RAID controller never appears on the screen Answer 1...

Страница 161: ...between RAID 6 and RAID 5 Answer RAID 6 allows two drives to fail simultaneously without downtime or data loss However RAID 5 only allows one drive to fail RAID 6 thus provides a much higher level of...

Страница 162: ...is backed by a 3 year warranty Q10 Which O S Operating System will support X86 64 bit processors Answer The following O S vendors have announced product support for AMD64 and Intel EM64T Contact each...

Страница 163: ...ware is there to take advantage of 64 bit extensions Answer Platforms with Intel EM64T AMD64 can be run in three basic ways note a 64 bit capable BIOS is required for all three scenari os 1 32 bit O S...

Страница 164: ...ric services which provide product information updates for the most efficient service and support If you decide to contact us please have the information such as Product model and serial number BIOS a...

Страница 165: ...E hard disks Western Digital s IDE disk interface was standardized by ANSI to form the ATA specification using a 16 bit ISA bus Auto Reassign Sector SATA drives perform automatic defect re assignment...

Страница 166: ...not affected by disk failure Cache Controller memory used to speed up data transfer to and from a disk Consistency Check In RAID check consistency verifies the correctness of redundant data in an arr...

Страница 167: ...and plug in a new one while the power is still on and the unit is still operating NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory A memory unit is equipped with a battery so that the data remain even after th...

Страница 168: ...also be set up to provide both functions at the same time RAID is a set of two or more ordinary hard disks and a specialized disk controller that contains the RAID functionality RAID has been develope...

Страница 169: ...Set A volume set is a concatenation of storage elements that may be RAID arrays JBODs or simply areas of disks that are not part of RAID ar rays Write back When a cache is operating in write back mod...

Страница 170: ...require parity to be calculated and written to the array in conjunction with data Typically the parity is a simple XOR on the bytes compris ing a stripe This is a computationally intensive operation...

Страница 171: ...Two TB Volume Support 3 1 p15 Added introduction of ARC 1230ML 1260ML 1280ML 1280 3 1 p35 p36 p44 p46 Added illustration of ARC 1230ML 1260ML 1280ML 1280 3 1 p40 p41 Added two cables of Min SAS 4i to...

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