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Quick Installation Guide
2700-1M1216-2621
Product Features
Form Factor
I/O Processor
Driver Connector
On-Board Cache
Drive Support
Enclosure Ready
ARC-1216-4i/1226-8i
ARC-1216-4x/1226-8x
Low Profile: 64.4(H) x 169.5(L) mm
Management
Dual Core RAID-on-Chip 1.2GHz
1GB on-board DDR3-1600 SDRAM with ECC
4 or 8 12Gb/s SAS, SATA or SSD drives
1 x SFF-8643 / 2 x SFF-8643
1 x SFF-8644 / 2 x SFF-8644
Individual Activity/Faulty Header,
Serial Bus and SGPIO
In-Band: PCIe / Out-of-Band: BIOS, LCD (Optional) and LAN Port
External Serial Bus
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Serial
Attached
SCSI
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If you need more detail information, please download ARC-12x6 user manual from the website below:
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https://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasadapters_12x6.html
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https://www.areca.com.tw/support/downloads.html
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Method 2: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTP
1. Start ArcHTTP– Browser Edition:
(1) In Windows, right-click on “Start” menu and choose
“Programs”. Clicking “MRAID” program icon starts the
ArcHTTP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs >
MRAID > ArcHTTP).
(2) On a Mac, there is one MARID icon showing on your desktop.
This icon is for you to start up the ArcHTTP utility.
2. 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 Configura-
tions” screen.
3. Locate “ARC-1216 Web Management” and launch the selected
McRAID storage manager.
Enter RAID storage default User Name “admin” and the Password
“0000” when the login page prompted for it. After logging in, the
McRAID storage manager process starts.
Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your volume is
auto-matically configured based on the number of disks in your
system. You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one
volume set.
The user can change the Raid Level, Capacity, Initialization Mode,
and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, depending on
the exist configuration. Tick on the “Confirm The Operation”
check box and click on the “Submit” button, the RAID set and
volume set will start to initialize. If you prefer to customize your
volume set, please use the “Raid Set Functions” and “Volume Set
Functions”.
See chapter 6 of ARC-12x6 user manual for information on
customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager.
Otherwise, to begin using the ARC-12x6 right away.
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Method 3: McRAID Manager From LAN Port (Optional)
User can remote manage the ARC-12x6 series without adding
any user specific software (platform independent) via standard
web browsers directly connected to the Gigabit Ethernet RJ45
LAN port. You can find controller Ethernet port default IP address
in McBIOS RAID manager “System Information” option. Launch
the Web Browser-based McRAID storage manager by entering
http://[IP Address] in the web browser.
Type the User Name and Password.
The RAID controller default
User Name is “admin” and the Password is “0000”.
After entering
the user name and password, click the button to access the
McRAID storage manager.
See the chapter 6 of Web Browser-based Configuration on the
user manual detailing the McRAID storage manager to customize
your RAID configuration.
1. Power on your computer. When prompted, press Tab or F6 to
enter the McBIOS RAID manager message.
2. If you have more than one controller in your system, the
McBIOS RAID manager window appears showing a selection
dialog box listing the SAS RAID controllers, select your
controller, then press Enter.
3. Follow the McBIOS RAID manager to complete the configuration.
