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Quick Installation Guide

For more detailed configuration about McBIOS RAID manager, refer to 

chapter 3 of ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the MCRAID 

Software Suite CD. The controller can also be configured through the 

McRAID storage manager software utility with ArcHttp proxy server 

installed. The McRAID storage manager current configuration screen 

displays the current configuration of your SATA RAID controller. It 

displays the Raid Set List, Volume Set List, and Physical Disk List. The 

RAID set information, volume set information, and drive information 

can also be viewed by clicking on the “Raid Set Hierarchy” screen. 

The current configuration can also be viewed by clicking on “Raid Set 

Hierarchy” in the menu.

To display RAID set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired 

raid set number, then click it. The RAID set information will be dis-

played. To display volume set information, move the mouse cursor to 

the desired Volume Set number, then click it. The volume set informa-

tion will display. To display drive information, move the mouse cursor 

to the desired physical drive number, then click it. The drive Informa-

tion will be displayed. For this option, refer to the Chapter 6 of ARC-

1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite 

CD.

Step 9. Install the operating system driver

For installing a new operation system or installing driver in an exist-

ing system, refer to Chapter 4 of ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s 

Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite CD.

Step 10. Install the ArcHttp proxy Server

The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller firmware has embedded the 

web-browser RAID manager. ArcHttp proxy driver will enable it. The 

Содержание ARC-1200

Страница 1: ...ARC 1200 2 Port PCIe x1 to SATA RAID Controller SATA RAID Cards Quick Installation Guide Version 1 1 Issue Date November 2008...

Страница 2: ...es 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 any mean...

Страница 3: ...n 4 1 1 Overview 4 1 2 Package Contents 4 1 3 Features 4 2 Hardware Installation 6 2 1 Board layout 6 2 2 Installation 7 3 Support RAID Levels 16 3 1 RAID 0 16 3 2 RAID 1 16 3 3 JBOD 16 3 4 Single Dis...

Страница 4: ...ets are not included 1 x PCIe x1 SATA RAID Controller in an ESD protective bag 2 x SATA interface cables one per port 1 x MCRAID Software Suite CD 1 x Quick Installation Guide Manual If any item is mi...

Страница 5: ...SMTP support for email notification SNMP support for remote Manager RAID Management Field upgradeable firmware in flash ROM In Band Manager Web browser based McRAID Storage manager via Http Proxy Ser...

Страница 6: ...J6 Reserved 12 pin Box header 2 J1 Reserved 12 pin header 3 J5 Individual Fault LED header 4 pin header 4 J4 Individual HDD LED header 4 pin header 5 J2 Reserved 8 pin header 6 SCN2 SATA Port SATA Co...

Страница 7: ...off the computer and unplug the power cord s from the back of the power supply Remove the cover from the computer Step 2 Install the ARC 1200 SATA RAID Controller To install the ARC 1200 SATA RAID co...

Страница 8: ...uter 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 Connect the SATA cable The ARC 120...

Страница 9: ...tronics logic is as below The following position layout is for ARC 1200 Individual LED indicator connector for each channel and Global LED indicator connector If the system uses only a single global i...

Страница 10: ...hot swapped immediately When the HDD LED is illuminated and Fault LED is fast blinking 10 times sec that indicate there is rebuilding activity on the disk drive The following diagrams is the HDD LED...

Страница 11: ...ed configuration options When starting a system with an SATA RAID controller installed it will display the following message on the monitor during the startup se quence after the system bios startup s...

Страница 12: ...echnology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information Qui...

Страница 13: ...isplay RAID set information move the mouse cursor to the desired raid set number then click it The RAID set information will be dis played To display volume set information move the mouse cursor to th...

Страница 14: ...00 SATA RAID Cards User s Manual on the MCRAID Software Suite CD Step 11 Determining the Boot sequences The ARC 1200 SATA RAID controller is a bootable controller If your system already contains a boo...

Страница 15: ...reware embedded SNMP community configuration first and install Areca SNMP extension agent in your server system If you need additional information about SNMP Operation and Installation refer to Append...

Страница 16: ...any one disk drive fails due to a lack of redundancy the reliability of RAID Level 0 is less because the entire array will fail if any one disk drive fails 3 2 RAID 1 RAID 1 is also known as disk mirr...

Страница 17: ...3 4 Single Disk Pass Through Disk Pass through disk refers to a drive that is not controlled by the RAID firmware and thus can not be a part of a RAID volume The drive is available to the operating s...

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