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ARC-1110/1120/1130/1160/1170 ( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controllers )ARC-1110ML/1120ML/1130ML/1160ML ( 4/8/12/16-port PCI-X SATA RAID Control

INTRODUCTION101.2 FeaturesAdapter Architecture• Intel IOP 80331 I/O processor (ARC-11xx series)• Intel IOP 80332/IOP80333 I/O processor (ARC-12xx seri

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION100ue to work, when the SATA RAID controller is power on. User can use the Activate Raid Set option to active the raid

101WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.7 Volume Set FunctionsA volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organized in a RAI

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1026.7.1 Create Volume Set 1. Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set.2. Up to 16 volume

103WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONThe available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are dis-played. Select a RAID level and press Enter to confirm.•

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION104bar to the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link. The Select The Raid Set To Delete screen will show all

105WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONand click on the Submit button to complete the action. User can modify all values except the capacity.6.7.3.1 Volume

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1066.8 Physical Drive Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the operations lis

107WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.8.2 Modify Pass-Through DiskUse this option to modify the Pass-Through Disk Attribute. User can modify the cache m

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1086.8.3 Delete Pass-Through DiskTo delete pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor b

109WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.9 System Controls6.9.1 System ConfigTo set the raid system function, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click

INTRODUCTION11RAID Management• Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM• Ethernet port support on 12/16/24-portIn-Band Manager• Hot key boot-up McBIOS RA

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1106.9.2 Ethernet Configuration (12/16/24 ports)Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port configuration. Custo

111WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONdirectly connected or via a LAN or WAN with no software or patch-es required.DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protoco

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION112and user can select either single or multiple user notifications to be sent via “Plain English” e-mails with no softw

113WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.9.5 View Events/Mute BeeperTo view the SATA RAID controller’s information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION1146.9.8 Modify PasswordTo set or change the SATA RAID controller password, move the mouse cursor to Raid System Functi

115WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.9.9 Update Firmware Please reference the appendix A firmware utility.6.10 Information6.10.1 RaidSet HierarchyUse th

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION116link. The SATA RAID controller Information screen appears. Use this feature to view the SATA RAID controller’s info

117APPENDIXAppendix A Since the SATA RAID controller features flash firmware, it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade t

APPENDIX1185. After the firmware upgrade is complete, a bar indicator will show “Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully”6. After the new firmware comple

119APPENDIXAppendix BBattery Backup Module (BBM)The SATA RAID controller operates using cache memory .The battery Backup Module is an add-on module th

INTRODUCTION121.3 RAID Concept1.3.1 RAID SetA Raid Set is a group of disk containing one or more volume sets. It has the following features in the SAT

APPENDIX120• Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensingElectrical• Input Voltage+3.6VDC• On Board Battery Capacity1000mAH (1*1000mAH)Installation1. Make sure al

121APPENDIXChanging the Battery Backup ModuleThe LI-ION battery will no longer accept a charge properly. LI-ION battery life expectancy is approximate

APPENDIX122Appendix CSNMP Operation & DefinitionOverviewThe McRAID manager includes a firmware-embedded Simple Net-work Management Protocol (SNMP) a

123APPENDIXSNMP InstallationThe installation of the SNMP manager is accomplished in several phases:• Installing the Manager software on the client•

APPENDIX124Your management application may have a different target direc-tory. Consult the management application’s user manual for the correct locati

125APPENDIXAppendix DGeneral Troubleshooting TipsMost of controller errors are traceable to external factors, such as conflicts with other installed ca

APPENDIX126primary boot device (or first in the boot device list)Question 4: What PCI slots are supported by the SATA RAID controllers?Answer: For all

127APPENDIXQuestion 8: Will ARECA submit the Linux code to kernel.org?Answer: Yes. Shortly after we ship products, we will submit our code.Question 9:

APPENDIX128Question 11: Is it possible to write software that will run on Intel’s pro-cessors with Intel® EM64T, and AMD’s 64-bit capable pro-cessors?

129APPENDIXAppendix ETechnical SupportAreca Technical Support provides several options for Areca users to access information and updates. We encourage

INTRODUCTION13of disk capacity available in a RAID Set. Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set. In the illustration below, V

GLOSSARY130Glossary2TBThe 32-bit versions operating systems have a maximum limitation of 2 TB per volume set. 64-bit versions remove this limitation,

131GLOSSARYBattery Backup ModuleMany modern RAID controllers are armed with a battery backup Mod-ule (BBM). While an UPS protects most servers from po

GLOSSARY132Hot SpareAn extra physical disk drive in a RAID configuration that controller can use to automatically rebuild a system drive when another d

133GLOSSARYspeed, switched architecture. Each PCI Express link is a serial commu-nications channel made up of two differential wire pairs that provide

GLOSSARY134SMARTThis technology provides users with advanced warning of Disk Drive failures thus enabling the Operating System to warn Users of potent

135GLOSSARYthrough operations are more time consuming.XOR-EngineAll RAID arrays (with the exception of RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10) require parity to b

INTRODUCTION141.3.3.3 Online Capacity ExpansionOnline Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drive to a volume set, while t

INTRODUCTION151.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migra-tionUser can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set, while

INTRODUCTION161.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive SupportThe SATA RAID controller has built the protection circuit to sup-port the replacement of

INTRODUCTION17utilities are not affected, regardless of the RAID level selected. Cor-rect installation of the disk array and the controller requires a

INTRODUCTION181.5.3 RAID 10RAID 10 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, combing stripping with disk mirroring. RAID Level 10 combines the fast perfo

INTRODUCTION19puting the exclusive-or of the contents corresponding strips of the surviving member disk. RAID-3 is best for applications that require

Microsoft WHQL Windows Hardware Compatibility TestARECA is committed to submit to Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) for participation

INTRODUCTION20computation on overlapping subsets of the data. The RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only con-sumes t

INTRODUCTION21Summary of RAID LevelsSATA RAID controller supports RAID Levels 0, 1, (10), 3, 5 and 6. Table below provides a summary of RAID levels.

HARDWARE INSTALLATION222. Hardware InstallationThis section describes the procedures for installing ARC-11xx/12xx se-ries.2.1 Before Your begin Instal

HARDWARE INSTALLATION232.2 Board LayoutFollow the instruction below to install a PCI RAID Card into your PC/ Server.Figure 2-1 ARC-1110/1120 (4/8-port

HARDWARE INSTALLATION24Figure 2-3 ARC-1100ML/1120ML (4/8-port PCI-X SATA RAID Con-troller)Figure 2-4 ARC-1130/1160 (12/16-port PCI-X SATA RAID Control

HARDWARE INSTALLATION25Figure 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

HARDWARE INSTALLATION26Figure 2-5 ARC-1170 (24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller)Tools RequiredAn ESD grounding strap or mat Standard hand tools to ope

HARDWARE INSTALLATION27SATA RAID adapter into an available PCI expansion slot.• Small screwdriver• Host system hardware manuals and manuals for disk o

HARDWARE INSTALLATION28Step 1. UnpackUnpack and remove the PCI RAID card from the package. Inspect it carefully, if anything is missing or damaged, co

HARDWARE INSTALLATION29Step 6 Connect the SATA cableModel ARC-11XX and ARC-12XX have dual-layer SATA internal con-nector. If you have not already conn

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION30Step 7 Install the LED cable (optional)SATA RAID controller provides three kinds of LED status connector.A: Global indicator co

HARDWARE INSTALLATION31Figure 2-13, ARC-1170/1270 global LED connection for Com-puter Case.A: Global Indicator ConnectorIf your system wants to show

HARDWARE INSTALLATION32LED Normal Status Problem IndicationDisk Activity When the activity LED is illu-minated, there is I/O activity on that disk dri

HARDWARE INSTALLATION33Figure 2-17, Activity LED I2C connector connected between SATA RAID Controller & SATA HDD Cage backplane.C: I2C ConnectorYo

HARDWARE INSTALLATION34Figure 2-18, Activity LED I2C connector con-nected between SATA RAID Con-troller & 2 SATA HDD Cages back-plane.Step 8. Powe

HARDWARE INSTALLATION35Step 11. Install ArcHttp proxy ServerThe SATA RAID controller firmware has embedded the web-browser RAID manager and SNMP agent

HARDWARE INSTALLATION36Configuration Utility Operating System supportedMcBIOS RAID Manager OS-IndependentMcRAID Storage Manager(Via Archttp proxy serve

HARDWARE INSTALLATION37Single Admin Portal (SAP) MonitorScan for multiple RAID units in the network and monitor the con-troller set status. It also in

BIOS CONFIGURATION383. McBIOS RAID ManagerThe mainboard BIOS automatically configures the SATA RAID controller parameter at power-up;• I/O Port Address

BIOS CONFIGURATION39

3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set ... 493.7.2.3 Expand Raid Set ...

BIOS CONFIGURATION403.4 Designating Drives as Hot SparesAll unused disk drive that is not part of a raid set can be created as a Hot Spare. The Quick

BIOS CONFIGURATION413.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Con-figurationIn Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration, it collects all drives in the tray and i

BIOS CONFIGURATION423.6 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function MethodIn Raid Set Function, you can use the Create Raid Set function to generate the new ra

BIOS CONFIGURATION43Step Action1 To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Hot Spare and press E

BIOS CONFIGURATION443.7 Main Menu The main menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking on the appropriate link.No

BIOS CONFIGURATION45This password option allows user to set or clear the raid controller’s password protection feature. Once the password has been set

BIOS CONFIGURATION46A single volume set is created and consumed all or a portion of the disk capacity available in this raid set. Define the capacity o

BIOS CONFIGURATION47Select Foreground (Faster Completion) or Background (Instant Available) for initialization.Press the Yes key in the Create Vol/Rai

BIOS CONFIGURATION48

BIOS CONFIGURATION494. An Edit The Raid Set Name dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for a raid set.

3.7.6 Ethernet Configuration (12/16/24 ports) ... 743.7.6.1 DHCP Function ... 7

BIOS CONFIGURATION50To expand a raid set:Click on Expand Raid Set option. If there is an available disk, then the Select IDE Drives For Raid Set Expan

BIOS CONFIGURATION51Migrating occurs when a disk is added to a Raid Set. Migration status is displayed in the raid status area of the Raid Set infor-m

BIOS CONFIGURATION523.7.2.5 Create Hot SpareWhen you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function, all unused physical devices connecte

BIOS CONFIGURATION533.7.2.7 Raid Set InformationTo display Raid Set information, move the cursor bar to the desired Raid Set number, then press Enter

BIOS CONFIGURATION54on all the physical disks in the Raid Set. Thus each Volume Set on the Raid Set will have its data spread evenly across all the di

BIOS CONFIGURATION555. After completing the modification of the volume set, press Esc key to confirm it. A Fast Initialization screen is presented.• Sel

BIOS CONFIGURATION56The default volume name will always appear as Volume Set. #. You can rename the volume set name providing it does not exceed the

BIOS CONFIGURATION57The maximum volume size is default in the first setting. Enter the appropriate volume size to fit your application. The capacity can

BIOS CONFIGURATION58• SCSI ChannelThe SATA RAID controller function is simulated to the SCSI RAID controller. The host bus is represented to the SCSI

BIOS CONFIGURATION59• SCSI LUNEach SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs. Most SCSI controller treats each LUN like a SCSI disk.• Cache Mode

6.7 Volume Set Functions ... 1016.7.1 Create Volume Set ...

BIOS CONFIGURATION60The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system performance under multi-tasking operating systems. The Com-mand Tag (Dri

BIOS CONFIGURATION613.7.3.3 Modify Volume Set

BIOS CONFIGURATION62

BIOS CONFIGURATION63Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in a volume set. For example, in a system with dedicated parity, v

BIOS CONFIGURATION643.7.3.6 Display Volume Set Info.To display Volume Set information, move the cursor bar to the desired Volume Set number, then pres

BIOS CONFIGURATION653.7.4 Physical DrivesChoose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the operations listed above. 3

BIOS CONFIGURATION663.7.4.2 Create Pass-Through DiskDisk is no controlled by the SATA RAID controller firmware and thus cannot be a part of a Volume Se

BIOS CONFIGURATION673.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through DiskTo delete Pass-through drive from the Pass-through drive pool, move the cursor bar to the Physical

BIOS CONFIGURATION683.7.5 Raid System FunctionTo set the raid system function, move the cursor bar to the main menu and select the “Raid System Functi

BIOS CONFIGURATION693.7.5.2 Alert Beeper SettingThe Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the SATA RAID controller alarm tone gener

BBM Specifications ... 119Installation ...

BIOS CONFIGURATION70RAID system from unauthorized entry. The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the ini-tial scr

BIOS CONFIGURATION713.7.5.5 Background Task PriorityThe “Background Task Priority” is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to

BIOS CONFIGURATION72for outstanding and completed portions of the workload. The RAID Controller allows user to choose the SATA Mode: SATA150, SAT150+N

BIOS CONFIGURATION73Multiples Of 10G: If you have 120 GB drives from differ-ent vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For example, o

BIOS CONFIGURATION74

BIOS CONFIGURATION753.7.6.2 Local IP addressIf you intend to set up your client computers manually, make Use this feature to set the controller Ethern

BIOS CONFIGURATION76sure that the assigned IP address is in the same range of your default router address and that it is unique to your private networ

DRIVER INSTALLATION77

DRIVER INSTALLATION78

DRIVER INSTALLATION794. Driver InstallationThis chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller drive to your operating system. The installa

INTRODUCTION81. IntroductionThis section briefly describes general overview of SATA RAID Series controller card, ARC-1110/1120/1130/1160/1170 (4/8/12/1

DRIVER INSTALLATION801. The computer system BIOS must set to boot-up from CD-ROM.2. Insert the SATA Controller Driver CD disc into the CD-ROM drive. 3

DRIVER INSTALLATION81RAID systems and in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Storport delivers higher I/O throughput, enhanced manageability, and

DRIVER INSTALLATION824. Press F6 when the screen shows ”Setup is inspecting your Computer’s hardware Configuration”. This must be done or else the ne

DRIVER INSTALLATION83or pass-through disks accessible to Windows. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID controller hardware, driver, and Windows a

DRIVER INSTALLATION844. The “Upgrade Device Driver Wizard” popup and provides a choice for the wizard to select. Choose “Display a list of known drive

DRIVER INSTALLATION851. Partition and format the new arrays or disks using Disk Ad-ministrator:a. Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu.b. C

DRIVER INSTALLATION864.3 Driver Installation for LinuxThis chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller drive to your Red Hat Linux, and

DRIVER INSTALLATION87ter 3 McBIOS RAID Manager.The ship CD-ROM that came with the SATA RAID controller includes compiled and tested drivers for FreeBS

INSTALLATION ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER885. Installation ArcHttp Proxy ServerOverviewAfter the hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the

89INSTALLATION ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER3. Click on the Setup file then the Welcome screen appears.Follow the on-screen prompts to complete ArcHttp Proxy Se

INTRODUCTION9doubling the investment in disk drives. RAID 1 can provide greater fault tolerance, but needs double disk drives and is too cos

INSTALLATION ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER902. Run the ArcHttpPci file that resides at: <CD-ROM>\linux\http\ on the CD-ROM.Usage: ArcHttpPci TCP_PORT

91WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6. Web Browser-based Configuration Before using the McRAID firmware-based browser utility, do the initial setup and ins

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION926.1.1 For WindowsScreen in this section are taken from a Windows/XP installation. If you are running other Windows, y

93WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION3. The Storage Console current configuration screen displays the current configuration of your RAID subsystem. 4. If yo

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION946.1.2 For LinuxExecute the ArcHttp proxy server by entering http://[IP Address] in the Netscape browser provided with

95WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.2.2 Linux SystemTo configure SATA RAID controller on a remote machine, you need to know its IP Address. You must firs

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION96To display raid set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired raid set number, then click it. The raid set In

97WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION6.5 Quick FunctionThe number of physical drives in the SATA Raid controller deter-mines the RAID levels that can be i

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION986.6 RaidSet FunctionsUse the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize your system. User m

99WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONyou which to delete in the select column to delete screen. Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit b