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SATA RAID Cards
ARC-1110/1120/1130/1160/1170
( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controllers )
ARC-1110ML/1120ML/1130ML/1160ML
( 4/8-port Infinband connector and 12/16-port Multi-lane
connector PCI-X SATA RAID Controllers )
ARC-1210/1220/1230/1260/1280
( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controllers )
ARC-1231ML/1261ML/1280ML
(12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controllers)
USER Manual
Version: 3.3
Issue Date: November, 2006
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Microsoft WHQL Windows Hardware Compatibility Test ARECA is committed to submitting products to the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), which is required for participation in the Windows Logo Program. Successful passage of the WHQL tests results in both the “Designed for Windows” logo for qualifying ARECA PCI-X and PCI-Express SATA RAID controllers and a listing on the Microsoft Hard- ware Compatibility List (HCL). Copyright and Trademarks The information of the products in thi
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Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................. 10 1.1 Overview .......................................................................10 1.2 Features ........................................................................12 1.3 RAID Concept .................................................................15 1.3.1 RAID Set ...................................................................15 1.3.2 Volume Set ...............................................
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3.2 McBIOS Configuration manager .........................................57 3.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets ..............................58 3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares ......................................58 3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration ....................59 3.6 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function Method ......................60 3.7 Main Menu ....................................................................62 3.7.1 Quick Volume/RAID Setup ...........
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3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting ...............................................89 3.7.5.3 Change Password ..................................................89 3.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Function ..............................................90 3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority ........................................91 3.7.5.6 Maximum SATA Mode .............................................91 3.7.5.7 HDD Read Ahead Cache .........................................92 3.7.5.8 Stagger Power On ...................
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5.4 For Solaris 10 x86 ......................................................... 116 5.5 For Mac OS 10.x ........................................................... 116 5.6 ArcHttp Configuration .................................................... 117 6. Web Browser-based Configuration ......................... 121 6.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager ................................. 121 • Another method to start-up McRAID Storage Manager from Windows Local Administration ....................
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• System Beeper Setting ................................................. 138 • Background Task Priority ............................................... 138 • JBOD/RAID Configuration .............................................. 138 • Maximun SATA Supported ............................................. 138 • HDD Read Ahead Cache ................................................ 138 • Stagger Power on ........................................................ 139 • Empty HDD Slot LED .............
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Appendix C .................................................................. 159 SNMP Operation & Definition ................................................ 159 Appendix D .................................................................. 166 Event Notification Configurations ........................................ 166 A. Device Event .............................................................. 166 B. Volume Event ............................................................. 167 C. RAID Set
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INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction This section presents a brief overview of the SATA RAID Series controller, ARC-1110/1110ML/1120/1120ML/1130/1130ML/1160/ 1160ML/1170 (4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controllers) and ARC-1210/1220/1230/1230/1231ML/1260/1261ML/1280/1280ML (4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controllers). 1.1 Overview The ARC-11xx and ARC-12xx Series of high-performance Serial ATA RAID controllers support a maximum of 4, 8, 12, 16, or 24 SATA II peripheral devices (dependin
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INTRODUCTION chips, which can simultaneously communicate with the I/O proces- sor and read or write data on multiple drives. Unsurpassed Data Availability As storage capacity requirements continue to rapidly increase, us- ers require greater levels of disk drive fault tolerance, which can be implemented without doubling the investment in disk drives. RAID 1 (mirroring) provides high fault tolerance. However, half of the drive capacity of the array is lost to mirroring, making it too costly
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INTRODUCTION Linux, FreeBSD and more environments. This Web browser-based RAID management utility allows both local and remote creation and modification RAID sets, volume sets, and monitoring of RAID status from standard web browsers. 1.2 Features Adapter Architecture • Intel IOP 331 I/O processor (ARC-11xx series) • Intel IOP 332/IOP 333 I/O processor (ARC-12xx series) • Intel IOP341 I/O processor (ARC-12x1ML/ARC-1280ML/1280) • 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X Bus compatible • PCI Express X8 compatible •
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INTRODUCTION • Redundant flash image for adapter availability • Support S.M.A.R.T, NCQ and OOB staggered spin-up capable drives Monitors/Notification • System status indication through LED/LCD connector, HDD activity/fault connector, and alarm buzzer • SMTP support for email notification • SNMP agent supports for remote SNMP Manager • I2C Enclosure Management Ready (IOP331/332/333) • I2C & SGPIO Enclosure Management Ready (IOP341) RAID Management • Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM
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INTRODUCTION Internal PCI-X RAID Card Comparison (ARC-11XX) 1110 1120 1130 1160 1170 RAID processor IOP331 Host Bus Type PCI-X 133MHz RAID 6 support N/A YES YES YES YES Cache Memory 256MB 256MB One SO- One SO- One SO- DIMM DIMM DIMM Drive Support 4 * SATA ll 8 * SATA ll 12 * SATA ll 16 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll Disk Connector SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA PCI-X RAID Card Comparison (ARC-11XXML) 1110ML 1120ML 1130ML 1160ML RAID processor IOP331 Host Bus Type PCI-X 133MHz RAID 6 support N/A YES YES YES C
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INTRODUCTION Internal PCI-Express RAID Card Comparison (ARC-12XX) 1231ML 1261ML 1280ML 1280 RAID processor IOP341 Host Bus Type PCI-Express X8 RAID 6 support YES YES YES YES Cache Memory One DDR2 DIMM (Default 256MB, Upgrade to 2GB) Drive Support 12 * SATA ll 16 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll Disk Connector 3*Min SAS 4i 4*Min SAS 4i 6*Min SAS 4i 24*SATA 1.3 RAID Concept 1.3.1 RAID Set A RAID set is a group of disks connected to a RAID controller. A RAID set contains one or more volume set
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INTRODUCTION In the illustration, volume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while volume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation. Alterantively, the free space can be used to create vol- ume 2, which could then be set to use RAID level 5. 1.3.3 Ease of Use Features 1.3.3.1 Foreground Availability/Background Initial- ization RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume sets can be used immediately af- ter creation because they do not create parity data. However, RAID 3, 5 and 6 volume sets m
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INTRODUCTION mation or data on that RAID set. Therefore, if a server fails, the RAID set disk drives can be moved to another server with an Areca RAID controller and the disks can be inserted in any order. 1.3.3.3 Online Capacity Expansion Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drives to a volume set without interrupting server op- eration, eliminating the need to backup and restore after recon- figuration of the RAID set. When disks are added to a RAID set,
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INTRODUCTION The expansion process is illustrated as following figure. The SATA RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks, using the same fault- tolerance configuration. The unused capacity on the expand RAID set can then be used to create an additional volume set, with a different fault tolerance setting (if required by the user.) The SATA RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks, us
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INTRODUCTION 1.3.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities, a system with Areca online RAID level/stripe size migration allows a simplified upgrade to any supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system. The SATA RAID controllers can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set, while the server is on- line and the volume set is in use. Online RAID level/stripe size migration
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INTRODUCTION transparently while the volumes are online, but, at the end of the process, the operating system will detect free space at after the existing volume. Windows, NetWare and other advanced operating systems sup- port volume expansion, which enables you to incorporate the additional free space within the volume into the operating sys- tem partition. The operating system partition is extended to incorporate the free space so it can be used by the operating system without creating a
