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ARC-1110/1120/1130/1160/1170 ( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI- X SA T A RAID Controllers ) ARC-1110ML/1120ML/1130ML/1160ML ( 4/8-port Innband connector and 12/16-port Multi-lane connector PCI- X SA T A RAID.
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Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................. 10 1.1 Overview ....................................................................... 1 0 1.2 F eatures .........................................................
3.2 McBIOS Conguration manager ......................................... 5 7 3.3 Conguring Raid Sets and V olume Sets .............................. 5 8 3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares ...................................... 5 8 3.5 Using Quick V olume /Raid Setup Conguration .
3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting ............................................... 89 3.7.5.3 Change P assword .................................................. 89 3.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Function .............................................. 9 0 3.7.5.5 Background T ask Priority .
5.4 F or Solaris 10 x86 ......................................................... 116 5.5 F or Mac OS 10.x ........................................................... 116 5.6 ArcHttp Conguration .................................................... 117 6.
• System Beeper Setting ................................................. 13 8 • Background T ask Priority ............................................... 13 8 • JBOD/RAID Conguration .............................................. 13 8 • Maximun SA T A Supported .
Appendix C .................................................................. 159 SNMP Operation & Denition ................................................ 15 9 Appendix D .................................................................. 166 Event Notication Congur ations .
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INTRODUCTION 10 1. Introduction This section presents a brief overview of the S A T A RAID Series controller , ARC-1110/1110ML/1120/1120ML/1130/1130ML/1160/ 1160ML/1170 (4/8/12/16/24-port PCI- X SA T A RAID Controllers) and ARC-1210/1220/1230/1230/1231ML /1260/1261ML/1280/1280ML (4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-Express S A T A RAID Controllers).
INTRODUCTION 11 chips, which can simultaneously communicate with the I/O proces - sor and read or write data on multiple drives. Unsurpassed Data Availability As storage capacit y requirements continu.
INTRODUCTION 12 Linux, FreeBSD and more environments. This W eb browser-based RAID management utility allows both local and remote creation and modication RAID sets, volume sets, and monitoring of RAID status from standard web browsers.
INTRODUCTION 13 • Redundant ash image for adapter a vailabilit y • Support S.M.A.R.T , NCQ and OOB staggered spin-up capable drives Monitors/Notication • System status indication through L.
INTRODUCTION 14 PCI-X RAID Card Comparison (ARC-11XXML) 1110ML 1120ML 1130ML 1160ML RAID processor IOP331 Host Bus T ype PCI- X 133MHz RAID 6 support N/A YES YES YES Cache Memory 256MB 256MB One SODIM.
INTRODUCTION 15 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 sets. The RAID set itself does not dene the RAID level (0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, etc); the RAID level is dened within each volume set.
INTRODUCTION 16 In the illustration, v olume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while v olume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation. Alter antively , the free space can be used to create vol - ume 2, which could then be set to use RAID level 5.
INTRODUCTION 17 mation or data on that RAID set. Therefore, if a server fails, the RAID set disk drives can be mov ed to another server with an Areca RAID controller and the disks can be inserted in any order .
INTRODUCTION 18 The SA T A RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks, using the same fault - tolerance congur ation. 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 b y the user .
INTRODUCTION 19 1.3.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgr ade to any RAID capabilities, a system with Areca online RAID level/stripe size migr ation allows a simplied upgrade to an y supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system.
INTRODUCTION 20 transparently while the v olumes are online, but, at the end of the process, the operating system will detect free space at after the existing volume.
INTRODUCTION 21 global hot spare disk drive. T o effectively use the global hot spare feature, you must alwa ys maintain at least one drive that is marked as a global spare. Important : The hot spare must have at least the same capacit y as the drive it replaces.
INTRODUCTION 22 1.4.4 Auto Rebuilding If a hot spare is av ailable, the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails. The SA T A RAID controllers automatically and trans - parently rebuild failed drives in the background at user -denable rebuild rates.
INTRODUCTION 23 1.5 High Reliability 1.5.1 Hard Drive Failure Prediction In an effort to help users avoid data loss, disk manufacturers are now incorporating logic into their driv es that acts as an "early warning system" for pending drive problems.
INTRODUCTION 24 runs as a background task. Auto R eassign Sector discontinues when the operating system mak es a request. 1.5.3 Consistency Check A consistency check is a process that veries the integrity of redundant data.
INTRODUCTION 25 1.6.2 RECOVERY ROM The SA T A RAID controller rmware is stored on the ash ROM and is executed by the I/O processor . The rmw are can also be updat - ed through the PCI- X/PCIe bus port or Ethernet port (if equipped) without the need to replace any hardware chips.
INTRODUCTION 26 simultaneously; the reliability of RAID Level 0 is less because the entire arra y will fail if any one disk drive fails, due to a lack of redundancy . 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.
INTRODUCTION 27 1.7.3 RAID 1E RAID 1E is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, combing strip - ping with disk mirroring. RAID Level 1E combines the fast per - formance of Level 0 with the data redundancy of Lev e1 1.
INTRODUCTION 28 1.7.5 RAID 5 RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level. In RAID 5, the parity information is written to all of the drives in the controllers rather than being concentr ated on a dedicated parity disk. If one drive in the system fails, the parity information can be used to reconstruct the data from that drive.
INTRODUCTION 29 1.7.6 RAID 6 RAID 6 provides the highest reliability , but is not yet widely used. It is similar to RAID 5, but it performs two different parity com - putations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data.
INTRODUCTION 30 1 Also known as mirroring All data replicated on N sepa - rated disks. N is almost always 2. This is a high availabilit y solu - tion, but due to the 100% duplication, it is also a costly solution. Half of drive capacity in array dev oted to mirroring.
INTRODUCTION 31 6 RAID 6 provides the highest reliability . Similar to RAID 5, but does two different parity com - putations. RAID 6 offers fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 32 2. Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the SA T A RAID con - trollers. 2.1 Before Your begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the SA T A RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 33 2.2 Board Layout Follow the instructions below to install a PCI RAID Card into y our PC / Server . Figure 2-1, ARC -1110/1120 (4/8-port PCI- X SA T A RAID Controller) Figure 2.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 34 Figure 2-3, ARC -1110ML/1120ML (4/8-port PCI- X SA T A RAID Con - troller) Figure 2-4, ARC -1210ML/1220ML (4-port PCI Express SAS RAID Controller).
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 35 Figure 2-6, ARC -1130ML/1160ML (12/16-port PCI- X SA T A RAID Controller) Figure 2-5, ARC -1130/1160 (12/16-port PCI- X SA T A RAID Control - ler).
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 36 Figure 2-7, ARC -1230/1260 (12/16-port PCI-EXpress SA T A RAID Controller) Figure 2-8, ARC -1170 (24-port PCI- X SA T A RAID Controller).
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 37 Figure 2-9, ARC -1280 (24-port PCI-Express SA T A RAID Controller) Figure 2-10, ARC -1231ML/1261ML/1280ML (12/16/24-port PCI-Ex - press SA T A RAID Controller).
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 38 Tools Required An ESD grounding str ap or mat is required. Also required are stan - dard hand tools to open your system’ s case. System Requirement The controller can be installed in a universal PCI slot and requires a motherboard that: ARC-11xx series required one of the following: • Complies with the PCI Revision 2.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 39 Warning: High voltages may be found inside computer equipment. Be - fore installing any of the hardware in this package or remo v - ing the protective cov ers of any computer equipment, turn off power switches and disconnect power cords.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 40 Step 3. Install the PCI RAID Cards T o install the SA T A RAID controller remove the mounting screw and existing brack et from the rear panel behind the selected PCI slot. Align the gold-ngered edge on the card with the selected PCI expansion slot.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 41 Step 5 Connect the SATA cable Model ARC -11XX and ARC-12XX controllers ha ve dual-layer S A T A internal connectors. If you hav e not already connected your SA T A cables, use the cables included with your kit to connect the control - ler to the SA T A hard drives.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 42 Step 5-3. Connect the Min SAS 4i to 4*SATA cable Model ARC -1231ML/1261ML/1280ML have Min SA S 4i (SFF-8087) internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SA T A drives. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with a standard SA T A connector backplane.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 43 For Sideband cable signal Please refer to page 51 for SGPIO bus. Step 5-4. Connect the Min SAS 4i to Multi-lance cable Model ARC -1231ML/1261ML/1280ML have Min SA S 4i internal connectors, e ach of them c an support up to four SA T A drives .
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 44 Step 5-5. Connect the Min SAS 4i to Min SAS 4i cable Model ARC-1230ML/1260ML/1280ML have Min SAS 4i internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SA T A drives. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with a Min SAS 4i internal connector backplane.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 45 The intelligent LED controller outputs a low-level pulse to deter - mine if status LEDs are attached to pin sets 1 and 2. This allows automatic controller conguration of the LED output.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 46 Figure 2-19, ARC - 1130/1160/1230/1260 global LED connection for Computer Case. Figure 2-21, ARC -1280 global LED connection for Computer Case.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 47 Figure 2-22, ARC -1231ML/ 1261ML/1280ML global LED connection for Computer Case. B: Individual LED indicator connector Connect the cables for the drive activity LEDs and fault LEDs be - tween the backplane of the cage and the respective connector on the SA T A RAID controller .
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 48 Figure 2-23, ARC - 1110/1120/1210/1220 Individual LED indica - tors connector , for each channel drive. Figure 2-24, ARC - 1130/1160/1230/1260 Individual LED indica - tors connector , for each channel drive. Figure 2-25, ARC -1170 Individual LED indicators connector , for each chan - nel drive.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 49 Figure 2-26, ARC -1280 Individual LED indicators connector , for each chan - nel drive. Figure 2-27, ARC -1231ML/ 1261ML/1280ML Individual LED indicators connector , for each channel drive. C: I 2 C Connector Y ou can also connect the I 2 C interface to a proprietary SA T A backplane enclosure.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 50 Figure 2-28, Activity/F ault LED I 2 C connector connected between SA T A RAID Controller & SA T A HDD Cage backplane. Figure 2-29, Activity/F ault LED I 2 C connector connected between SA T A RAID Controller & 4 SA T A HDD backplane.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 51 PIN Description PIN Description 1 power (+5V) 2 GND 3 LCD Module Interrupt 4 F ault/Activity Interrupt 5 LCD Module Serial Data 6 F ault/Activity clock 7 F ault/Activity Serial Data 8 LCD Module clock D: SGPIO bus The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the Min S AS 4i internal serial-attachment connector .
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 52 The following signal denes the sideband connector which can work with Areca sideband cable. The sideband header is located at backplane. F or SGPIO to work properly , please connect Areca 8-pin sideband cable to the sideband header as shown above.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 53 Step 10. Install the controller driver F or a new system: • Driver installation usually takes places as part of oper ating sys - tem installation. Please reference the Chapter 4 Diver Installation for the detail installation procedure.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 54 Summary of the installation The ow chart below describes the installation procedures for SA T A RAID controller . These procedures include hardware installa - tion, the creation and conguration of a RAID v olume through the McBIOS, OS installation and installation of SA T A RAID controller software.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 55 SNMP Manager Console Integration • Out of Band-Using Ethernet port (12/16/24-port Control- ler) Before launching the rmware-embedded SNMP agent in the sever , you need rst to enable the rew are-embedded SNMP agent function on your SA T A RAID controller .
BIOS CONFIGURATION 56 3. McBIOS RAID Manager The system mainboard BIOS automatically congures the following SA T A RAID controller parameters at power-up: • I/O P ort Address • Interrupt channel (IRQ) • Adapter ROM Base Address Use McBIOS to further congure the SA T A RAID controller to suit your server hardware and oper ating system.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 57 Areca T echnology Corporation RAID Controller Setup <V1.0, 2004/05/20> ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor , Enter: Select, ** Select & Press F10 to Reboot** Select An Adapter T o Congure ( 3/14/ 0)I/O=DD200000h, IRQ = 9 Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select the adapter y ou want to congure.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 58 3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares Any unused disk drive that is not part of a RAID set can be desig - nated as a Hot Spare. The “Quick V olume/Raid Setup” conguration will add the spare disk drive and automatically display the appro - priate raid lev el from which the user can select.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 59 3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Con- guration Quick V olume / Raid Setup Conguration collects all a vailable drives and includes them in a RAID set.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 60 3.6 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function Method In “Raid Set Function” , you can use the “Create Raid Set Function” to generate a new RAID set. In “V olume Set Function” , you can use the “Create V olume Set function” to generate an associated volume set and and congur ation parameters.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 61 Step Action 1 T o setup the Hot Spare (option), choose RAID Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Hot Spare and press the Enter key to dene the Hot Spare. 2 Choose RAID Set Function from the main menu. Select Create RAID Set and press the Enter key .
BIOS CONFIGURATION 62 3.7 Main Menu The main menu shows all functions that are av ailable for executing actions, which is accomplished by clicking on the appropriate link.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 63 This password option allows user to set or clear the raid controller’ s password protection feature. Once the password has been set, the user can only monitor and congure the r aid controller by providing the correct password.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 64 Set. Select “ Quick Volume/RAID Setup” from the main menu; all possible RAID level will be display ed on the screen. If volume capacity will ex ceed 2TB, controller will show the “Greater 2 TB volume Support” sub-menu.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 65 Stripe size This parameter sets the siz e of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 logical drive. Y ou can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB , 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB , or 128 KB. A larger stripe size produces better-read performance, especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 66 3.7.2 Raid Set Function Manual Conguration giv es complete control of the RAID set set - ting, but it will take longer to congure than “Quick V olume/Raid Setup” conguration.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 67 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 68 4. An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog bo x appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to dene a unique identier for the RAID Set.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 69 disk drives, the “Expand R aid Set” function allows the users to add disk drives to the RAID set that hav e already been created. T o expand a raid set: Select the “Expand Raid Set” option. If there is an a vailable disk, then the “Select SA T A Drives For R aid Set Expansion” screen appears.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 70 Migration occurs when a disk is added to a RAID set. Migr ation status is displayed in the r aid status area of the R aid set infor - mation screen when a disk is being added to a R aid set.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 71 3.7.2.5 Create Hot Spare When you choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the R aid Set Function, all unused physical devices connected to the current controller will result in the following: Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 72 3.7.2.7 Raid Set Information T o display Raid Set information, mo ve the cursor bar to the de - sired RAID set number , then press the Enter key . The “Raid Set Information” will display . Y ou can only view information for the RAID set in this screen.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 73 volume sets will reside on all physical disks in the RAID set. Thus each volume set on the RAID set will hav e its data spread evenly across all the disks in the RAID set rather than one v olume set using some of the av ailable disks and another volume set using other disks.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 74 5. After completing the modication of the volume set, press the Esc key to conrm it. An “Initialization” screen is presented. • Select F oreground (F aster Completion) for F aster Initializa - tion of the selected volume set.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 75 The default volume name will alwa ys appear as V olume Set #. Y ou can rename the volume set providing it does not ex ceed the 15 characters limit. • Raid Level • Volume Name Set the RAID level for the volume set. Highlight R aid Level and press < Enter >.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 76 The maximum av ailable volume size is the default v alue for the rst setting. Enter the appropriate volume size to t y our ap - plication.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 77 • Strip Size This parameter sets the siz e of the segment written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 logical drive. Y ou can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB , 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB , or 128 KB.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 78 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 79 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 80 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 81 3.7.3.3 Modify Volume Set Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller , F10: Reboot System ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor , Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw , X: Redr.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 82 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 83 • Volume Set Migration Migrating occurs when a v olume set is migrating from one RAID level to another , when a volume set strip siz e changes, or when a disk is added to a RAID set.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 84 3.7.3.6 Display Volume Set Info. T o display volume set information, mov e the cursor bar to the desired volume set number and then press the Enter k ey . The “V olume Set Information” will be shown. Y ou can only view the information of this volume set in this screen, not modify it.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 85 3.7.4 Physical Drives Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and perform the operations listed abo ve. 3.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 86 When you choose this option, the physical disks connected to the SA T A RAID controller are listed. Move the cursor to the de - sired drive and press Enter to view drive information.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 87 3.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk T o delete a Pass-through driv e from the P ass-through drive pool, move the cursor bar to the “Ph ysical Drive Function” menu and select the “Delete P ass- Through Drive” item, then press the Enter key .
BIOS CONFIGURATION 88 3.7.5 Raid System Function T o set the raid system function, mo ve the cursor bar to the main menu and select the “Raid S ystem Function” item and then press Enter key . The “Raid S ystem Function” menu will show multiple items.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 89 3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting The “ Alert Beeper Setting” item is used to Disabled or Enable the SA T A RAID controller alarm tone generator . Select “Disabled” and press the Enter key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off .
BIOS CONFIGURATION 90 rect password. This feature is used to protect the internal RAID system from unauthorized access. The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen. The system will automatically go back to the initial screen if it does not receive any command in 20 seconds.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 91 3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority The “ Background Task Priority ” is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild oper ation.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 92 be dynamically rescheduled or re-ordered, along with the neces - sary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed por - tions of the workload. The SA T A RAID controller allows the user to choose the SA T A Mode: SA T A150, SA T A150+NCQ, S A T A300, SA T A300+NCQ.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 93 3.7.5.9 Empty HDD slot HDD From firmware version 1.39 date: 04/01/2006 and later , the rmware has added the "Empty HDD Slot LED" option to setup the F ailed LED light "ON "or "OFF". When each slot has a power LED for the HDD installed i dentify , user can set this option to "OFF".
BIOS CONFIGURATION 94 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 95 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 96 ity of a drive that is used in redundant units. The controller provides three truncation modes in the system congur ation: Multiples Of 10G, Multiples Of 1G, and No T runcation. Multiples Of 10G: If you hav e 120 GB drives from different vendors; chances are that the capacity v aries slightly .
BIOS CONFIGURATION 97 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 98 congure the IP address of the controller , move the cursor bar to the Main menu “Ethernet Conguration Function” item and then press the Enter key . The “Ethernet Conguration” menu appears on the screen. Move the cursor bar to DHCP Function item, then press Enter key to show the DHCP setting.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 99 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 T echnology Corpo.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 100 Choose this option to view the system events information: Timer , Device, Event type, Elapsed Time, and Errors. The RAID system does not have a real time clock. The Time information is the rela - tive time from the SA T A RAID controller powered on.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 101 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 T echnology Corp.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 102 4. Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the SA T A RAID controller driver to your oper ating system. The installation procedures use the following terminol.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 103 The following steps are required to create the driver disk ettes: 1. The computer system BIOS must be set to boot -up from the CD- ROM.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 104 The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003. Storport im - plements a new architecture designed for better performance with RAID systems and in Storage Area Network (S AN) environments. Storport delivers higher I/O throughput, enhanced manageability , and an improved miniport interface.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 105 4. Press F6 as soon as the Windows screen shows ” Setup is inspecting your Computer’s hardware Conguration ” . A message stating “ Press F6 to specify thrid-party RAID con- troller ” will display during this time.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 106 Continue with the following steps to make any additional v olume sets or pass-through disks accessible to Windows. This proce - dure assumes that the SA T A RAID controller hardware, driver , and Windows are installed and operational in y our system.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 107 which guides you in installing the SA T A RAID driver . 4. The “ Upgrade Device Driver Wizard ” will pop-up and provide a choice of how to proceed. Choose “ Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that you can choose a specic driver.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 108 procedure assumes that the SA T A RAID controller hardware, driver , and Windows are installed and operational in your sys - tem. 1. Partition and format the new arr ays or disks using Disk Ad - ministrator: a. Choose Administrativ e T ools from the Start menu.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 109 4.3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the SA T A RAID controller driver to R ed Hat Linux, and SuSE Linux. Before installing the SA T A RAID driver to the Linux, complete the following actions: 1.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 110 utility to create the r aid set and volume set. F or details, see Chap - ter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager . The supplied CD-ROM that came with the SA T A RAID controller includes compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD 4.x (4.2 and on - wards) and 5.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 111 4.7 Driver Installation for UnixWare 7.1.4 Please refer to the “readme.txt” le on the software CD-ROM or a manual from website: http://www .areca.com.tw 4.8 Driver Installation for NetWare 6.5 Please refer to the “readme.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 112 5. ArcHttp Proxy Server Installation Overview After hardware installation, the S A T A disk drives connected to the S A T A RAID controller must be congured and the volume set units initialized before they are ready to use.
113 ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 5.1 For Windows Y ou must have administr ative level permissions to install S A T A RAID software. This procedure assumes that the S A T A RAID hard - ware and Windows are installed and oper ational in your system.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 114 5.2 For Linux Y ou must have administr ative level permissions to install S A T A RAID software. This procedure assumes that the S A T A RAID hard - ware and Linux are installed and oper ational in your system. The following details the Linux installation procedure of the SA T A RAID controller software.
115 ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION Usage: ./archttp32 (TCP_POR T) or ./archttp64 (TCP_POR T). It depends on your OS version. Par ameters: T CP_PORT v alue= 1~65535 (If T CP_PORT assigned, Archttp will start from this port. Otherwise, it will use the setting in archttpsrv .
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 116 5.4 For Solaris 10 x86 Y ou must have administr ative level permissions to install S A T A RAID software. This procedure assumes that the S A T A RAID hardware and FreeBSD are installed and oper ational in your system.
117 ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION (1).Run the archttp64 using T erminal.app by using the following command: Usage: sudo ./archttp64 (TCP_POR T). Par ameters: T CP_PORT v alue= 1~65535 (If T CP_PORT assigned, Archttp will start from this port. Otherwise, it will use the setting in the archttpsrv .
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 118 The ArcHttp conguration starts. • General Conguration Binding IP 0.0.0.0: Y ou can choose either local adminstration or remote adminstration to connect web browser . Binding IP 127.0.0.1: Using local adminstration to connect web browser .
119 ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION Ex: RaidController_1@areca.com.tw Account: enter the valid account if y our SMTP mail server need au - thentication. Password: enter the v alid password if your SMTP mail server need authentication. MailT o Name: enter the alert receiver name that will be shown in the outgoing mail.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 120 Note: Event Notication T able refer to Appendix D. After you conrm and submit congur ations, you can use Generate T est Event feature to make sure these settings are correct. Congure Conguration and submit.
121 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6. Web Browser-based Conguration Before using the McRAID rmware-based browser utilit y , do the ini - tial setup and installation of this product. If you need to boot up the operating system from a RAID v olume set, you must rst create a RAID volume by using McBIOS RAID Storage Manager .
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 122 and a supported browser . A locally managed system requires all of the following components: • A supported W eb browser , which should already be installed on the system. • Install ArcHttp proxy server on the S A T A RAID system.
123 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The “Enter Network P assword” dialog screen appears, type the User Name and P assword. The RAID subsystem controller de - fault User Name is “ admin ” and the P assword is “ 0000 ” . After entering the user name and password, press Enter to access the McRAID Storage Manager .
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 124 6.2 SATA RAID controller McRAID Storage Manager The McRAID Storage Manager current congur ation screen displays the current conguration of y our SA T A RAID controller . It displays the Raid Set List, V olume Set List, and Physical Disk List.
125 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION T o display raid set information, mo ve the mouse cursor to the desired raid set number , then click it. The raid set Information will display . T o display volume set information, move the mouse cur - sor to the desired V olume Set number , then click it.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 126 The number of physical drives in the S A T A RAID controller deter - mines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the RAID set. Y ou can create a raid set associated with exactly one v olume set. The user can change the RAID level, stripe size, and capacit y .
127 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The Drive F or RAID Set” screen is displayed showing the drive(s) connected to the current controller . Click on the selected physi - cal drives within the current r aid set. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to dene a unique identier for a r aid set.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 128 6.5.3 Expand Raid Set Use this option to expand a RAID set when a disk is added to your system. This function becomes active when at least one driv e is av ailable. T o expand a raid set, click on the “Expand R aid Set” link.
129 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION T o activate the incomplete the RAID set, click on the “ Activate Raid Set” link. A “Select The RAID SET T o Activate” screen is displayed showing all r aid sets existing on the current controller . Click the RAID set number to activate in the select column.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 130 The “ RESCUE ” function can recover the missing RAID set infor - mation. The RAID controller uses the time as the RAID set signa - ture. The RAID set may hav e different time after the RAID set is recovered. The “ SIGANT ” function can regener ate the signature for the RAID set.
131 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION main menu and click on the “Create V olume Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set T o Create On It” screen will show all RAID set num - bers. Click the RAID set number that to be used and then click the “Submit” button.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 132 • Initialization Mode Press “Enter” key to dene fast initialization or Selected the Background (Instant A vailable). When background Initialization, the initialization proceeds as a background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes.
133 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION tion should normally remain enabled. Disable this function only when using older SCSI drives that do not support command tag queuing 6.6.2 Delete Volume Set T o delete a volume set from RAID set, mov e the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Delete V olume Set” link.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 134 To Expand an existing volume noticed: • Only the last volume can expand capacity . • When expand volume capacity , you can’t modify stripe size or modify r aid revel simultaneously . • Y ou can expand volume capacity , but can’t reduce volume capacity size.
135 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.6.5 Stop VolumeSet Check Use this option to stop the “Check V olume Set function” . 6.7 Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical disk from the Main Menu and then perform the operations listed below .
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 136 6.7.1 Create Pass-Through Disk T o create pass-through disk, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “Create P ass- Through” link.
137 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION When the “Enter P ass- Through Disk Attribute” screen appears, modify the drive attribute v alues, as you want. After you complete the selection, mark the checkbo x for “Conrm The Operation” and click on the “Submit” button to complete the selection action.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 138 6.8 System Controls 6.8.1 System Cong T o set the raid system function, mo ve the cursor to the main menu and click the “Raid S ystem Function” link. The “Raid S ystem Function” menu will show all items, then select the desired func - tion.
139 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Allow Read Ahead (Default: Enabled)—When Enabled, the drive’ s re a d a h e a d ca c h e a l g o r i t h m i s us e d , p r o v i d i n g m a x i m u m performance under most circumstances.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 140 • Empty HDD Slot LED From rmware v ersion 1.39 date: 04/01/2006 and later , the rmware has added the "Empty HDD Slot LED" option to setup the F ailed LED light "ON "or "OFF".
141 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Disk Write Cache Mode A user can set the “Disk W rite Cache Mode” to: Auto, Enabled, or Disabled. • Disk Capacity Truncation Mode SA T A RAID controllers use drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other .
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 142 ple, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 120 GB . Areca drive T runcation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capac - ity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other . Multiples Of 1G: If you hav e 123 GB drives from different ven - dors; chances are that the capacity v aries slightly .
143 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point. The purpose of DHCP is to pro vide the automatic (dynamic) allocation of IP client congurations for a specic time period (called a lease period) and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 144 6.8.4 SNMP Conguration (12/16/24-port) T o congure the raid controller SNMP function, click on the “S ys - tem Controls” link. The System Controls menu will show a vailable items. Select the “SNMP Conguration” item.
145 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • SNMP Trap Congurations Enter the SNMP T rap IP Address. • SNMP System Congurations About community , please refer to page 161 of SNMP commu - nity name. The system Contact, Name and Location that will be shown in the outgoing SNMP T rap.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 146 • Time Zone Time Z one conveniently runs in the system tr ay and allows you to easily view the date and time in v arious locations around the world. Y ou can also quickly and easily add your own personal locations to customize Time Z one the way y ou want.
147 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.8.8 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information. 6.8.9 Modify Password T o set or change the SA T A RAID controller password, select “Raid System Function” from the menu and click on the “Change P ass - word” link.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 148 6.9 Information 6.9.1 RaidSet Hierarchy Use this feature to view the SA T A RAID controller current raid set, current volume set and physical disk congur ation.
149 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.9.2 System Information T o view the SA T A RAID controller ’ s information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “System Information” link. The “SA T A RAID controller Information” screen appears.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 150 6.9.3 Hardware Monitor T o view the RAID controller’s hardw are monitor information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the “Hardware Monitor” link. The “Hardware Information” screen appears.
151 APPENDIX Appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process Since the SA T A RAID controller features ash rmware, it is not necessary to change the hardware ash chip in order to upgr ade the RAID rmware.
APPENDIX 152 1. T o upgrade the S AS RAID controller rmware, mov e the mouse cursor to “Upgrade Firm ware” link. The “Upgrade The R aid System Firmware” screen appears. 2. Click Bro wse. Look in the location to whi ch the Firmw are upgr ade software was downloaded.
153 APPENDIX From a remote pc, you can directly open a web browser and enter the IP address. Then enter user name and password to login and start your management.
APPENDIX 154 • Mode 0 Flash Jumper function: Short: Causes cpu core to be held in rest (mode 0). Arcash utility can upgrade the entire Flash ROM image.
155 APPENDIX • Flash Procedure 1. Power off system and remove power cable. 2. T ake RAID controller out. 3. Set a Close Cap on the J3/J7 2x5 connector . 4. Plug RAID controller back to M/B. 5. Reconnect power cable and boot up from DOS . 6. Flash controller .
APPENDIX 156 Appendix B Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120-BAT) The SA T A RAID controller operates using cache memory . The bat - tery Backup Module is an add-on module that provides power to the SA T A RAID controller cache memory in the event of a power failure.
157 APPENDIX • Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing Electrical • Input V oltage +3.6VDC • On Board Battery Capacity 1000mAH (1*1000mAH) Installation 1. Make sure all power to the system is disconnected. 2. Connector J1 is av ailable for the optional battery backup module.
APPENDIX 158 Operation 1. Battery conditioning is automatic. There are no manual pro - cedures for battery conditioning or preconditioning to be per - formed by the user . 2. In order to make sure of all the capacity is a vailable for y our battery cells, allow the battery cell to be fully charged when installed for the rst time.
159 APPENDIX Appendix C SNMP Operation & Denition Overview The McRAID manager includes a rmware-embedded Simple Net - work Management Protocol (SNMP) agent and SNMP Extension Agent for the SA T A RAID controller . An SNMP-based management application (also known as an SNMP manager) can monitor the disk arra y .
APPENDIX 160 MIB Compilation and Denition File creation Before the manager application accesses the SA T A RAID controller , it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management applica - tion’ s database of events and status indicator codes.
161 APPENDIX Starting the SNMP function setting • Community Name Community name acts as a password to screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular network device.
APPENDIX 162 windowshttpsetup.exe on the CD-ROM. (If SNMP service w as not installed, please install SNMP service rst.) 3. Click on the Setup le then the W elcome screen appears. 4. Click the Setup le and then the “install the program” screen appears.
163 APPENDIX 5. A Progress bar appears that measures the progress of the ARECA SNMP Extension Agent setup. When this screen complete, you hav e completed the ARECA SNMP Extension Agent setup. 6. After a successful installation, the “Setup Complete” dialog box of the installation program is displa yed.
APPENDIX 164 SNMP community Congurations Please refer to the community name in this appendix. SNMP Trap Notication Congruations The Community Name should be the same as rmw are- embedded SNMP Community . The SNMP T rap Notication Congruations include level 1: serious, level 2: error , level 3: W arning and level 4: Information.
165 APPENDIX hardware and Linux are installed and oper ational in your system. For the SNMP Extension Agent Installation for Linux procedure, please refer to <CD-ROM>packagesLinuxSNMPReadme or download from areca.
APPENDIX 166 Appendix D Event Notication Congurations The controller classies disk arra y events into four levels depending on their severity .
167 APPENDIX Event Level Meaning Action Start Initialize W arning V olume initialization has started Start Rebuilding Warning V olume rebuilding has started Start Migrating W arning V olume migration .
APPENDIX 168 D. Hardware Event Event Level Meaning Action DRAM 1-Bit ECC Urgent DRAM 1-Bit ECC error . Check DRAM DRAM F atal Error Urgent DRAM fatal error encountered.
169 APPENDIX Appendix E General Troubleshooting Tips Most of controller errors are traceable to external factors, such as conicts with other installed cards, motherboard incompatibility , bad or incorrectly congured drives, loose cables, improper control - ler installation, or other installation errors.
APPENDIX 170 Q4: What PCI slots are supported by the SATA RAID controllers? Answer: For all PCI - X SA T A RAID controllers, install card in a 64-bit/133MHz PCI- X for the best performance. It also can be used in 64-bit / 66 MHz slots, 32-bit/66MHz PCI slots as well as 32-bit/33MHz slots.
171 APPENDIX Q8: Will ARECA submit the Linux code to kernel.org? Answer: Y es. ARECA Serial A T A ll RAID the lastest driv er has been in tegrated directly into the Linux kernel 2.
APPENDIX 172 Q11: Is it possible to write software that will run on Intel’s processors with Intel® EM64T, and AMD’s 64-bit capable processors? Answer: Y es, in most cases.
173 APPENDIX Appendix F Technical Support Areca T echnical Support provides sever al options for Areca users to access information and updates. W e encourage you to use one of our electric services, which provide product information updates for the most efcient service and support.
GLOSSARY 174 Glossary 2TB The 32-bit le systems have a maximum limitation of 2 TB per v olume set. 64-bit versions remov e this limitation. so, if you are building large warehouses, you should consider 64-bit v ersions. Array An arra y is a logical disk comprised of multiple physical hard disks.
175 GLOSSARY Battery Backup Module Many modern RAID controllers are armed with a battery backup Mod - ule (BBM). While an UPS protects most servers from power uctua - tions or failures, a BBM provides an additional level of protection.
GLOSSARY 176 Hot Spare An extra ph ysical disk drive in a RAID conguration that a controller can use to automatically rebuild a system drive when another driv e fails. The hot spare drive must hav e at least as mush capacity as the largest disk drive in the arr ay or the rebuild will not start.
177 GLOSSARY speed, switched architecture. Each PCI Express link is a serial commu - nications channel made up of two differential wire pairs that provide 2.5 Gbits/sec in each direction. Up to 32 channels may be combined, creating a parallel interface of independently controlled serial links.
GLOSSARY 178 SMART This technology provides users with adv anced warning of Disk Drive failures, thus enabling the Operating S ystem to warn Users of potential failure. S.M.A.R.T . was included in EIDE drives with the A T A-3 and later specication.
179 GLOSSARY of data corruption is greatly reduced. The disadv antage is that write- through operations are more time consuming. XOR-Engine All RAID arra ys (with the exception of RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 1E) require parity to be calculated and written to the arr ay in conjunction with data.
History 180 Revision Page Description 3.2 P117-120 Added ArcHttp Conguration 3.2 P116 Added Mac OS 10.x information 3.2 P82,134 Added expand an existing vol - ume noticed 3.2 p34 Added illustration of ARC - 1210ML/1220ML 3.2 p37, p46, p47 R evised illustration of ARC- 1231ML/1261ML/1280ML/1280 3.
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