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ARC-1882 Series
(PCIe 2.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Controllers)
6Gb/s SAS RAID Cards
USER’S Manual
Version: 1.0
Issue Date: December, 2011
Contents
1. Introduction .............................................................. 10
1.1 Overview ....................................................................... 10
1.2 Features ........................................................................ 12
2. Hardware Installation ............................................... 16
2.1 Before You First Installing................................................. 16
2.2 Board Layout .................................................................. 16
2.3 Installation ..................................................................... 22
2.4 SAS Cables .................................................................... 29
2.4.1 Internal Min SAS 4i to SATA Cable ............................... 29
2.4.2 Internal Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF-8482 Cable ....................... 30
2.4.3 Internal Min SAS 4i (SFF-8087) to Internal Min SAS 4i (SFF-
8087) cable ....................................................................... 31
2.4.4 External Min SAS 4x Drive Boxes and Drive Expanders .... 32
2.5 LED Cables ..................................................................... 32
2.5.1 Recognizing a Drive Failure .......................................... 36
2.5.2 Replacing a Failed Drive .............................................. 37
2.6 Summary of the installation .............................................. 37
3. McBIOS RAID Manager .............................................. 40
3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager ................................... 40
3.2 McBIOS RAID manager .................................................... 41
3.3 Conguring Raid Sets and Volume Sets .............................. 42
3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares ...................................... 42
3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Conguration .................... 43
3.6 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method ....................... 44
3.7 Main Menu .................................................................... 46
3.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup ............................................ 47
3.7.2 Raid Set Function ....................................................... 51
3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set .................................................... 52
3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set ..................................................... 53
3.7.2.3 Expand Raid Set .................................................... 54
• Migrating ...................................................................... 55
3.7.2.4 Ofine Raid Set ..................................................... 55
3.7.2.5 Activate Incomplete Raid Set ................................... 56
3.7.2.6 Create Hot Spare ................................................... 57
3.7.2.7 Delete Hot Spare ................................................... 57
3.7.2.8 Rescue Raid Set ................................................... 58
3.7.2.9 Raid Set Information .............................................. 59
3.7.7.1 DHCP Function ...................................................... 89
3.7.7.2 Local IP address .................................................... 90
3.7.7.3 HTTP Port Number ................................................. 91
3.7.7.4 Telnet Port Number ................................................ 91
3.7.7.5 SMTP Port Number ................................................. 92
3.7.8 View System Events ................................................... 93
3.7.9 Clear Events Buffer ..................................................... 93
3.7.10 Hardware Monitor ..................................................... 94
3.7.11 System Information .................................................. 94
4. Driver Installation ..................................................... 95
4.1 Creating the Driver Diskettes ............................................ 95
4.2 Driver Installation for Windows ......................................... 97
4.2.1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003
97
4.2.2 Install Windows 7/2008/Vista/XP/2003 on a 6Gb/s SAS
RAID Volume ..................................................................... 97
4.2.2.1 Installation Procedures ........................................... 97
4.2.2.2 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System ..... 99
4.2.3 Installing controller into an existing Windows 7/2008/Vista/
XP/2003 Installation ........................................................... 99
4.2.3.1 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System ... 101
4.2.4 Uninstall controller from Windows 7/2008/Vista/2003/XP ....
101
4.3 Driver Installation for Linux ............................................ 102
4.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD ........................................ 103
4.5 Driver Installation for Solaris .......................................... 103
4.6 Driver Installation for Mac X ........................................... 103
4.6.1 Installation Procedures .............................................. 104
4.6.2 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X .................. 105
5. ArcHttp Proxy Server Installation ............................ 106
5.1 For Windows................................................................. 107
5.2 For Linux ..................................................................... 108
5.3 For FreeBSD ................................................................. 110
5.4 For Solaris 10 X86 ......................................................... 110
5.5 For Mac OS 10.X ........................................................... 111
5.6 ArcHttp Conguration .................................................... 111
6. Web Browser-based Conguration ......................... 116
6.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager ................................. 116
• Start-up McRAID Storage Manager from Windows Local
Administration ................................................................ 117
• Start-up McRAID Storage Manager from Linux/FreeBSD/So-
Ease of Use Features ......................................................... 181
• Foreground Availability/Background Initialization .............. 181
• Online Array Roaming ................................................... 181
• Online Capacity Expansion ............................................. 181
• Online Volume Expansion .............................................. 184
High availability .................................................................. 184
• Global/Local Hot Spares .................................................. 184
• Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support ........................................... 185
• Auto Declare Hot-Spare ................................................. 185
• Auto Rebuilding ............................................................ 186
• Adjustable Rebuild Priority ............................................... 186
High Reliability ................................................................... 187
• Hard Drive Failure Prediction ............................................ 187
• Auto Reassign Sector ...................................................... 187
• Consistency Check ......................................................... 188
Data Protection .................................................................. 188
• Battery Backup ............................................................. 188
• Recovery ROM ............................................................... 189
Appendix F .................................................................. 190
Understanding RAID .......................................................... 190
RAID 0 ............................................................................ 190
RAID 1 ............................................................................ 191
RAID 10(1E) .................................................................... 192
RAID 3 ............................................................................ 192
RAID 5 ............................................................................ 193
RAID 6 ............................................................................ 194
RAID p8-x0 .......................................................................... 194
JBOD .............................................................................. 195
Single Disk (Pass-Through Disk) ......................................... 195
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2. Hardware Installation
This section describes the procedures for installing the 6Gb/s SAS RAID
controllers.
2.1 Before You First Installing
Thanks for purchasing the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller as your RAID
data storage subsystem. This user manual gives simple step-by-
step instructions for installing and conguring the 6Gb/s SAS RAID
controller. To ensure personal safety and to protect your equipment
and data, reading the following information package list carefully
before you begin installing.
Package Contents
If your package is missing any of the items listed below, con-
tact your local dealers before you install. (Disk drives and disk
mounting brackets are not included)
• 1 x 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller in an ESD-protective bag
• 1 x Installation CD – containing driver, relative software, an
electronic version of this manual and other related manual
• 1 x User manual
• 1 x Low-prole bracket
2.2 Board Layout
The controller can support a family included 8 ports models as well
as industry-rst 8/12/16/24 internal ports with additional 4 exter-
nal ports. This section provides the board layout and connector/
jumper for the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller.
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LED Status
Link LED
(Green light)
When link LED illuminate that indicates the link LED is
connected.
Activity LED
(Blue light)
The activity LED illuminate that indicates the adapter is
active.
The following describes the ARC-1882 series link/activity LED.
Figure 2-4, ARC-1882x 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller
Connector Type Description
1. (J1) Battery Backup Module Connector 12-pin box header
2. (J2) Manufacture Purpose Port 12-pin header
3. (J3) I2C/LCD Connector 8-pin header
4. (J6) Ethernet Port RJ45
5. (SCN1) SAS 5-8 Ports (External) SFF-8088
6. (SCN2) SAS 1-4 Ports (External) SFF-8088
Table 2-4, ARC-1882x connectors
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Tools Required
An ESD grounding strap or mat is required. Also required are stan-
dard hand tools to open your system’s case.
System Requirement
The 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller can be installed in a universal PCIe
slot and requires a motherboard that:
ARC-1882 series 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller requires:
• Comply with the PCIe 2.0 x8 lanes
It can work on the PCIe 2.0 x1, x4, x8, and x16 signal with x8 or
x16 mechanical slot M/B.
• Backward-compatibe with PCIe 1.0
Installation Tools
The following items may be needed to assist with installing the
6Gb/s SAS RAID controller into an available PCIe expansion slot.
• Small screwdriver
• Host system hardware manuals and manuals for the disk or
enclosure being installed.
Personal Safety Instructions
Use the following safety instructions to help you protect your
computer system from potential damage and to ensure your own
personal safety.
• Always wear a grounding strap or work on an ESD-protective
mat.
Warning:
High voltages may be found inside computer equipment. Be-
fore installing any of the hardware in this package or remov-
ing the protective covers of any computer equipment, turn off
power switches and disconnect power cords. Do not reconnect
the power cords until you have replaced the covers.
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• Before opening the system cover, turn off power switches and
unplug the power cords. Do not reconnect the power cords until
you have replaced the covers.
Electrostatic Discharge
Static electricity can cause serious damage to the electronic com-
ponents on this 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller. To avoid damage
caused by electrostatic discharge, observe the following precau-
tions:
• Do not remove the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller from its anti-stat-
ic packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case.
• Handle the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller by its edges or by the
metal mounting brackets at its each end.
• Before you handle the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller in any way,
touch a grounded, anti-static surface, such as an unpainted por-
tion of the system chassis, for a few seconds to discharge any
built-up static electricity.
2.3 Installation
Use the following instructions below to install a PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SAS
RAID controller.
Step 1. Unpack
Unpack and remove the PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller from
the package. Inspect it carefully, if anything is missing or damaged,
contact your local dealer.
Step 2. Power PC/Server Off
Turn off computer and remove the AC power cord. Remove the
system’s cover. For the instructions, please see the computer sys-
tem documentation.
Step 3. Check Memory Module
Be sure of the cache memory module is present and seated rmly
in the DIMM socket (DDR3-1333) for ARC1882ix-12/16/24 models.
The physical memory conguration for ARC-1882ix series is one
240-pin DDR3-1333 ECC single rank SDRAM DIMM module.
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In the backplane solution, SAS/SATA drives are directly connected
to 6Gb/s SAS system backplane or through an expander board.
The number of SAS/SATA drives is limited to the number of slots
available on the backplane. Some backplanes support daisy chain
expansion to the next backplanes. The 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller
can support daisy-chain up to 8 enclosures. The maximum drive
no. is 128 devices through 8 enclosures. The following gure shows
how to connect the external Min SAS cable from the 6Gb/s SAS
RAID controller that has external connectors to the external drive
boxes or drive enclosures.
The following table is the max no. of 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller
supported:
Disks/Enclosure Expander Disks/Controller Volume
Max No. 32 8 128 128
Figure 2-6, External connector to a drive box or drive enclosure
Note:
1. The maximum no. is 32 disk drives included in a single
RAID set.
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Figure 2-8, SAS cable connect to backplane
Figure 2-7, SAS cable connect to HD
Step 6. Install SAS Cable
This section describes SAS cable how to connect on controller.
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Step 7. Install the LED Cable (option)
The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the inter-
nal SFF-8087 connector. This connector has eight signal pins to
support four SAS/SATA drives and six pins for the SGPIO (Serial
General Purpose Input/Output) side-band signals. The SGPIO bus
is used for efcient LED management and for sensing drive Locate
status. See SFF 8485 for the specication of the SGPIO bus. For
backplane without SGPIO supporting, Please refer to Section 2.4
LED cables for fault/activity LED cable installation.
LED Management: The backplane may contain LEDs to indicate
drive status. Light from the LEDs could be transmitted to the out-
side of the server by using light pipes mounted on the SAS drive
tray. A small microcontroller on the backplane, connected via the
SGPIO bus to a 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller, could control the LEDs.
Activity: blinking 5 times/second and Fault: solid illuminated
Drive Locate Circuitry: The location of a drive may be detected by
sensing the voltage level of one of the pre-charge pins before and
after a drive is installed.
The following signals dene the SGPIO assignments for the Min
SAS 4i internal connector (SFF-8087) in the 6Gb/s SAS RAID con-
troller.
PIN Description PIN Description
SideBand0 SClock (Clock signal) SideBand1 SLoad (Last clock of a bit
stream)
SideBand2 Ground SideBand3 Ground
SideBand4 SDataOut (Serial data
output bit stream)
SideBand5 SDataIn (Serial data input bit
stream)
SideBand6 Reserved SideBand7 Reserved
The SFF-8087 to 4 SATA with sideband cable which follows
SFF-8448 specication. The SFF-8448 sideband signals cable
is reserved for the backplane with header on it.The following
signal denes the sideband connector which can work with Areca
sideband cable on its SFF-8087 to 4 SATA cable.
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Figure 2-9, Internal Min SAS 4i to 4x SATA cable
nal connectors, each of them can support up to four SAS/SATA
drives.
These controllers can be installed in a server RAID enclosure
with standard SATA connectors backplane. The following diagram
shows the picture of Min SAS 4i to 4*SATA cables. Backplane
supports SGPIO header can leverage the SGPIO function on the
6Gb/s SAS RAID controller through the sideband cable.
The SFF-8448 sideband signals cable is reserved for the back-
plane with header on it.
2.4.2 Internal Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF-8482 Cable
These controllers can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with
out a backplane. The kind of cable will attach directly to the SAS
disk drives. The following diagram shows the picture of Min SAS
4i (SFF-8087) to 4xSFF-8482 cables.
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Figure 2-10, Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF-8482 cable
2.4.3 Internal Min SAS 4i (SFF-8087) to Internal
Min SAS 4i (SFF-8087) cable
The 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers have 1-6 Min SAS 4i internal
SFF-8087 connectors, each of them can support up to four SAS/
SATA signals. These controllers can be installed in a server RAID
enclosure with Min SAS 4i internal connectors backplane. This
Min SAS 4i cable has eight signal pins to support four SAS/SATA
drives and six pins for the SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/
Output) side-band signals. The SGPIO bus is used for efcient
LED management and for sensing drive Locate status.
Figure 2-11, Min SAS 4i to Min SAS 4i cable
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Figure 2-12, Min SAS 4x to Min SAS 4x cable
2.4.4 External Min SAS 4x Drive Boxes and Drive
Expanders
The Min SAS 4x external cables are used for connection between
the 6Gb/s SAS controller external connectors and connectors on
the external drive boxes or drive expanders (JBOD). The 6Gb/s
SAS controller has Min SAS 4x (SFF-8088) external connector,
each of them can support up to four SAS/SATA signals.
2.5 LED Cables
There is no SGPIO supported in the most of old version SATA back-
plane. The 6Gb/s SAS controller also provides two kinds of alterna-
tive LED cable header to support the fault/activity status for those
backplanes. The global indicator connector is used by the server
global indicator LED.
The following electronics schematic is the 6Gb/s SAS RAID control-
ler logical of fault/activity header. The signal for each pin is cathode
(-) side.
The following diagrams and descriptions describe each type of con-
nector.
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Note:
A cable for the global indicator comes with your computer
system. Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with a
drive cage, or you may need to purchase them.
LED Normal Status Problem Indication
Fault LED When the fault LED is solid
illuminated, there is no disk
present. When the fault LED
is off, then disk is present
and status is normal.
When the fault LED is slow blinking
(2 times/sec), that disk drive has
failed and should be hot-swapped
immediately. When the activity
LED is illuminated and fault LED is
fast blinking (10 times/sec) there
is rebuilding activity on that disk
drive.
A: Individual Activity/Fault LED and Global Indicator Con-
nector
Most of the backplane has supported the HDD activity from the
HDD. The 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller also provides the fault activity
for fault LED. Connect the cables for the drive fault LEDs between
the backplane of the cage and the respective connector on the
6Gb/s SAS RAID controller.
The following table is the fault LED signal behavior.
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Figure 2-13, ARC-
1882ix-12/16/24 individual
LED for each channel drive and
global indicator connector for
computer case.
If the system will use only a single global indicator, attach the
LED to the two pins of the global activity/cache write-pending
connector. The global fault pin pair connector is the overall fault
signal. This signal will light up in any disk drive failure.
The following diagrams show all LEDs, connectors and pin
locations.
Figure 2-14, ARC-1882i
individual LED for each channel
drive and global indicator
connector for computer case.
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Figure 2-15, ARC-1882LP
individual LED for each channel
drive and global indicator
connector for computer case.
Figure 2-16, ARC-1882x
individual LED for each channel
drive and global indicator
connector for computer case.
Figure 2-18, Activity/Fault LED serial bus connector connected
between 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller & 4 SATA HDD backplane.
B: Areca Serial Bus Connector
You can also connect the Areca interface to a proprietary SAS/
SATA backplane enclosure. This can reduce the number of activity
LED and/or fault LED cables. The I2C interface can also cascade to
another SAS/SATA backplane enclosure for the additional channel
status display.
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Note:
The capacity of the replacement drives must be at least
as large as the capacity of the other drives in the raid set.
Drives of insufcient capacity will be failed immediately by
the RAID controller without starting the “Automatic Data
Rebuild”.
2.5.2 Replacing a Failed Drive
With RAID subsystem drive tray, you can replace a defective
physical drive while your computer is still operating. When a new
drive has been installed, data reconstruction will be automatically
started to rebuild the contents of the disk drive. The controller
always uses the smallest hotspare that “ts”. If a hotspare is used
and the defective drive is exchanged on-line, the new inserted
HDD will automatically assign as a hotsapre HDD.
2.6 Summary of the installation
The ow chart below describes the installation procedures for 6Gb/
s SAS RAID controllers. These procedures includes hardware instal-
lation, the creation and conguration of a RAID volume through the
McBIOS/McRAID manager, OS installation and installation of 6Gb/s
SAS RAID controller software.
The software components congure and monitor the 6Gb/s SAS
RAID controllers as following table.
Conguration Utility Operating System Supported
McBIOS RAID Manager OS-Independent
McRAID Storage Manager
(Via Archttp proxy server)
Windows 7/2008/Vista/XP/2003, Linux,
FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac
SAP Monitor (Single Admin Portal to
scan for multiple RAID units in the net-
work, via ArcHttp proxy server)
Windows 7/2008/Vista/XP/2003
SNMP Manager Console Integration Windows 7/2008/Vista/XP/2003, Linux
and FreeBSD
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3. McBIOS RAID Manager
The system mainboard BIOS automatically congures the following
6Gb/s SAS RAID controller parameters at power-up:
• I/O Port Address
• Interrupt Channel (IRQ)
• Controller ROM Base Address
Use McBIOS RAID manager to further congure the 6Gb/s SAS RAID
controller to suit your server hardware and operating system.
3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager
This section explains how to use the McBIOS RAID manager to
congure your RAID system. The McBIOS RAID manager is de-
signed to be user-friendly. It is a menu-driven program, residing
in the rmware, which allows you to scroll through various menus
and sub-menus and select among the predetermined conguration
options.
When starting a system with a 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller in-
stalled, it will display the following message on the monitor during
the start-up sequence (after the system BIOS startup screen but
before the operating system boots):
The McBIOS RAID manager message remains on your screen for
about nine seconds, giving you time to start the conguration
menu by pressing or . If you do not wish to enter congu-Tab F6
ration menu, press to skip conguration immediately. When ESC
activated, the McBIOS RAID manager window appears showing a
selection dialog box listing the 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers that are
installed in the system.
The legend at the bottom of the screen shows you what keys are
enabled for the windows.
Bus/Dev/Fun= 4/0/0, I/0-Port=28000000h, IRQ=11, BIOS=C800 : 0h
ID-LUN=00-0, Vol=”Areca ARC-1882-VOL#000R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)
ID-LUN=00-1, Vol=”Areca ARC-1882-VOL#001R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)
ID-LUN=00-2, Vol=”Areca ARC-1882-VOL#002R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)
RAID controller BIOS not installed
Press <Tab/F6> to enter SETUP menu. 9 second(s) left <ESC to Skip>..
ARC-1882 PCIEx8/2.5G RAID Controller - DRAM: 1024(MB) / #Channels: 8
BIOS: V1.22d / Date: 2010-11-16 - F/W: V1.49 / Date: 2011-05-31
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Areca Technology Corporation RAID Setup <V1.40, 2006/08/8>
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, **** Press F10 (Tab) to Reboot ****
Select An Adapter To Congure
( 001/ 0/0) I/O=28000000h, IRQ = 9
Use the and arrow keys to select the controller you want Up Down
to congure. While the desired controller is highlighted, press the
Enter key to enter the main menu of the McBIOS RAID manager.
3.2 McBIOS RAID manager
The McBIOS RAID manager is rmware-based and is used to con-
gure RAID sets and volume sets. Because the utility resides in the
6Gb/s SAS RAID controller rmware, operation is independent of
any operating systems on your computer. This utility can be used
to:
• Create RAID sets,
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Verify Password
Note:
T h e m a n u f a c t u re
default password is
set to ; this 0000
p a s s w o r d c a n b e
modied by selecting
Change Password
in the Raid System
Function section.
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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 Volume/Raid Setup” conguration
will add the spare disk drive and automatically display the appro-
priate RAID level from which the user can select. For the “Raid Set
Function” conguration option, the user can use the “Create Hot
Spare” option to dene the hot spare disk drive.
When a hot spare disk drive is being created using the “Create Hot
Spare” option (in the “Raid Set Function”), all unused physical de-
vices connected to the current controller appear:
Choose the target disk by selecting the appropriate check box.
Press key to select a disk drive, and press Enter Yes in the “Cre-
ate Hot Spare” to designate it as a hot spare.
• Expand RAID sets,
• Add physical drives,
• Dene volume sets,
• Modify volume sets,
• Modify RAID level/stripe size,
• Dene pass-through disk drives,
• Modify system functions and
• Designate drives as hot spares.
3.3 Conguring Raid Sets and Volume Sets
You can congure RAID sets and volume sets with McBIOS RAID
manager automatically. Using “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” or manu-
ally using “Raid Set/Volume Set Function”. Each conguration
method requires a different level of user input. The general ow of
operations for RAID set and volume set conguration is:
Step Action
1 Designate hot spares/pass-through drives (optional).
2 Choose a conguration method.
3 Create RAID sets using the available physical drives.
4 Dene volume sets using the space available in the RAID set.
5 Initialize the volume sets and use volume sets (as logical drives) in the
host OS.
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3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Con-
guration
“Quick Volume / Raid Setup conguration” collects all available
drives and includes them in a RAID set. The RAID set you created
is associated with exactly one volume set. You will only be able to
modify the default RAID level, stripe size and capacity of the new
volume set. Designating drives as hot spares is also possible in the
“Raid Level” selection option. The volume set default settings will
be:
Parameter Setting
Volume Name ARC-1882-VOL#00
SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN 0/0/0
Cache Mode Write-Back
Tag Queuing Yes
The default setting values can be changed after conguration is
completed. Follow the steps below to create arrays using the “Raid
Set / Volume Set” method:
Step Action
1 Choose “Quick Volume /Raid Setup” from the main menu. The available
RAID levels with hot spare for the current volume set drive are displayed.
2 It is recommended that you use drives of the same capacity in a specic
array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in
the RAID set will be set to the capacity of the smallest drive in the RAID
set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specic array determines which RAID
levels that can be implemented in the array.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives.
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives.
RAID 10(1E) requires at least 3 physical drives.
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives.
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives.
RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives.
RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives.
RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives.
RAID 6 + Spare requires at least 5 physical drives.
Highlight the desired RAID level for the volume set and press the Enter
key to conrm.
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3.7 Main Menu
The main menu shows all functions that are available for executing
actions, which is accomplished by clicking on the appropriate link.
Note:
The manufacture default password is set to ; this 0000
password can be modied by selecting “Change Password”
in the “Raid System Function section.”
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Verify Password
10 Choosing Foreground (Fast Completion) Press key to dene fast Enter
initialization or selected the Background (Instant Available) or No Init
(To Rescue Volume). In the “Background Initialization”, the initialization
proceeds as a background task, the volume set is fully accessible for
system reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access
to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the
initialization complete. In “Foreground Initialization”, the initialization
proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system
accesses. In “No Init”, there is no initialization on this volume.
11 If space remains in the RAID set, the next volume set can be congured.
Repeat steps 8 to 10 to congure another volume set.
BIOS CONFIGURATION
47
Option Description
Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create a default conguration based on the number of
physical disk installed
Raid Set Function Create a customized RAID set
Volume Set Function Create a customized volume set
Physical Drives View individual disk information
Raid System Function Setup the RAID system conguration
Hdd Power Management Manage HDD power based on usage patterns
Ethernet Conguration LAN port setting
View System Events Record all system events in the buffer
Clear Event Buffer Clear all information in the event buffer
Hardware Monitor Show the hardware system environment status
System Information View the controller system information
This password option allows user to set or clear the RAID control-
ler’s password protection feature. Once the password has been
set, the user can only monitor and congure the RAID controller
by providing the correct password. The password is used to protect
the internal RAID controller from unauthorized entry. The control-
ler will prompt for the password only when entering the main menu
from the initial screen. The RAID controller will automatically return
to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in ve
minutes.
3.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup
“Quick Volume/Raid Setup” is the fastest way to prepare a RAID
set and volume set. It requires only a few keystrokes to com-
plete. Although disk drives of different capacity may be used in
the RAID set, it will use the capacity of the smallest disk drive as
the capacity of all disk drives in the RAID set. The “Quick Vol-
ume/Raid Setup” option creates a RAID set with the following
properties:
1). All of the physical drives are contained in one RAID set.
2). The RAID level, hot spare, capacity, and stripe size options
are selected during the conguration process.
3). When a single volume set is created, it can consume all or a
portion of the available disk capacity in this RAID set.
BIOS CONFIGURATION
49
This option works on different OS which supports 16 bytes CDB.
Such as:
Windows 2003 with SP1 or later
Linux kernel 2.6.x or later
• Use 4K Block
It change the sector size from default 512 bytes to 4k bytes. The
maximum volume capacity up to 16TB. This option works under
Windows platform only. And it can not be converted to “Dynamic
Disk”, because 4k sector size is not a standard format.
For more details, please download pdf le from ftp://ftp.
areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/
Over2TB_050721.zip
A single volume set is created and consumes all or a portion of
the disk capacity available in this RAID set. Dene the capacity of
volume set in the “Available Capacity” popup. The default value
for the volume set, which is 100% of the available capacity, is
displayed in the selected capacity. use the UP DOWN and arrow
key to set capacity of the volume set and press key to ac-Enter
cept this value. If the volume set uses only part of the RAID set
capacity, you can use the “Create Volume Set” option in the main
menu to dene additional volume sets.
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Total 5 Drives
Raid 0
Raid 1 + 0
Raid 1 + 0 + Spare
Raid 3
Raid 5
Raid 3 + Spare
Raid 5 + Spare
Raid 6
Raid 6 +Spare
Raid 6
Available Capacity : 2400.0GB
Selected Capacity: 2400.0GB
Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to
each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, or 6 logical drive. You can set
the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
BIOS CONFIGURATION
51
3.7.2 Raid Set Function
Manual conguration gives complete control of the RAID set set-
ting, but it will take longer to congure than “Quick Volume/Raid
Setup” conguration. Select “Raid Set Function” to manually con-
gure the RAID set for the rst time or delete existing RAID sets
and recongure the RAID set.
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Total 5 Drives
Raid 0
Raid 1 + 0
Raid 1 + 0 + Spare
Raid 3
Raid 5
Raid 3 + Spare
Raid 5 + Spare
Raid 6
Raid 6 +Spare
Raid 6
Available Capacity : 2400.0GB
Selected Capacity: 2400.0GB
Select Strip Size
4K
8K
16K
32K
128K
64K
Initialization Mode
Background (Instant Available)
No Init (To Rescue Volume)
Foreground (Faster Completeion)
Select “Foreground (Faster Completion)” or “Background (Instant
Available)” for initialization and “No Init (To Rescue Volume)” for
recovering the missing RAID set conguration.
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Raid Set Function
BIOS CONFIGURATION
52
3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set
The following is the RAID set features for the 6Gb/s SAS RAID
controller.
1. Up to 32 disk drives can be included in a single RAID set.
2. Up to 128 RAID sets can be created per controller, but RAID
level 30 50 and 60 only can support eight sub-volumes (RAID
set).
To dene a RAID set, follow the procedures below:
1). Select “Raid Set Function” from the main menu.
2). Select “Create Raid Set “ from the “Raid Set Function” dialog
box.
3. A “Select IDE Drive For Raid Set” window is displayed show-
ing the SAS/SATA drives connected to the current controller.
Press the and arrow keys to select specic physical UP DOWN
drives. Press the key to associate the selected physical Enter
drive with the current RAID set. Repeat this step; the user can
add as many disk drives as are available to a single RAID set.
When nished selecting SAS/SATA drives for RAID set, press
Esc key. A “Create Raid Set Conrmation” screen will appear,
select the option to conrm it. Yes
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Raid Set Function
Raid Set Function
Delete Raid Set
Expand Raid Set
Ofine Raid Set
Activate Raid Set
Create Hot Spare
Delete Hot Spare
Rescue Raid Set
Raid Set Information
Create Raid Set
Select IDE Drives For Raid Set
[ ]E#1Solt#2 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#3 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS
[ ]E#1Solt#4 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#5 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#6 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#7 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360
[ ]E#1Solt#8 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS
[*]E#1Solt#1 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
4. An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box appears. Enter 1 to
15 alphanumeric characters to dene a unique identier for the
RAID set. The default RAID set name will always appear as Raid
Set. #.
5. Repeat steps 3 to dene another RAID sets.
BIOS CONFIGURATION
53
3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set
To completely erase and recongure a RAID set, you must rst
delete it and re-create the RAID set. To delete a RAID set, select
the RAID set number that you want to delete in the “Select Raid
Set To Delete” screen. Then “Delete Raid Set” dialog box will ap-
pear, press the to delete it. Warning, data on RAID set will Yes
be lost if this option is used. But for deleting RAID set with the
Raid 30/50/60 volume, rstly, you need to delete the volumes
belonging those RAID sets.
Note:
To create RAID 30/50/60 volume, you need create multiple
RAID sets (up to 8 RAID sets) rst with the same disk
members on each RAID set. The max no. disk drives per
volume set:
32 for RAID 0/1/10/3/5/6 and 128 for RAID 30/50/60.
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Raid Set Function
Raid Set Function
Delete Raid Set
Expand Raid Set
Ofine Raid Set
Activate Raid Set
Create Hot Spare
Delete Hot Spare
Rescue Raid Set
Raid Set Information
Create Raid Set
Select IDE Drives For Raid Set
[ ]E#1Solt#2 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#3 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS
[ ]E#1Solt#4 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#5 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#6 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#7 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360
[ ]E#1Solt#8 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS
[*]E#1Solt#1 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
Edit The Raid Set Name
aid Set # 000R
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Raid Set FunctionRaid Set Function
Delete Raid Set
Expand Raid Set
Ofine Raid Set
Activate Raid Set
Create Hot Spare
Delete Hot Spare
Rescue Raid Set
Raid Set Information
Create Raid Set
Select Raid Set to Delete
Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal
Raid Set # 001 :9/9 Disk: Normal
Raid Set # 003 :8/8 Disk: Normal
Raid Set # 004 :3/3 Disk: Normal
Raid Set # 005 :3/3 Disk: Normal
Raid Set # 006 :3/3 Disk: Normal
Raid Set # 007 :3/3 Disk: Normal
Raid Set # 000 :3/3 Disk: Normal
Select Raid Set To Delete
Raid Set # 000
Are you Sure?
No
Yes
BIOS CONFIGURATION
57
3.7.2.6 Create Hot Spare
When you choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the “Raid Set
Function”, all unused physical devices connected to the current
controller will result in the screen.
Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box.
Press the key to select a disk drive and press Enter Yes in the
“Create Hot Spare” to designate it as a hot spare.
The “Create Hot Spare” gives you the ability to dene a global
or dedicated hot spare. Unlike “Global Hot Spare” which can be
used with any RAID sets, “Dedicated Hot Spare” can only be
used with a specic RAID set or Enclosure. When a disk drive
fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated hot spare is
pre-set, data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the
dedicated hot spare disk.
3.7.2.7 Delete Hot Spare
Select the target hot spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap-
propriate check box.
Press the key to select a hot spare disk drive, and press Enter
Yes in the “Delete Hot Spare” screen to delete the hot spare.
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Raid Set Function
Raid Set Function
Raid Set
Delete Raid Set
Expand Raid Set
Ofine Raid Set
Activate Raid Set
Create Hot Spare
Delete Hot Spare
Rescue Raid Set
Raid Set Information
Create Hot Spare
Select Drives For HotSpare
[ ]E#1Solt#02 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#03 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS
[ ]E#1Solt#04 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#05 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#06 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
[ ]E#1Solt#07 : 500.1GB : HDS725050KL360
[ ]E#1Solt#08 : 500.1GB : ST3500630NS
[*]E#1Solt#01 : 400.1GB : Hitachi HDT725040VLA360
Select Hot Spare Type
Dedicated To RaidSet
Dedicated To Enclosure
Global
BIOS CONFIGURATION
65
• Stripe Size
This parameter sets the size of segment written to each disk in
a RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 6, 50 or 60 logical drive. You can set the
stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Volume Set Function
Volume Set Functions
Creat Volume Set
Create Raid30/50/60
Delete Volume Set
Modify Volume Set
Check Volume Set
Stop Volume Check
Display Volume Info.
Create Volume Set
Create Volume From Raid Set
Raid Set # 00
Volume Creation
Volume Name : ARC-1882-VOL#000
Raid Level : 5
Capacity : 2400.0GB
Stripe Size : 64K
SCSI Channel : 0
SCSI ID : 0
SCSI LUN : 0
Cache Mode : Write Back
Tag Queuing : Enabled
Stripe Size : 64K
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Volume Set Function
Volume Set Functions
Creat Volume Set
Create Raid30/50/60
Delete Volume Set
Modify Volume Set
Check Volume Set
Stop Volume Check
Display Volume Info.
Create Volume Set
Create Volume From Raid Set
Raid Set # 00
Volume Creation
Volume Name : ARC-1882-VOL#000
Raid Level : 5
Capacity : 2400.0GB
Stripe Size : 64K
SCSI Channel : 0
SCSI ID : 0
SCSI LUN : 0
Cache Mode : Write Back
Tag Queuing : Enabled
SCSI Channel : 0
The 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller function simulates a external
SCSI RAID controller. The host bus represents the SCSI chan-
nel. Choose the “SCSI Channel”. A “Select SCSI Channel” dialog
box appears; select the channel number and press the Enter
key to conrm it.
BIOS CONFIGURATION
71
Note:
Power failure may damage the migration data. Please back-
up the RAID data before you start the migration function.
3.7.3.4.2 Volume Set Migration
Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID
level to another, when a volume set strip size changes, or when
a disk is added to a RAID set. Migration state is displayed in the
volume state area of the “Volume Set Information” screen.
3.7.3.5 Check Volume Set
Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in
a volume set. For example, in a system with a dedicated parity
disk drive, a volume set check entails computing the parity of
the data disk drives and comparing those results to the contents
of the dedicated parity disk drive. To check volume set, move
the cursor bar to the “Check Volume Set” item, then press the
Enter key. The “Volume Set Functions” menu will show all RAID
set number items. Move the cursor bar to an RAID set number
item and then press the key to show all volume set items. Enter
Select the volume set to be checked from the list and press En-
ter key to select it. After completed the selection, the conrma-
tion screen appears, press to start the check.Yes
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Volume Set Function
Volume Set Functions
Create Volume Set
Create Raid30/50/60
Delete Volume Set
Modify Volume Set
Check Volume Set
Stop Volume Check
Display Volume Info.
Display Volume Info.
Select Volume To Display
ARC-1880-VOL#009 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)
VOL#003R30Vo14-1(Raid Set # 002)
VOL#003R30Vo14-2(Raid Set # 003)
VOL#003R30Vo14-3(Raid Set # 004)
ARC-1880-VOL#004 (Raid 30/50/60 Vol)
The Volume Set Information
Volume Set Name : ARC-1882-VOL # 004
Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 02
Volume Capacity : 1200.0GB
Volume State : Migration
SCSI CH/ID/Lun : 0/0/4
Raid Level : 5
Stripe Size : 64K
Block Size : 512 Bytes
Member Disk : 5
Cache Attribute : Write-Back
Tag Queuing : Enabled

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