SATA RAID Cards ARC-1110/1120/1130/1160/1170 ( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controllers ) ARC-1110ML/1120ML/1130ML/1160ML ( 4/8-port Infinband connector and 12/16-port Multi-lane connector PCI-X SATA RAID Controllers ) ARC-1210/1220/1230/1260/1280 ( 4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controllers ) ARC-1231ML/1261ML/1280ML (12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controllers) USER Manual Version: 3.
Microsoft WHQL Windows Hardware Compatibility Test ARECA is committed to submitting products to the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), which is required for participation in the Windows Logo Program. Successful passage of the WHQL tests results in both the “Designed for Windows” logo for qualifying ARECA PCI-X and PCI-Express SATA RAID controllers and a listing on the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
Contents 1. Introduction............................................................... 10 1.1 Overview........................................................................ 10 1.2 Features......................................................................... 12 1.3 RAID Concept.................................................................. 15 1.3.1 RAID Set.................................................................... 15 1.3.2 Volume Set.......................................................
3.2 McBIOS Configuration manager.......................................... 57 3.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets............................... 58 3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares....................................... 58 3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration..................... 59 3.6 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function Method....................... 60 3.7 Main Menu ..................................................................... 62 3.7.1 Quick Volume/RAID Setup..................
3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting................................................ 89 3.7.5.3 Change Password................................................... 89 3.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Function............................................... 90 3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority......................................... 91 3.7.5.6 Maximum SATA Mode.............................................. 91 3.7.5.7 HDD Read Ahead Cache.......................................... 92 3.7.5.8 Stagger Power On...........................
5.4 For Solaris 10 x86.......................................................... 116 5.5 For Mac OS 10.x............................................................ 116 5.6 ArcHttp Configuration..................................................... 117 6. Web Browser-based Configuration .......................... 121 6.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager .................................. 121 • Another method to start-up McRAID Storage Manager from Windows Local Administration................................
• System Beeper Setting.................................................. 138 • Background Task Priority................................................ 138 • JBOD/RAID Configuration............................................... 138 • Maximun SATA Supported.............................................. 138 • HDD Read Ahead Cache................................................. 138 • Stagger Power on . ....................................................... 139 • Empty HDD Slot LED..........................
Appendix C................................................................... 159 SNMP Operation & Definition................................................. 159 Appendix D................................................................... 166 Event Notification Configurations......................................... 166 A. Device Event............................................................... 166 B. Volume Event.............................................................. 167 C. RAID Set Event...
INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction This section presents a brief overview of the SATA RAID Series controller, ARC-1110/1110ML/1120/1120ML/1130/1130ML/1160/ 1160ML/1170 (4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controllers) and ARC-1210/1220/1230/1230/1231ML/1260/1261ML/1280/1280ML (4/8/12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controllers). 1.
INTRODUCTION chips, which can simultaneously communicate with the I/O processor and read or write data on multiple drives. Unsurpassed Data Availability As storage capacity requirements continue to rapidly increase, users require greater levels of disk drive fault tolerance, which can be implemented without doubling the investment in disk drives. RAID 1 (mirroring) provides high fault tolerance.
INTRODUCTION Linux, FreeBSD and more environments. This Web browser-based RAID management utility allows both local and remote creation and modification RAID sets, volume sets, and monitoring of RAID status from standard web browsers. 1.
INTRODUCTION • Redundant flash image for adapter availability • Support S.M.A.R.
INTRODUCTION Internal PCI-X RAID Card Comparison (ARC-11XX) 1110 1120 1130 RAID processor 1160 1170 IOP331 Host Bus Type PCI-X 133MHz RAID 6 support N/A YES YES YES YES Cache Memory 256MB 256MB One SODIMM One SODIMM One SODIMM Drive Support 4 * SATA ll 8 * SATA ll 12 * SATA ll 16 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA Disk Connector PCI-X RAID Card Comparison (ARC-11XXML) 1110ML 1120ML RAID processor 1130ML 1160ML IOP331 Host Bus Type PCI-X 133MHz RAID 6 sup
INTRODUCTION Internal PCI-Express RAID Card Comparison (ARC-12XX) 1231ML 1261ML RAID processor Cache Memory Drive Support Disk Connector 1280 IOP341 Host Bus Type RAID 6 support 1280ML PCI-Express X8 YES YES YES YES One DDR2 DIMM (Default 256MB, Upgrade to 2GB) 12 * SATA ll 16 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll 24 * SATA ll 3*Min SAS 4i 4*Min SAS 4i 6*Min SAS 4i 24*SATA 1.3 RAID Concept 1.3.1 RAID Set A RAID set is a group of disks connected to a RAID controller.
INTRODUCTION In the illustration, volume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while volume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation. Alterantively, the free space can be used to create volume 2, which could then be set to use RAID level 5. 1.3.3 Ease of Use Features 1.3.3.1 Foreground Availability/Background Initialization RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume sets can be used immediately after creation because they do not create parity data.
INTRODUCTION mation or data on that RAID set. Therefore, if a server fails, the RAID set disk drives can be moved to another server with an Areca RAID controller and the disks can be inserted in any order. 1.3.3.3 Online Capacity Expansion Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drives to a volume set without interrupting server operation, eliminating the need to backup and restore after reconfiguration of the RAID set.
INTRODUCTION The expansion process is illustrated as following figure. The SATA RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks, using the same faulttolerance configuration. The unused capacity on the expand RAID set can then be used to create an additional volume set, with a different fault tolerance setting (if required by the user.
INTRODUCTION 1.3.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities, a system with Areca online RAID level/stripe size migration allows a simplified upgrade to any supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system. The SATA RAID controllers can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set, while the server is online and the volume set is in use.
INTRODUCTION transparently while the volumes are online, but, at the end of the process, the operating system will detect free space at after the existing volume. Windows, NetWare and other advanced operating systems support volume expansion, which enables you to incorporate the additional free space within the volume into the operating system partition.
INTRODUCTION global hot spare disk drive. To effectively use the global hot spare feature, you must always maintain at least one drive that is marked as a global spare. Important: The hot spare must have at least the same capacity as the drive it replaces. 1.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support The SATA controller chip includes a protection circuit that supports the replacement of SATA hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system.
INTRODUCTION 1.4.4 Auto Rebuilding If a hot spare is available, the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails. The SATA RAID controllers automatically and transparently rebuild failed drives in the background at user-definable rebuild rates. If a hot spare is not available, the failed disk drive must be replaced with a new disk drive so that the data on the failed drive can be automatically rebuilt and so that fault tolerance can be maintained.
INTRODUCTION 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 drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending drive problems. This system is called S.M.A.R.T.
INTRODUCTION runs as a background task. Auto Reassign Sector discontinues when the operating system makes a request. 1.5.3 Consistency Check A consistency check is a process that verifies the integrity of redundant data. For example, performing a consistency check of a mirrored drive assures that the data on both drives of the mirrored pair is exactly the same.
INTRODUCTION 1.6.2 RECOVERY ROM The SATA RAID controller firmware is stored on the flash ROM and is executed by the I/O processor. The firmware can also be updated through the PCI-X/PCIe bus port or Ethernet port (if equipped) without the need to replace any hardware chips. During the controller firmware upgrade flash process, it is possible for a problem to occur resulting in corruption of the controller firmware.
INTRODUCTION simultaneously; the reliability of RAID Level 0 is less because the entire array 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. Read performance may be enhanced if the array controller can, in parallel, accesses both members of a mirrored pair.
INTRODUCTION 1.7.3 RAID 1E RAID 1E is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, combing stripping with disk mirroring. RAID Level 1E combines the fast performance of Level 0 with the data redundancy of Leve1 1. In this configuration, data is distributed across several disk drives, similar to Level 0, which are then duplicated to another set of drive for data protection. RAID 1E has been traditionally implemented using an even number of disks, some hybrids can use an odd number of disks as well.
INTRODUCTION the array. The parity data created during the exclusive-or is then written to the last drive in the array. If a single drive fails, data is still available by computing the exclusive-or of the contents corresponding strips of the surviving member disk. RAID 3 is best for applications that require very fast data- transfer rates or long data blocks. 1.7.5 RAID 5 RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level.
INTRODUCTION 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 computations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data. RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater than RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data. RAID 6 is an extension of RAID 5 but uses a second, independent distributed parity scheme.
INTRODUCTION 1 1E 3 5 30 Also known as mirroring All data replicated on N separated disks. N is almost always 2. This is a high availability solution, but due to the 100% duplication, it is also a costly solution. Half of drive capacity in array devoted to mirroring. 2 Also known Block-Interleaved Parity. Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all disks. Parity must be the equal to the smallest disk capacity in the array.
INTRODUCTION 6 RAID 6 provides the highest reliability. Similar to RAID 5, but does two different parity computations. RAID 6 offers fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5. Parity data consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives. 4 highest reliability Reads are similar to RAID 0; Writes are slower than a single disk Reads are similar to RAID 0; Writes are slower than a single disk.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the SATA RAID controllers. 2.1 Before Your begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the SATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system. This user guide gives simple step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the SATA RAID Controller.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Board Layout Follow the instructions below to install a PCI RAID Card into your PC / Server.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-3, ARC-1110ML/1120ML (4/8-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller) Figure 2-4, ARC-1210ML/1220ML (4-port PCI Express SAS RAID Controller) 34
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-5, ARC-1130/1160 (12/16-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller) Figure 2-6, ARC-1130ML/1160ML (12/16-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller) 35
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-7, ARC-1230/1260 (12/16-port PCI-EXpress SATA RAID Controller) Figure 2-8, ARC-1170 (24-port PCI-X SATA RAID Controller) 36
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-9, ARC-1280 (24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controller) Figure 2-10, ARC-1231ML/1261ML/1280ML (12/16/24-port PCI-Express SATA RAID Controller) 37
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Tools Required An ESD grounding strap or mat is required. Also required are standard 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 2.3 32/64-bit 33/66MHz, 3.3V. • Complies with the PCI-X 32/64-bit 66/100/133 MHz, 3.3V.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Warning: High voltages may be found inside computer equipment. Before installing any of the hardware in this package or removing 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. Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can cause serious damage to the electronic components on this SATA RAID controller.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 3. Install the PCI RAID Cards To install the SATA RAID controller remove the mounting screw and existing bracket from the rear panel behind the selected PCI slot. Align the gold-fingered edge on the card with the selected PCI expansion slot. Press down gently but firmly to ensure that the card is properly seated in the slot, as shown in Figure 2-11. Next, screw the bracket into the computer chassis. ARC-11xx controllers can fit in both PCI (32-bit/3.3V) and PCI-X slots.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-12, Mount Cages & Drives Step 5 Connect the SATA cable Model ARC-11XX and ARC-12XX controllers have dual-layer SATA internal connectors. If you have not already connected your SATA cables, use the cables included with your kit to connect the controller to the SATA hard drives. The cable connectors are all identical, so it does not matter which end you connect to your controller, SATA hard drive, or cage backplane SATA connector.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 5-2. Connect the Multi-lance cable Model ARC-11XXML has multi-lance internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SATA drives. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with a Multi-lance connector (SFF-8470) backplane. Multi-lance cables are not included in the ARC-11XXML package. If you have not already connected your Multi-lance cables, use the cables included with your enclosure to connect your controller to the Multi-lance connector backplane.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-15, Min SAS 4i to 4*SATA 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 SAS 4i internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SATA drives. These controllers can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with a Multilance connector (SFF-8470) backplane. Multi-lance cables are not included in the ARC-12XXML package.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 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 SATA drives. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with a Min SAS 4i internal connector backplane. Min SAS 4i cables are not included in the ARC-12XXML package.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION The intelligent LED controller outputs a low-level pulse to determine if status LEDs are attached to pin sets 1 and 2. This allows automatic controller configuration of the LED output. If the logical level is different between the fist 2 sets of the HDD LED header (LED attached to Set 1 but not Set 2), the controller will assign the first HDD LED header as the global indicator connector. Otherwise, each LED output will show only individual drive status.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-19, ARC1130/1160/1230/1260 global LED connection for Computer Case. Figure 2-20, ARC-1170 global LED connection for Computer Case. Figure 2-21, ARC-1280 global LED connection for Computer Case.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 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 between the backplane of the cage and the respective connector on the SATA RAID controller. The following describes the fault/activity LED. LED Normal Status Problem Indication Activity LED When the activity LED is illuminated, there is I/O activity on that disk drive.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-23, ARC1110/1120/1210/1220 Individual LED indicators connector, for each channel drive. Figure 2-24, ARC1130/1160/1230/1260 Individual LED indicators connector, for each channel drive. Figure 2-25, ARC-1170 Individual LED indicators connector, for each channel drive.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-26, ARC-1280 Individual LED indicators connector, for each channel drive. Figure 2-27, ARC-1231ML/ 1261ML/1280ML Individual LED indicators connector, for each channel drive. C: I2C Connector You can also connect the I2C interface to a proprietary SATA backplane enclosure. This can reduce the number of activity LED and/or fault LED cables. The I2C interface can also cascade to another SATA backplane enclosure for the additional channel status display.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-28, Activity/Fault LED I2C connector connected between SATA RAID Controller & SATA HDD Cage backplane. Figure 2-29, Activity/Fault LED I2C connector connected between SATA RAID Controller & 4 SATA HDD backplane. Note: Ci-Design has supported this feature in its 4-port 12-633605A SATA ll backplane. The following is the I2C signal name description for LCD & Fault/Activity LED.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION PIN Description PIN Description 1 power (+5V) 2 GND 3 LCD Module Interrupt 4 Fault/Activity Interrupt 5 LCD Module Serial Data 6 Fault/Activity clock 7 Fault/Activity Serial Data 8 LCD Module clock D: SGPIO bus The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the Min SAS 4i internal serial-attachment connector. This connector has eight signal pins to support four SATA drives and six pins for the SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Input/Output) side-band signals.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following signal defines the sideband connector which can work with Areca sideband cable. The sideband header is located at backplane. For SGPIO to work properly, please connect Areca 8-pin sideband cable to the sideband header as shown above. See the table for pin definitions. Step 7. Re-check the SATA HDD LED and Fault LED Cable connections Be sure that the proper failed drive channel information is displayed by the Fault and HDD Activity LEDs.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 10. Install the controller driver For a new system: • Driver installation usually takes places as part of operating system installation. Please reference the Chapter 4 Diver Installation for the detail installation procedure. In an existing system: • Install the controller driver into the existing operating system. Please reference the Chapter 4, Driver Installation, for the detailed installation procedure.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Summary of the installation The flow chart below describes the installation procedures for SATA RAID controller. These procedures include hardware installation, the creation and configuration of a RAID volume through the McBIOS, OS installation and installation of SATA RAID controller software. The software components configure and monitor the SATA RAID controller via ArcHttp Proxy Server.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION SNMP Manager Console Integration • Out of Band-Using Ethernet port (12/16/24-port Controller) Before launching the firmware-embedded SNMP agent in the sever, you need first to enable the fireware-embedded SNMP agent function on your SATA RAID controller. If you need additional information about installation and start-up this function, see the section 6.8.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3. McBIOS RAID Manager The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following SATA RAID controller parameters at power-up: • I/O Port Address • Interrupt channel (IRQ) • Adapter ROM Base Address Use McBIOS to further configure the SATA 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 Setup Utility to configure your RAID system.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Setup Select An Adapter To Configure ( 3/14/ 0)I/O=DD200000h, IRQ = 9 ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ** Select & Press F10 to Reboot** Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select the adapter you want to configure. While the desired adapter is highlighted, press the key to enter the Main Menu of the McBIOS Configuration Utility.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • • • • • • • Add physical drives, Define volume sets, Modify volume sets, Modify RAID level/stripe size, Define pass-through disk drives, Modify system functions, and Designate drives as hot spares. 3.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets You can configure RAID sets and volume sets with McBIOS RAID manager automatically using Quick Volume/Raid Setup or manually using Raid Set/Volume Set Function. Each configuration method requires a different level of user input.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration Quick Volume / Raid Setup Configuration collects all available drives and includes them in a RAID set. The RAID set you create is associated with exactly one volume set. You will only be able to modify the default RAID level, the stripe size, and the capacity of the new volume set. Designating drives as Hot Spares is also possible in the raid level selection option.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 The capacity for the current volume set is entered after highlighting the desired RAID level and pressing the Enter key. The capacity for the current volume set is displayed. Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to set the capacity of the volume set and press the Enter key to confirm. The available stripe sizes for the current volume set are then displayed. 4 Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the current volume set stripe size and press the Enter key to confirm.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Step Action 1 To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose RAID Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Hot Spare and press the Enter key to define the Hot Spare. 2 Choose RAID Set Function from the main menu. Select Create RAID Set and press the Enter key. 3 The “Select a Drive For Raid Set” window is displayed showing the SATA drives connected to the SATA RAID controller. 4 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specific physical drives.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Note: A user can use this method to examine the existing configuration. The “modify volume set configuration” method provides the same functions as the “create volume set configuration” method. In the volume set function, you can use “modify volume set” to change all volume set parameters except for capacity (size). 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.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 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 configure the raid controller by providing the correct password. The password is used to protect the internal RAID controller from unauthorized entry. The controller will prompt for the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Set. Select “Quick Volume/RAID Setup” from the main menu; all possible RAID level will be displayed on the screen. If volume capacity will exceed 2TB, controller will show the “Greater 2 TB volume Support” sub-menu.
BIOS CONFIGURATION A single volume set is created and consumes all or a portion of the disk capacity available in this raid set. Define 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. To enter a value less than the available capacity, type the new value and press the Enter key to accept this value.
BIOS CONFIGURATION are sure that your computer performs random reads more often, select a smaller stripe size. Press the Yes key in the “Create Vol/Raid” Set dialog box, the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize it. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Available Capacity : 160.1GB Quick Volume/Raid Setup Selected Capacity : 160.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw 3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set To define a RAID set, follow the procedure below: 1.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 4. An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for the RAID Set. The default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set. #.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create Raid Set Raid Set Function Raid Set VolumeDelete Set Function Select Drives For Raid Set Expansion Exp Expand Physical DrivesRaid Set Activate Raid Set80.0GBST380013AS Are you Sure? [*]Ch05| Raid System Function Create Spare 80.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create Raid Set Raid Set Function The Raid Set Information Raid Set VolumeDelete Set Function Expand RaidSet Set Name : Raid Set # 00 Physical DrivesRaid Activate Raid Set Disks Member : 4 Raid System Function Create Hot Spare Raid State : Migrating Ethernet Configuration DeleteEvents Hot Spare Total Capacity : 160.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.2.5 Create Hot Spare Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Raid Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create Raid Set Raid Set Function Raid Set VolumeDelete Set Function Select Drives For HotSpare, Max 3 HotSpare Supported Expand Physical DrivesRaid Set Activate Raid Set80.0GBST380013ASAre you Sure? [*]Ch05| Raid System Function Create Spare 80.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.2.7 Raid Set Information To display Raid Set information, move the cursor bar to the desired RAID set number, then press the Enter key. The “Raid Set Information” will display. You can only view information for the RAID set in this screen.
BIOS CONFIGURATION volume sets will reside on all physical disks in the RAID set. Thus each volume set on the RAID set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the RAID set rather than one volume set using some of the available disks and another volume set using other disks. 3.7.3.1 Create Volume Set 1. Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set. 2. Up to 16 volume sets in a RAID set can be created by the SATA RAID controller. 3.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Create Volume Set Creation Create Volume From Raid Set Volume Set Function Delete Volume Set Physical Drives Volume Name : Volume Set # 00 Modify Volume SetRaid Set # 00 Raid System Function Raid Level : 5 Check Volume SetRaid Set # 01 Ethernet Configuration Capacity : 160.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Volume Name Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Set Function Quick Volume Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Create Volume Set Creation Volume Set Function Create Volume From Raid Set Delete Volume Set Physical Drives Volume Name : Volume Set # 00 Modify Function Volume Set Raid System Raid Raid LevelSet #: 500 Check Volume Set Raid Set # 01 Ethernet Configuration Capacity : 160.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Capacity Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Available Capacity : Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Selected Capacity : Raid Set Function Volume Volume Set Creation VolumeCreate Set Function Create Volume From Raid Set Delete Volume Set Physical Drives Volume Name : Volume Set # 00 Modify Function Volume SetRaid Set # 00 Raid System Raid Level : 5 Check Volume SetRaid Set # 01 Etherne
BIOS CONFIGURATION • No It keeps the volume size with max. 2TB limitation. • LBA 64 This option use 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes. The maximum volume capacity up to 512TB. This option works on different OS which supports 16 bytes CDB. such as : Windows 2003 with SP1 Linux kernel 2.6.x or latter • For Windows It change the sector size from default 512 Bytes to 4k Byetes. the maximum volume capacity up to 16TB. This option works under Windows platform only.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • SCSI Channel Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Creation Create Volume Set Create Volume From Raid Set Volume Set Function Delete Volume Set Volume Name : Volume Set # 00 Physical Drives Modify Volume SetRaid Set # 00 Raid Level : 5 Raid System Function Check Volume SetRaid Set # 01 Capacity : 160.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • SCSI LUN Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Create Volume Set Creation Volume Set Function Create Volume From Raid Set Delete Volume Set Physical Drives Volume Name : Volume Set # 00 Modify Volume Set Raid Set # Raid System Function Raid Level : 5 00 Check Volume SetRaid Set # 01 Ethernet Configuration Capacity : 160.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Tag Queuing Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Create Volume Set Creation Create Volume From Raid Set VolumeDelete Set Function Volume Set Volume Name : Volume Set # 00 Physical Drives Modify Volume SetRaid Set # 00 Raid Level : 5 Raid System Check Function Volume SetRaid Set # 01 Capacity : 160.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.3.3 Modify Volume Set Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Volume Set Function Raid Set Function Create Volume Volume Set Function Set Delete Volume Set Physical Drives Modify Function Volume Set Raid System Check Volume Set Ethernet Configuration StopVolume Check View System Events Display Volume Info.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • Volume Growth Use this option to expand a raid set when a disk is added to the system. The additional capacity can be used to enlarge the volume set size or to create another volume set. The “Modify Volume Set Function” can support the “volume set expansion” function. To expand the volume set capacity from the “Raid Set System Function”, move the cursor bar to the “Volume Set Volume Capacity” item and entry the capacity size.
BIOS CONFIGURATION • 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 status is displayed in the volume status area of the “Volume Set Information” screen when moving from one RAID level to another, when a volume set strip size changes, or when a disk is added to a RAID set. 3.7.3.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.3.6 Display Volume Set Info. Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Volume Set Function Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Create Volume Set Volume Set Function Delete Volume Set Physical Drives Modify Function Volume Set Raid System Check Volume Set Ethernet Configuration StopVolume View System EventsCheck Display Volume Info.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.
BIOS CONFIGURATION When you choose this option, the physical disks connected to the SATA RAID controller are listed. Move the cursor to the desired drive and press Enter to view drive information. 3.7.4.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Physical Drive Information Raid Set Function VolumeView Set Function Drive Information Select The Drive Physical Drive Information DrivesPass-Through Create Disk Delete Pass-Through Raid System ModifyFunction Pass-Through Disk Pass Through |ST380013AS Ch01| 80.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.5 Raid System Function To set the raid system function, move the cursor bar to the main menu and select the “Raid System Function” item and then press Enter key. The “Raid System Function” menu will show multiple items. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press Enter key to select the desired function.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.5.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 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. To set or change the password, move the cursor to “Raid System Function” screen, press the “Change Password” item. The “Enter New Password” screen will appear.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.5.
BIOS CONFIGURATION be dynamically rescheduled or re-ordered, along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload. The SATA RAID controller allows the user to choose the SATA Mode: SATA150, SATA150+NCQ, SATA300, SATA300+NCQ. 3.7.5.7 HDD Read Ahead Cache Allow Read Ahead (Default: Enabled)—When Enabled, the drive’ s read ahead cache algorithm is used, providing maximum performance under most circumstances.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Areca has supported the fixed value staggered power up function in its previous version firmware. But from firmware version 1.39 and later, SATA RAID controller has included the option for customer to select the disk drives sequentially stagger power up value. The values can be selected from 0.4ms to 6ms per step which powers up one drive.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.5.10 HDD SMART Status Polling An external RAID enclosure has the hardware monitor in the dedicated backplane that can report HDD temperature status to the controller. However, PCI cards do not use backplanes if the drives are internal to the main server chassis. The type of enclosure cannot report the HDD temperature to the controller. For this reason, HDD SMART Status Polling was added to enable scanning of the HDD temperature function in the version 1.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main MenuRaid System Function Quick Volume/Raid Mute TheSetup Alert Beeper Raid Set Function Alert Beeper Setting Volume Set Function Change Password Physical Drives JBOD/RAID Function Raid System Function TaskController Background Priority Fan Detection Ethernet Configuration Maximum SATA Mode Disabled View System Events HDD Read Ahead Cache Enabled Clear Event Buffer Pow
BIOS CONFIGURATION ity of a drive that is used in redundant units. The controller provides three truncation modes in the system configuration: Multiples Of 10G, Multiples Of 1G, and No Truncation. Multiples Of 10G: If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For example, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 120 GB. Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume/Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw 3.7.6.
BIOS CONFIGURATION configure the IP address of the controller, move the cursor bar to the Main menu “Ethernet Configuration Function” item and then press the Enter key. The “Ethernet Configuration” menu appears on the screen. Move the cursor bar to DHCP Function item, then press Enter key to show the DHCP setting. Select the “Disabled’ or ‘Enabled” option to enable or disable the DHCP function.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3.7.6.3 Ethernet Address A MAC address stands for “Media Access Control” address and is unique to every single ethernet device. On an Ethernet LAN, it’s the same as your Ethernet address. When you’re connected to a local network from the SATA RAID controller Ethernet port, a correspondence table relates your IP address to the SATA RAID controller’s physical (MAC) address on the LAN.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 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 relative time from the SATA RAID controller powered on. 3.7.8 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer. 3.7.9 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID controller’s hardware monitor information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the “Hardware Monitor” link.
BIOS CONFIGURATION item, then press Enter key. All relevant controller information will be displayed.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller driver to your operating system. The installation procedures use the following terminology: Installing operating system on the SATA Volume If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to install operating system on a disk drive managed by the SATA RAID Controller. The driver installation is a part of the operating system installation.
DRIVER INSTALLATION The following steps are required to create the driver diskettes: 1. The computer system BIOS must be set to boot-up from the CDROM. 2. Insert the SATA Controller Driver CD disc into the CD-ROM drive. 3. The system will boot-up from CD-ROM Drive; to create the driver diskettes, select the “SATA RAID controller Driver Diskette Make Utility”, and a screen with several choices will be displayed. 4. Move the highlight bar to the “Create Driver Disk” entry and press Enter. 5.
DRIVER INSTALLATION The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003. Storport implements a new architecture designed for better performance with RAID systems and in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Storport delivers higher I/O throughput, enhanced manageability, and an improved miniport interface. Storport better utilizes faster adapters through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call (DPC) and improved queue management. 4.2.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Press F6 as soon as the Windows screen shows ”Setup is inspecting your Computer’s hardware Configuration”. A message stating “Press F6 to specify thrid-party RAID controller” will display during this time. This must be done or else the Windows installer will not prompt for the driver for from the SATA RAID controller and the driver diskette will not be recognized. 5.
DRIVER INSTALLATION Continue with the following steps to make any additional volume sets or pass-through disks accessible to Windows. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID controller hardware, driver, and Windows are installed and operational in your system. 1. Partition and format the new volume set or disks using Disk Administrator: a. Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu. b. Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu. c. Select Storage. d. Select Disk Management. 2.
DRIVER INSTALLATION which guides you in installing the SATA 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 specific driver.” and click on Next. 5. When the next screen queries the user about utilizing the currently installed driver, click on the Have Disk button. 6.
DRIVER INSTALLATION procedure assumes that the SATA RAID controller hardware, driver, and Windows are installed and operational in your system. 1. Partition and format the new arrays or disks using Disk Administrator: a. Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu. b. Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu. c. Select Storage. d. Select Disk Management. 2. Follow the on-screen prompts to write a signature to the drive. 3.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller driver to Red Hat Linux, and SuSE Linux. Before installing the SATA RAID driver to the Linux, complete the following actions: 1. Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation. 2. Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to enter the McBIOS RAID manager configuration utility.
DRIVER INSTALLATION utility to create the raid set and volume set. For details, see Chapter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager. The supplied CD-ROM that came with the SATA RAID controller includes compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD 4.x (4.2 and onwards) and 5.x (5.2 and onwards). To check if a more current version driver is available, please see the ARECA web site at http:// www.areca.com.tw. Please refer to the “readme.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.7 Driver Installation for UnixWare 7.1.4 Please refer to the “readme.txt” file 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.txt” file on the software CD-ROM or a manual from website: http://www.areca.com.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 5. ArcHttp Proxy Server Installation Overview After hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the SATA RAID controller must be configured and the volume set units initialized before they are ready to use. The user interface for these tasks can be accessed through the built-in configuration and administration utility that resides in the controller’s firmware.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 5.1 For Windows You must have administrative level permissions to install SATA RAID software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and Windows are installed and operational in your system. Screen captures in this section are taken from a Windows XP installation. If you are running another version of Windows, your instalation screen may look different, but the ArcHttp proxy server installation is essentially the same. 1.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION Click on the start button in the Windows 2000/XP task bar and then click Program, select the McRAID and run “ ArcHttp proxy server”. The ArcHttp dialog box appears. 1. When you select “Controller#01(PCI)” then click “Start” button. Then web broswer appears. 2. If you select “Cfg Assistant” then click “Start” button. The ArcHttp Configuration apperas. (please refer to section 5.6 ArcHttp Configuration) 5.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION Usage: ./archttp32 (TCP_PORT) or ./archttp64 (TCP_PORT). It depends on your OS version. Parameters: TCP_PORT value= 1~65535 (If TCP_PORT assigned, Archttp will start from this port. Otherwise, it will use the setting in archttpsrv.conf ) 4. Runing the ArcHttp file then ArcHttp screen appears. Copyright (c) 2004 Areca, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Areca HTTP proxy server V1.80.240 for Areca RAID controllers.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION 5.4 For Solaris 10 x86 You must have administrative level permissions to install SATA RAID software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and FreeBSD are installed and operational in your system. The following details Solaris installation procedure of the SATA RAID controller software. 1. Insert the RAID subsystem CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Copy \PACKAGES\Solaris\http directory to local The next following step is the same with Linux.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION (1).Run the archttp64 using Terminal.app by using the following command: Usage: sudo ./archttp64 (TCP_PORT). Parameters: TCP_PORT value= 1~65535 (If TCP_PORT assigned, Archttp will start from this port. Otherwise, it will use the setting in the archttpsrv.conf or default 81). This is the port address assigning for the first adapter. Such as: sudo ./archttp64 1553 (2). Archttp server console started, Controller card detected then ArcHttp proxy server screen appears.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION The ArcHttp configuration starts. • General Configuration Binding IP 0.0.0.0: You 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. Binding IP 192.166.0.44: Using remote adminstration to connect web browser. HTTP Port#: Value 1~65535 Display HTTP Connection Information To Console: Select “Yes’ to show Http send bytes and receive bytes information in the console.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION Ex: RaidController_1@areca.com.tw Account: enter the valid account if your SMTP mail server need authentication. Password: enter the valid password if your SMTP mail server need authentication. MailTo Name: enter the alert receiver name that will be shown in the outgoing mail. Mail Address: enter the alert receiver mail address. Ex: admin@areca.com.tw Note: Please make sure you have completed mail address before you submit mail configurations.
ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION Configure Configuration and submit. After ArcHttp configurations have successfully submitted, the Archttp console restarts again. Note: Event Notification Table refer to Appendix D. After you confirm and submit configurations, you can use Generate Test Event feature to make sure these settings are correct.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6. Web Browser-based Configuration Before using the McRAID firmware-based browser utility, do the initial setup and installation of this product. If you need to boot up the operating system from a RAID volume set, you must first create a RAID volume by using McBIOS RAID Storage Manager. Please refer to section 3.3 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration for information on creating this initial volume set.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION and a supported browser. A locally managed system requires all of the following components: • A supported Web browser, which should already be installed on the system. • Install ArcHttp proxy server on the SATA RAID system. (Refer to Chapter 5, Archttp Proxy Server Installation) • Remote and managed systems must have a TCP/IP connection. Note: For windows, if there is no volume set created by the MCBIOS manager, Archttp program can not find raid card.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The “Enter Network Password” dialog screen appears, type the User Name and Password. The RAID subsystem controller default User Name is “admin” and the Password is “0000”. After entering the user name and password, press Enter to access the McRAID Storage Manager. 6.1.1 Through Ethernet port (Out-of-Band) Areca now offers an alternative means of communication for the PCI-X/PCIe RAID Adapter – McRAID Web Browser-based RAID Management program.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The controller has embedded the TCP/IP & Web Browser-based RAID manager in the firmware. User can remote manage the RAID controller without adding any user specific software (platform independent) via standard web browsers directly connected to the 10/100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port. To configure External RAID subsystem on a remote machine, you need to know its IP Address. The IP address will default show in BIOS configuration of Ethernet configuration option.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION To display raid set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired raid set number, then click it. The raid set Information will display. To display volume set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired Volume Set number, then click it. The volume set Information will display. To display drive information, move the mouse cursor to the desired physical drive number, then click it. The drive Information will display. 6.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: In Quick Create, your volume set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system. Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize your system. The number of physical drives in the SATA RAID controller determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the RAID set. You can create a raid set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the RAID level, stripe size, and capacity.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The Drive For RAID Set” screen is displayed showing the drive(s) connected to the current controller. Click on the selected physical drives within the current raid set. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for a raid set. The default raid set name will always appear as “Raid Set. #”. Click the “Confirm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button on the screen; the RAID set will start to initialize. 6.5.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 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 drive is available. To expand a raid set, click on the “Expand Raid Set” link. Select the target RAID set to be expanded. Click the available disk and the “Confirm The Operation” check box and then click on the “Submit” button on the screen to add disks to the RAID set. 6.5.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION To activate the incomplete the RAID set, click on the “Activate Raid Set” link. A “Select The RAID SET To Activate” screen is displayed showing all raid sets existing on the current controller. Click the RAID set number to activate in the select column. Click on the “Submit” button on the screen to activate the raid set that had a disk removed (or failed) in the power off state. The SATA RAID controller will continue to work in degraded mode. 6.5.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The “RESCUE” function can recover the missing RAID set information. The RAID controller uses the time as the RAID set signature. The RAID set may have different time after the RAID set is recovered. The “SIGANT” function can regenerate the signature for the RAID set. 6.6 Volume Set Functions A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION main menu and click on the “Create Volume Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set To Create On It” screen will show all RAID set numbers. Click the RAID set number that to be used and then click the “Submit” button. The “create new volume set” option allows users to select the Volume name, capacity, RAID level, strip size, SCSI ID/LUN, Cache mode, and tag queuing. • Volume Name The default volume name will always appear as “Volume Set. #”.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Initialization Mode Press “Enter” key to define fast initialization or Selected the Background (Instant Available). When 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.
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 To delete a volume set from RAID set, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Delete Volume Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set To Delete” screen will show all RAID set numbers.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 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 raid revel simultaneously. • You can expand volume capacity, but can’t reduce volume capacity size. For Greater 2TB expansion: • If your system installed in the volume, don't expanded the volume capacity greater 2TB, currently OS can’t support boot up from a greater 2TB capacity device. • Expanded over 2TB used LBA64 mode.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.6.4 Check Volume Set To check a volume set from a raid set: (1). Click on the “Check Volume Set” link. (2). Click on the volume set from the list that you wish to check. Tick on “Confirm The Operation” and click on the “Submit” button. Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in a volume set.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.7.1 Create Pass-Through Disk To create pass-through disk, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “Create Pass-Through” link. The “relative setting function” screen appears. A pass-through disk is not controlled by the SATA RAID controller firmware, it cannot be a part of a volume set. The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION When the “Enter Pass-Through Disk Attribute” screen appears, modify the drive attribute values, as you want. After you complete the selection, mark the checkbox for “Confirm The Operation” and click on the “Submit” button to complete the selection action. 6.7.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk To delete a pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar to the main menus and click the “Delete Pass Through” link.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.8 System Controls 6.8.1 System Config To set the raid system function, move the cursor to the main menu and click the “Raid System Function” link. The “Raid System Function” menu will show all items, then select the desired function. • System Beeper Setting The Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the SATA RAID controller alarm tone generator.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Allow Read Ahead (Default: Enabled)—When Enabled, the drive’ s read ahead cache algorithm is used, providing maximum performance under most circumstances. • Stagger Power on In a PC system with only one or two drives, the power can supply enough power to spin up both drives simultaneously.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Empty HDD Slot LED From firmware version 1.39 date: 04/01/2006 and later, the firmware has added the "Empty HDD Slot LED" option to setup the Failed LED light "ON "or "OFF". When each slot has a power LED for the HDD installed identify, user can set this option to "OFF". Choose this option "ON", the failed LED light will flash red light; if no HDD installed.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Disk Write Cache Mode A user can set the “Disk Write Cache Mode” to: Auto, Enabled, or Disabled. • Disk Capacity Truncation Mode SATA 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. Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION ple, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 120 GB. Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other. Multiples Of 1G: If you have 123 GB drives from different vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For example, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 123.4 GB.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point. The purpose of DHCP is to provide the automatic (dynamic) allocation of IP client configurations for a specific time period (called a lease period) and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network. To configure the raid controller Ethernet port, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.8.4 SNMP Configuration (12/16/24-port) To configure the raid controller SNMP function, click on the “System Controls” link. The System Controls menu will show available items. Select the “SNMP Configuration” item. This function can only set via web-based configuration. The firmware SNMP Agent Manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no Agent software required.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP Trap IP Address. • SNMP System Configurations About community, please refer to page 161 of SNMP community name. The system Contact, Name and Location that will be shown in the outgoing SNMP Trap. • SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Please refer to Appendix D of Event Notification table. 6.8.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Time Zone Time Zone conveniently runs in the system tray and allows you to easily view the date and time in various locations around the world. You can also quickly and easily add your own personal locations to customize Time Zone the way you want. • Automatic Daylight Saving Automatic Daylight Saving will normally attempt to automatically adjust the system clock for daylight saving changes based on the computer time zone.
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 To set or change the SATA RAID controller password, select “Raid System Function” from the menu and click on the “Change Password” link. The Modify System Password screen appears. The manufacture default password is set to 0000. The password option allows user to set or clear the SATA RAID controller’s password protection feature.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION RAID controller will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in ten seconds. To disable the password, leave the fields blank. Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit button, the existing password will be cleared. Then, no password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen. 6.8.10 Update Firmware Please reference the appendix A firmware utility. 6.9 Information 6.9.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.9.2 System Information To view the SATA RAID controller’s information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “System Information” link. The “SATA RAID controller Information” screen appears. Use this feature to view the SATA RAID controller’s information. The controller name, firmware version, serial number, main processor, CPU data/Instruction cache size and system memory size/ speed appear in this screen.
WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 6.9.3 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID controller’s hardware monitor information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the “Hardware Monitor” link. The “Hardware Information” screen appears. The “Hardware Monitor Information” provides the temperature, and fan speed (I/O Processor fan) of the SATA RAID controller.
APPENDIX Appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process Since the SATA RAID controller features flash firmware, it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the RAID firmware. The user can simply re-program the old firmware through the In-Band PCI-X/PCIe bus or Out-of-Band Enthernet port McRAID Storage manager. New releases of the firmware are available in the form of a DOS file on the shipped CD or Areca’s web site.
APPENDIX 1. To upgrade the SAS RAID controller firmware, move the mouse cursor to “Upgrade Firmware” link. The “Upgrade The Raid System Firmware” screen appears. 2. Click Browse. Look in the location to which the Firmware upgrade software was downloaded. Select the File name and click “Open”. 3. Click “Confirm The Operation” and press the “Submit” button. 4. The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM. 5.
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. You can find the firmware update feature in the browser console, System Controls. Upgrading Entire Flash ROM ImageThrough Arcflash DOS Utility Areca now offers an alternative means of communication for the PCI-X/PCIe SATA RAID controller – Upgrade the entire Flash ROM image.
APPENDIX • Mode 0 Flash Jumper function: Short: Causes cpu core to be held in rest (mode 0). Arcflash utility can upgrade the entire Flash ROM image. Open: This is the normal default board operation.
APPENDIX • Flash Procedure 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Power off system and remove power cable. Take RAID controller out. Set a Close Cap on the J3/J7 2x5 connector. Plug RAID controller back to M/B. Reconnect power cable and boot up from DOS. Flash controller. After flash procedure compeleted, then power off system. Remove power cable then take Raid controller out and remove the close cap. 9. Plug Raid controller back to M/B, connect power cable, and power on your system.
APPENDIX Appendix B Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120-BAT) The SATA RAID controller operates using cache memory. The battery Backup Module is an add-on module that provides power to the SATA RAID controller cache memory in the event of a power failure. The Battery Backup Module monitors the write back cache on the SATA RAID controller, and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs.
APPENDIX • Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing Electrical • Input Voltage +3.6VDC • On Board Battery Capacity 1000mAH (1*1000mAH) Installation 1. Make sure all power to the system is disconnected. 2. Connector J1 is available for the optional battery backup module. Connect the BBM cable to the 12-pin battery connector on the controller. 3. Integrators may provide pre-drilled holes in their cabinet for securing the BBM using its three mounting positions.
APPENDIX Capacity 128MB DDR Memory Type Battery Backup duration (Hours) Low Power (18mA) 56 Operation 1. Battery conditioning is automatic. There are no manual procedures for battery conditioning or preconditioning to be performed by the user. 2. In order to make sure of all the capacity is available for your battery cells, allow the battery cell to be fully charged when installed for the first time. The first time charge of a battery cell takes about 24 hours to complete.
APPENDIX Appendix C SNMP Operation & Definition Overview The McRAID manager includes a firmware-embedded Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent and SNMP Extension Agent for the SATA RAID controller. An SNMP-based management application (also known as an SNMP manager) can monitor the disk array. An example of An SNMP management application is HewlettPackard’s Open View.
APPENDIX MIB Compilation and Definition File creation Before the manager application accesses the SATA RAID controller, it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management application’s database of events and status indicator codes. This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application. This process is highly vendor-specific and should be well-covered in the User’s Guide of your SNMP application. Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the ARECARAID.
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. Type in the community names of the SNMP agent. Before access is granted to a request station, this station must incorporate a valid community name into its request; otherwise, the SNMP agent will deny access to the system. Most network devices use “public” as default of their community names. This value is case-sensitive.
APPENDIX windows\http\setup.exe on the CD-ROM. (If SNMP service was not installed, please install SNMP service first.) 3. Click on the Setup file then the Welcome screen appears. 4. Click the Setup file and then the “install the program” screen appears. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete ARECA SNMP Extension Agent installation.
APPENDIX 5. A Progress bar appears that measures the progress of the ARECA SNMP Extension Agent setup. When this screen complete, you have completed the ARECA SNMP Extension Agent setup. 6. After a successful installation, the “Setup Complete” dialog box of the installation program is displayed. Click the Finish button to complete the installation. Starting SNMP Trap Notification Configruations To start SNMP Trap Notification Configruations, There have two methods.
APPENDIX SNMP community Configurations Please refer to the community name in this appendix. SNMP Trap Notification Configruations The Community Name should be the same as firmwareembedded SNMP Community. The SNMP Trap Notification Configruations include level 1: serious, level 2: error, level 3: Warning and level 4: Information.
APPENDIX hardware and Linux are installed and operational in your system. For the SNMP Extension Agent Installation for Linux procedure, please refer to \packages\Linux\SNMP\Readme or download from areca.com.tw SNMP Extension Agent Installation for FreeBSD You must have administrative level permission to install SATA RAID software. This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and FreeBSD are installed and operational in your system.
APPENDIX Appendix D Event Notification Configurations The controller classifies disk array events into four levels depending on their severity. These include level 1: Urgent, level 2: serious, level 3: Warning and level 4: Information.
APPENDIX PassThrough Disk Created Inform Pass Through Disk Created PassThrough Disk Modified Inform Pass Through Disk Modified PassThrough Disk Deleted Inform Pass Through Disk Deleted B.
APPENDIX D. Hardware Event Event Level Meaning Action DRAM 1-Bit ECC Urgent DRAM 1-Bit ECC error. Check DRAM DRAM Fatal Error Urgent DRAM fatal error encountered. Check the DRAM module and replace with new one if required. Raid Powered On Warning Raid Power On Test Event Urgent Test Event Note: It depends on models, not every model will encounter all events.
APPENDIX Appendix E General Troubleshooting Tips Most of controller errors are traceable to external factors, such as conflicts with other installed cards, motherboard incompatibility, bad or incorrectly configured drives, loose cables, improper controller installation, or other installation errors. To troubleshoot SATA RAID controller problems, try simplifying your hardware configuration by removing some other devices from the system and then adding them back one at a time.
APPENDIX Q4: What PCI slots are supported by the SATA RAID controllers? Answer: For all PCI-X SATA 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. All PCI-X SATA RAID controllers can not work with 5V PCI slot. PCI-Express SATA RAID controllers require an x8 or x16 slots.
APPENDIX Q8: Will ARECA submit the Linux code to kernel.org? Answer: Yes. ARECA Serial ATA ll RAID the lastest driver has been integrated directly into the Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc3-mm1 (and later), allowing future versions of Linux operating systems to support Areca’s entire fam-ily PCI-X and PCI-Express series of high performance SATA ll RAID controllers.
APPENDIX 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: Yes, in most cases. Even though the hardware microarchitecture for each company’s processor is different, the operating system and software ported to one processor will likely run on the other processor due to the close similarity of the instruction set architectures.
APPENDIX Appendix F Technical Support Areca Technical Support provides several options for Areca users to access information and updates. We encourage you to use one of our electric services, which provide product information updates for the most efficient service and support. If you decide to contact us, please have the information such as Product model and serial number, BIOS and driver version, and a description of the problem at http://www.areca.com.tw/support/index/question.htm.
GLOSSARY Glossary 2TB The 32-bit file systems have a maximum limitation of 2 TB per volume set. 64-bit versions remove this limitation. so, if you are building large warehouses, you should consider 64-bit versions. Array An array is a logical disk comprised of multiple physical hard disks. The number of hard disks in an array is dictated by the type of the array and the number of spares that may be assigned to it. (Arrays are also sometimes referred to as containers).
GLOSSARY Battery Backup Module Many modern RAID controllers are armed with a battery backup Module (BBM). While an UPS protects most servers from power fluctuations or failures, a BBM provides an additional level of protection. In the event of a power failure, a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID controller’s cache, thereby permitting any potentially dirty data in the cache to be flushed out to secondary storage when power is restored.
GLOSSARY Hot Spare An extra physical disk drive in a RAID configuration that a controller can use to automatically rebuild a system drive when another drive fails. The hot spare drive must have at least as mush capacity as the largest disk drive in the array or the rebuild will not start. Hardware RAID versus Software RAID Beyond the different types of RAID, there are two implementation forms: hardware-based and software-based.
GLOSSARY speed, switched architecture. Each PCI Express link is a serial communications 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. PCI-X (PCI extended) an enhanced PCI bus technology is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and PCI-X slots are physically the same.
GLOSSARY SMART This technology provides users with advanced warning of Disk Drive failures, thus enabling the Operating System to warn Users of potential failure. S.M.A.R.T. was included in EIDE drives with the ATA-3 and later specification. SNMP Since it was developed in 1988, the Simple Network Management Protocol has become the de facto standard for inter-network management. Because it is a simple solution, requiring little code to implement, vendors can easily build SNMP agents into their products.
GLOSSARY of data corruption is greatly reduced. The disadvantage is that writethrough operations are more time consuming. XOR-Engine All RAID arrays (with the exception of RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 1E) require parity to be calculated and written to the array in conjunction with data. Typically the parity is a simple XOR on the bytes comprising a stripe.
History Version History Revision 180 Page Description 3.2 P117-120 Added ArcHttp Configuration 3.2 P116 Added Mac OS 10.x information 3.2 P82,134 Added expand an existing volume noticed 3.2 p34 Added illustration of ARC1210ML/1220ML 3.2 p37, p46, p47 Revised illustration of ARC1231ML/1261ML/1280ML/1280 3.
