Areca Expander Box ARC-8026 SAS Expander Box USER’S Manual Version: 1.
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Contents 1. Introduction................................................................. 4 1.1 Overview...........................................................................4 1.2 Technical Specifications........................................................4 2. Hardware Installation.................................................. 6 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation...............................................6 2.2 Board Layout & Outline........................................................
Installation Guide 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview The Areca SAS expander module ARC-8026 is based on the LSI 36port LSISAS2x36 expander IC, SAS-2 chip which features 36 x 6Gb/s ports and 6G/3G multiplexing, SAS 2.0 zoning, self-configuration, table-to-table routing, and an integrated PPC processor for SES2 and enclosure management support. The ARC-8026 expander board features three 6Gb/s SAS 4x SFF-8088 ports; one host and two for expansion to additional JBOD enclosures.
Installation Guide Controller External Connectors SAS Connectors • 1 SAS “IN” connector for connection to the host • 2 SAS “OUT” connector for expansion to next JBOD enclosure Drives SAS Hot-Plug Hard Drives • Up to 12/16/24 6.0 Gb/s SAS hard drives at speed of 10K or 15K rpm SATA Hot-Plug Hard Drives • Up to 12/16/24 6.0 Gb/s SATA hard drives at speeds of 7.
Installation Guide 2. Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the cable solution external ARC-8026 expander box. 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the cable solution external ARC-8026 SAS expander as your data storage subsystem. This user manual gives simple step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the SAS expander box.
Installation Guide 2.2 Board Layout & Outline The ARC-8026 expander box can support a family included 3/4/6 internal SFF-8087 ports with additional 3 external SFF-8088 ports. This section provides the board layout and connector/jumper for the SAS expander box. Figure 2-1, ARC-8026 expander box Connector Description Type 1. (SCN3) 6Gb/s SAS Expander In/Out (CH2) SFF-8088 2. (SCN2) 6Gb/s SAS Expander In (CH1) SFF-8088 3. (SCN1) 6Gb/s SAS Expander Out (CH0) SFF-8088 4.
Installation Guide 11. (FAN3) Fan3 with RPM Sense 12. (FAN4) Fan4 with RPM Sense 3-Pin Connector 13. (SW2) Fan/Power Detective Control Function Micro DIP-Switch 14. (SW1) 8 SW2(2) PW_FLT1 STATUS ON ENABLE OFF DISABLE SW2(3) PW_FLT2 STATUS ON ENABLE OFF DISABLE SW2(4) FAN CONTROL ON ENABLE OFF DISABLE Fan1-Fan4 Input Definition SW1(1-4) FAN_NO.
Installation Guide 25. (SCN6) 6Gb/s SAS 9-12 Ports (Internal) SFF-8087 26. (SCN7) 6Gb/s SAS 13-16 Ports (Internal) SFF-8087 27. (SCN8) 6Gb/s SAS 17-20 Ports (Internal) SFF-8087 28. (SCN9) 6Gb/s SAS 21-24 Ports (Internal) SFF-8087 29. (J8) PCIE Power Connector 6-Pin Connector Table 2-1, ARC-8026 expander box connectors Note: • Fan Headers (FAN1~FAN4) The box has four 4 3-pin fan headers which can control and detect the fan speed. Each header can only connect to one fan.
Installation Guide The following describes the ARC-8026 expander box link/activity LED. SAS Host Port LED Status Link LED (Green light) When host port link LED is illuminated for 1 second and turns off for 3 seconds that indicates the one link has connected. When host port Link LED is illuminated for 2 seconds and turns off for 2 seconds that indicates the two links have connected. When host port Link LED is illuminated for 4 seconds that indicates the four links have connected.
Installation Guide Step 3. Mounting ARC-8026 Expander Box into the Enclosure Remove the enclosure cover and find a 5.25 inch CD-ROM wide place to fasten the ARC-8026 expander box in the external enclosure. The expander box requires one 5.25” half-height drive bay. Step 4. Connecting Expander Controller Power The ARC-8026 series expander box supports 6 pin PCI-E power connector from PCB version 1.0.
Installation Guide The following electronics schematic is the SAS expander logical of fault/activity header. The signal for each pin is cathode (-) side. The following diagrams and descriptions describe each type of connector. Note: Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with a drive cage, or you may need to purchase them. Connect the cables for the drive activity LEDs and fault LEDs between the backplane of the cage and the respective connector on the ARC-8026 expander box header.
Installation Guide LED Normal Status Problem Indication Activity LED When the activity LED is illuminated, there is I/O activity on that disk drive. When the LED is dark, there is no activity on that disk drive. N/A Fault LED When the fault LED is solid illuminated, there is no disk present and When the fault LED is off, that disk is present and status is normal. When the fault LED is slow blinking (2 times/sec), that indicate disk drive has failed and should be hot-swapped immediately.
Installation Guide Step 7. Install the Enclosure Top Cover Check the installation thoroughly, reinstall the enclosure cover, and reconnect the power cord cables. Step 8. Loading Drive to the Drive Tray You can connect the SAS/SATA drives to the controller through direct cable and backplane solutions. In the direct connection, SAS/SATA drives are directly connected to SAS PHY port with SAS/SATA cables. The SAS expander module can support up to 12/16/24 PHY internal ports and 12 PHY external ports.
Installation Guide Step 9. Connect to Host Interface Once the ARC-8026 expander box has finished the configuration (option), then you can connect it to a host interface. The enclosure can be connected to a host interface which may a host adapter or RAID controller through the SFF-8088 SAS cable. By installing host adapter port and ARC-8026 expander box using the correct external cables which may be included in your enclosure kits.
Installation Guide You must select either mode using the CLI utility and restart the ARC-8026 expander enclosure again. The manufacture is default on the Normal Mode. Changing the mode while the ARC-8026 expander box is on. This will not affect expander operation until the ARC-8026 expander enclosure is rebooted. In normal mode, a SAS host can communicate with up to 24 drives in the 24 bay enclosure via a single ARC-8026 expander box. ARC-8026 SAS expander box is a device that contain expander ports.
Installation Guide Note: 1. Please refer to chapter 4.3 CLI features of GROUP command which is used to associate the external port and the devices/phys slot. 2. Turn on the expander enclosure first to make sure the SAS RAID controller or SAS host adapter recognizes the drives in the enclosure. Step 12. Connect the Power Connect the power cord to a grounded electronical outlet and to the expander enclosure power. Turn on the power switch at the rear of the enclosure. Step 13.
Installation Guide Please refer to Chapter 3 LCD Configuration Manager. The initial screen is shown as following: • Method 2: RS-232 Port The ARC-8026 expander box’s system functions can also be managed via a VT-100 compatible terminal or a PC running a VT-100 terminal emulation program. You can attach a serial (Character-Based) terminal or server com port to the ARC-8026 expander box for accessing the text-based setup menu. Please refer to Chapter 4 CLI Manager.
Installation Guide 3. LCD Configuration Manager The SAS expander box LCD configuration utility is a character-based utility that you can run after powering the unit. Use LCD configuration utility to see and configure: • • • • • • • Alerts Menu, Voltage, Set Link, Set Alarm, Set Password, Save Config, and System Reset The LCD display front panel function keys are the primary user interface for the SAS expander box.
Installation Guide The initial screen is shown as following: Function Key Definitions: The four function keys at the right of the front panel perform the following functions: Key Function Up Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Upward / Rightward Down Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Downward / Leftward ENT Key Submit selected icon function (Confirm a selected item) ESC Key Return to previous screen (Exit a selection configuration) There are a variety of failure conditions that cause the ARC-8026 expande
Installation Guide 3.2 Navigation Map of the LCD The password option allows user to set or clear the SAS expander box’s password protection feature. Once the password has been set, the user can only monitor and configure the SAS expander box by providing the correct password. The password is used to protect the SAS expander box from unauthorized entry. The SAS expander box will check the password only when entering the main menu from the initial screen.
Installation Guide • Alerts Menu Show which device that fail to work, its sub-items could be "Power Supply", "Fan", "Temp. Sensor" and "Voltage Sensor". • Voltage Show enclosure chip voltage in status data, represent in V. The sub-items are shown as below: 1.2V- , the expander box voltage is 1.2V 5V- , the expander box voltage is 5V For the setup item, the LCM key represent: Up key to enter the 0 - 9 data. Down key to enter "a" - "z" and "A" - "Z" data.
Installation Guide • Set Password Change the enclosure LCM/UART CLI password. The sub-item is " Set New PWD". • Save Config Save all the updated option value into non-volatile memory area. • System Reset Reboot the system.
Installation Guide 4. CLI Manager This Command Line Interface (CLI) is provided for you to manage the Areca ARC-8026 series 12/16/24 SAS expander system functions. The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not available. • Locations of RS-232C Port The ARC-8026 expander box uses the RJ11 port as the serial port interface. Please use the cable included on the shipping box to configure the expander controller.
Installation Guide 4.1 Expander RS-232C Port Pin Assignment To ensure proper communications between the SAS expander box and the VT-100 Terminal Emulation, Please configure the VT100 terminal emulation settings to the values shown below: Terminal requirement Connection Null-modem cable Baud Rate 115,200 Data bits 8 Stop 1 Flow Control None The controller RJ11 connector pin assignments are defined as below.
Installation Guide Step 2. Open “HYPERTRM.EXE”. Step 3. Enter a name you prefer and then click “OK”.
Installation Guide Step 4. Select an appropriate connecting port and then click "OK". Step 5. Configure the port parameter settings and then click “OK”. Bits per second: 115200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None Step 6. Open the file menu and select “Properties”.
Installation Guide Step 7. Configure the "Connect To" setting. Step 8. Configure the "Settings" items and then click "OK".
Installation Guide 4.3 CLI Command This section provides detail information about the SAS expanderbox’s CLI function. All the commands please type in lower case. • HELP Command This command provides an on-line table of contents, providing brief descriptions of the help sub-commands. You can use the help to get detail information about the CLI commands summary.
Installation Guide 8 chars and min. 4 chars. The manufacture default password is “0000”. Syntax CLI>pass [Enter] Example: CLI>pass Old Password:**** New Password:**** Verify New Password:**** Password Changed But Not Save Permanently! Note, use CLI command “st” to keep permanently. • LO Command To exit the selected expander box CLI shell, use the lo command.
Installation Guide ArrayDevice Element (0x17): ======================================== NAME PHY NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS SLOT 01 0 3.0G 10 8 SAS 5000C500-0D2002D1 SLOT 02 1 10 8 SLOT 03 2 10 8 SLOT 04 3 1.5G 10 8 SATA 5001B469-84965C03 SLOT 05 4 10 8 SLOT 06 5 10 8 SLOT 07 6 6.0G 10 8 SAS 5000C500-17C8FD25 SLOT 08 7 10 8 SLOT 09 8 10 8 SLOT 10 9 10 8 SLOT 11 10 10 8 SLOT 12 11 10 8 //Set the slot 0x6 max. speed to 1.
Installation Guide CLI >link ArrayDevice Element (0x17): ======================================== NAME PHY NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS SLOT 01 0 3.0G 10 8 SAS 5000C500-0D2002D1 SLOT 02 1 10 8 SLOT 03 2 10 8 SLOT 04 3 1.5G 10 8 SATA 5001B469-84965C03 SLOT 05 4 10 8 SLOT 06 5 10 8 SLOT 07 6 3.0G 9 8 SAS 5000C500-17C8FD25 SLOT 08 7 10 8 SLOT 09 8 10 8 SLOT 10 9 10 8 SLOT 11 10 10 8 SLOT 12 11 10 8 • TH Command The th command allows you to set the operate device temperature warning limit.
Installation Guide Slot08 Slot09 Slot10 Slot11 Slot12 Temp Temp Temp Temp Temp 10 35 11 34 12 32 13 32 14 33 60 60 60 60 60 5 5 5 5 5 No No No No No CLI>th 2 79 0 Temperature Element (0x04): ======================================== NAME ID CT(‘C) HTW LTW OTWarn ENC.
Installation Guide Slot08 Slot09 Slot10 Slot11 Slot12 Temp Temp Temp Temp Temp 10 11 12 13 14 35 34 32 32 33 60 60 60 60 60 5 5 5 5 5 No No No No No • GROUP Command The group command is used to associate the external port with the devices/phys as one zone group. The three external cable ports and all devices/phys slots will default associate with one zone group. Syntax gr {dev GroupNo[1..] {ci, cj, ck,..
Installation Guide Value: 0x00000000000FFC00 Current PHY Group Mode: T10 Group-1: C0, C1, C2 Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Value: 0x0000000FFFFFFFFF //Set the cable1 and cable2 and slot 7 to slot 16 as group 2 CLI>gr dev 2 c1, c2 7 16 New PHY Group Mode: T10 Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Value: 0x00000000000FFC00 Group-2: C1, C2, Slot: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Value: 0x000000000FF003FF Current PHY Group Mode: T10 Group-1: C0, C1, C2 Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Installation Guide Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Value: 0x00000000000FFC00 Group-2: C1, C2, Slot: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Value: 0x000000000FF003FF • SYS Command The sys command is used to view the expander’s information. Typical information includes: vendor, model name, serial/unit number, expander port number, product revision, chip name/chip revision, customer code, manufacture data revision and work time.
Installation Guide Active Firmware: Active Image Boot Image: Revision: 6.01.00.68 06/30/10 Firmware Family: 1 Fast Boot: No Image Address: 0x14000000 Active Image: Revision: 6.01.00.68 06/30/10 Firmware Family: 1 Fast Boot: No Image Address: 0x14080000 Backup Image: Revision: 6.01.00.68 06/30/10 Firmware Family: 1 Fast Boot: No Image Address: 0x14100000 ● BU Command The BU command allows you to control the buzzer attributes that have been controlled by SAS expander H/W.
Installation Guide command for default settings will be “bu 2 3”. • FAN Command The fan command allows you to set the operate fan speed. Typical parameters include: LowestSpeed and WarningSpeed are fan speed in speed code from level 1 to 7. The LowestSpeed is the speed code that fan operate in normal state, and the WarningSpeed is the speed code that fan operate in warning state; like as detect a device in over-temperature.
Installation Guide CLI>fan Cooling Element (0x03): ======================================== SPEED NAME CODE RPM STATUS Fan 01 3 4140 OK Fan 02 3 4630 OK Fan 03 3 4140 OK Fan 04 3 4490 OK Current FAN Speed Attribute: Lowest SpeedCode: 3 Warning SpeedCode: 7 Fan internal command for different fan speed type: fan -t [high | normal | low | vlow] high : 6000 - 10000 rpm normal : 1800 - 7000 rpm low : 1000 - 2000 rpm vlow : below 1000 rpm the above is a rough value, user can set different to fit the fan speed typ
Installation Guide Syntax CLI> spin [ Delay(D)[ms] Num(D) ] Expander issues the spin up the drives by [ Num] drives with [Delay] ms. Example1: CLI>spin Current SpinUp Attribute: Drive Number: 1 Delay: 1024 ms CLI>spin 512 3 New SpinUp Attribute: Drive Number: 3 Delay: 512 ms Current SpinUp Attribute: Drive Number: 1 Delay: 1024 ms • ST Command The st command stores system configurations in flash.
Installation Guide Syntax CLI> lsd [ hdd | temp | volt | pwr | con | ..] Show SES elements information: ArrayDevice Element (0x17): ======================================== NAME PHY NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS SLOT 01 0 3.0G 10 8 SAS 5000C500-0D2002D1 SLOT 02 1 10 8 SLOT 03 2 10 8 SLOT 04 3 1.5G 10 8 SATA 5001B469-84965C03 SLOT 05 4 10 8 SLOT 06 5 10 8 SLOT 07 6 6.
Installation Guide Fan 03 Not-Installed Fan 04 Not-Installed Temperature Element (0x04): ======================================== NAME ID CT(‘C) HTW LTW OTWarn ENC. Temp 01 32 60 5 No Chip Temp 02 42 85 5 No Voltage Element (0x12): ======================================== NAME VOLT(V) OVLMT UVLMT STATUS 1V 0.99 1.07 0.94 None 5V 4.96 5.32 4.
Installation Guide • FDL Command The box has added the expander firmware update through the CLI on the external RS-232 port. Before you process the firmware update, There are two block regions that you can update expander microcode on SAS expander box. (1)CODE region - for FW file : sas2xfwXXXX.fw (2)MFGB region - for Data file : mfgdat6gYYYY.
Installation Guide Example: Update procedure, use Xmodem to transfer, refer to “fdl” command for detail operation. CLI> fdl { code | mfgb } offset[Enter] Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to transfer and update files. If transfer OK, the transfered data is updated. Cold-start expander (Power cycle again) to take effect. The following firmware and data are available in the following filename format. (1)FW file (CODE) : sas2xfwXXXX.fw (2)Data file (MFGB) : mfgdat6gYYYY.
Installation Guide Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy Phy 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Installation Guide SXP Port SAS Address: 0x5001B4690400083D STP Port SAS Address: Disabled 46
HISTORY Version History Revision Page Description 1.1 p.9 Revised Fan Headers (J11~J14) description 1.1 p.
