Areca ARC-1200 User manual
ARC-1200
( 2-Port PCIe x1 to SATA RAID Controller )
SATA RAID Cards
Quick Installation Guide
Version: 1.1
Issue Date: November, 2008
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FCC STATEMENT
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................... 4
1.1 Overview................................................................................. 4
1.2 Package Contents .................................................................... 4
1.3 Features.................................................................................. 4
2. Hardware Installation ............................................................... 6
2.1 Board layout ........................................................................... 6
2.2 Installation ............................................................................. 7
3. Support RAID Levels................................................................. 16
3.1 RAID 0 .................................................................................. 16
3.2 RAID 1 .................................................................................. 16
3.3 JBOD .................................................................................... 16
3.4 Single Disk (Pass Through Disk) ................................................ 17
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1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
Thank you for purchasing the ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller. Please
take a few minutes to read this quick installation guide before you install
the controller. If you need more detailed information about this SATA
RAID Controller, refer to the related documents on your MCRAID Soft-
ware Suite CD.
1.2 Package Contents
Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed
below are missing. (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not
included):
• 1 x PCIe x1 SATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag
• 2 x SATA interface cables (one per port)
• 1 x MCRAID Software Suite CD
• 1 x Quick Installation Guide Manual
If any item is missing or damaged, please contact your local resellers for
service.
1.3 Features
Adapter Architecture
• 400MHz Storage processor
• PCIe x1 bus
• DDR2 400 SDRAM
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• Support up to 2 SATA ll drives
• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
• BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
• BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specication)
support
• NVRAM for RAID conguration & transaction log
• Redundant ash image for adapter availability
• RoHS Compliant
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RAID Features
• Support RAID level 0, 1, JBOD and Single Disk
• Multiple RAID selection
• Array roaming
• Online RAID level/stripe size migration
• Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
• Instant availability
• Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding
• Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)
• SMART disk drive monitoring for reliability
Monitors/Notication
• System status indication through HDD activity/fault connector, and
alarm buzzer
• SMTP support for email notication
• SNMP support for remote Manager
RAID Management
• Field-upgradeable rmware in ash ROM
In-Band Manager
• Web browser-based McRAID Storage manager via Http Proxy Server
for Windows, Linux and FreeBSD system
• Hot key “boot-up” McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS
• Support Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Support controller's API library for customer to write its own AP
• Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility
• HDD Stress Test (HST) utility for production
Operating System
• Windows Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000
• RedHat Linux
• SuSE Linux
• FreeBSD
• Novell Netware 6.5
• Solaris 10 x86/x86_64
• SCO Unixware 7.1.4
• Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 Leopard
(For latest supported OS listing visit http://www.areca.com.tw)
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Figure 1-1, ARC-1200 (2-port PCIe X1 SATA RAID Controller)
Connector Type Description
1.(J6) Reserved 12-pin Box header
2.(J1) Reserved 12-pin header
3.(J5) Individual Fault LED header 4-pin header
4.(J4) Individual HDD LED header 4-pin header
5.(J2) Reserved 8-pin header
6.(SCN2) SATA Port SATA Connector
7.(SCN1) SATA Port SATA Connector
Table 1-1, ARC-1200 Connectors
2. Hardware Installation
2.1 Board layout
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Note:
The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller requires a PCIe x1 slot (can
operate in x2, x4, x8 and x16 slot). For more information about
PCIe slot, please refer to your mainboard guide.
Figure 1-2, Insert ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller into a PCIe slot
2.2 Installation
Step 1. Prepare the computer
Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord(s) from the back of
the power supply. Remove the cover from the computer.
Step 2. Install the ARC-1200 SATA RAID Controller
To install the ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller, remove the mounting
screw and existing bracket from the rear panel behind the selected PCIe
slot. Insert the controller in a PCIe slot on a mainbord. Press gently but
rmly down to ensure that controller is properly seated in the slot, as
shown in Figure 1-2. Then screw the bracket into the computer chassis.
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Note:
The SATA cable connectors must match your HDD cage.
For example: Channel 1 of RAID Card connects to channel 1
of HDD cage, channel 2 of RAID Card connects to channel 2 of
HDD cage, and follow this rule.
Step 3. Mount the Cages or Drives
Remove the front bezel from the computer chassis and install the
cages or SATA drives in the computer chassis. Loading drives to the
drive tray if cages are installed. Be sure that the power is connected to
either the Cage backplane or the individual drives.
Step 4. Connect the SATA cable
The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller has two SATA internal connectors,
use the cables which included in your kit. 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. Refer to Figure1-1 to view connector
locations on the controller.
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Step 5. Install the LED cable (optional)
The ARC-1200 SATA RAID controller provides two kinds of LED status
connectors. The Fault/Activity and Global header intelligent electronics
logic is as below.
The following position layout is for ARC-1200 Individual LED indicator
connector, for each channel and Global LED indicator connector.
If the system uses only a single global indicator, attach the global
indicator cable to the two pins HDD LED connector. Global LED
indicator will light up when any drive is active.
Figure 2-4, ARC-1200 global LED
connection for Computer Case.
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LED Normal Status Problem Indication
HDD LED When the HDD LED is
illuminated, there is I/O
activity on that disk drive.
When the HDD 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 "Identify Drive" is
selected, the selected drive
Fault LED will blank.
When the Fault LED is
slow blinking (2 times/
sec), that indicate disk
drive has failed and
should be hot-swapped
immediately.
When the HDD LED is
illuminated and Fault
LED is fast blinking (10
times/sec) that indicate
there is rebuilding
activity on the disk
drive.
The following diagrams is the HDD LED and Fault LED status
description.
Refer to the ARC-1200 SATA RAID Cards User’s Manual on the
MCRAID Software Suite CD for detailed on Installing LED connector.
Step 6. Re-check the SATA HDD LED and Fault LED Cable con-
nections
Be sure that the proper failed drive channel information is displayed by
the Fault and HDD Activity LEDs. An improper connection will tell the
user to ‘‘Hot Swap’’ the wrong drive. This will remove the wrong disk
(one that is functioning properly) from the controller. This can result in
failure and loss of system data.
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