DATOptic ARC-1680 Series - Manual (Page 30)

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Step 13. Configure Volume Set
The controller configures RAID functionality through the McBIOS
RAID manager. Please refer to Chapter 3, McBIOS RAID Manager,
for the detail. The RAID controller can also be configured through
the McRAID storage manager with ArcHttp proxy server installed,
LCD module (refer to LCD manual) or through on-board LAN port.
For this option, please refer to Chapter 6, Web Browser-Based Con-
figuration.
Step 14. Determining the Boot Sequences
For PC system:
• The SAS RAID controller is a bootable controller. If your system
already contains a bootable device with an installed operating
system, you can set up your system to boot a second operating
system from the new controller. To add a second bootable control-
ler, you may need to enter setup of motherboard BIOS and change
the device boot sequence so that the SAS RAID controller heads
the list. If the system BIOS setup does not allow this change, your
system may not configurable to allow the SAS RAID controller to
act as a second boot device.
For Mac Pro system:
•The currently Mac OS X 10.4.7 or 10.5 Leopard can not directly
boot up from Areca controller’s volume (We do not support the
Open Firmware) on the Power Mac G5 machine and can only use
as a secondary storage. All Intel based Mac Pro machines use EFI
to boot (not Open Firmware, which was used for PPC Macs) the
system. Areca has supported the EFI BIOS on its PCIe SAS RAID
adapter. You have other alternatively to add Areca volume set on
the Mac Pro bootable device listing. You can follow the following
procedures to add Areca PCIe SAS RAID controller on the Mac Pro
bootable device listing.
(1). Upgrade the EFI BIOS from shipping <CD-ROM>\Firmware\
Mac\ directory or from the www.areca.com.tw, if the adapters
default ship with a legacy BIOS for the PC. Please follow the Ap-
pendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process to update the lega-
cy BIOS to EFI BIOS for Mac Pro to boot up from Areca controller’s
volume.