Areca 24/4 Internal/External Port Pcie 3.0 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA Raid Controller 2Gb Cache - Manual (Page 129)

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ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION
5. ArcHTTP Proxy Server Installation
Overview
After hardware installation, the SAS/SATA disk drives connected to
the SAS 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 that resides in the controller’s firmware. It provides
complete control and management of the controller and disk arrays,
eliminating the need for additional hardware or software.
In addition, a software utility to configure the SAS RAID controller is
provided on the software CD delivered with SAS RAID controller. This
software CD contains the software utility that can monitor, test, and
support the SAS RAID controller. The software utility and McRAID stor-
age manager can configure and monitor the SAS RAID controller via
ArcHTTP proxy server interface. The following table outlines their func -
tions:
Configuration Utility Operating System Supported
McBIOS RAID Manager OS-Independent
McRAID Storage Manager
(Via ArcHTTP proxy server)
Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and
Mac OS X
SAP Monitor (Single Admin Portal to scan for
multiple RAID units in the network, Via ArcHTTP
proxy server)
Windows
Note:
If your controllers have onboard LAN port, you do not need
to install ArcHTTP proxy server, you can use McRAID storage
manager directly.
The HTTP management software (ArcHTTP) runs as a service or dae-
mon, and have it automatically start the proxy for all controllers found.
This way the controller can be managed remotely without having to
sign in the server. The HTTP management software (ArcHTTP) also has
integrated the email notification and SNMP extension agent. The email
notification can be configured in local or remote standard web browser.