Areca 24/4 Internal/External Port Pcie 3.0 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA Raid Controller 2Gb Cache - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1. Introduction .............................................................. 12
1.1 Overview ....................................................................... 12
1.2 Features ........................................................................ 14
2. Hardware Installation ............................................... 18
2.1 Before You First Installing................................................. 18
2.2 Board Layout .................................................................. 18
2.3 Installation ..................................................................... 24
2.4 SAS Cables .................................................................... 33
2.4.1 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4xSATA Cable ....................... 33
2.4.2 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4xSFF-8482 Cable .................. 34
2.4.3 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 Cable ....................................... 34
2.4.4 Mini SAS HD SFF-8644 Cable ...................................... 35
2.5 LED Cables ..................................................................... 35
2.6 Hot-plug Drive Replacement ............................................. 39
2.6.1 Recognizing a Drive Failure .......................................... 39
2.6.2 Replacing a Failed Drive .............................................. 39
2.7 Summary of the installation .............................................. 40
3. McBIOS RAID Manager .............................................. 43
3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager ................................... 43
3.2 McBIOS RAID manager .................................................... 46
3.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets .............................. 46
3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares ...................................... 47
3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration .................... 47
3.6 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method ....................... 50
3.7 Main Menu .................................................................... 52
3.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup ............................................ 53
3.7.2 Raid Set Function ....................................................... 57
3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set .................................................... 58
3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set ..................................................... 59
3.7.2.3 Expand Raid Set .................................................... 60
3.7.2.4 Offline Raid Set ..................................................... 61
3.7.2.5 Activate Raid Set ................................................... 62
3.7.2.6 Create Hot Spare ................................................... 63
3.7.2.7 Delete Hot Spare ................................................... 63
3.7.2.8 Rescue Raid Set ................................................... 64
3.7.2.9 Raid Set Information .............................................. 65
3.7.3 Volume Set Function ................................................... 65
3.7.3.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6) ........................... 66