Hardware installation – Areca 24/4 Internal/External Port Pcie 3.0 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA Raid Controller 2Gb Cache User Manual

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HARDWARE INSTALLATION

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McRAID Storage Manager

Before launching the firmware-embedded web browser, McRAID

storage manager through the PCIe bus, you need first to install the

ArcHTTP proxy server on your server system. If you need additional

information about installation and start-up of this function, see the

McRAID Storage Manager section in Chapter 6 of the user manual.

ArcHTTP Proxy Server

ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID

storage manager) to run. It is used to launch the web browser

McRAID storage manager. It also runs as a service or daemon

in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and

SNMP traps notification. If you need additional information about

installation and start-up of this function, see the ArcHTTP Proxy

Server Installation section in Chapter 5 of the user manual.

CLI Utility

CLI (Command Line Interface) lets you set up and manage

RAID controller through a command line interface. CLI

performs many tasks at the command line. You can download

CLI manual from Areca website or software CD <CDROM>\

DOCS directory.

SNMP Manager Console Integration

There are two ways to transport SNMP data on the 12Gb/s SAS

RAID controller: in-band PCIe host bus interface or out-of-band

built-in LAN interface. Enter the “SNMP Tarp IP Address” option on

the firmware-embedded SNMP configuration function for user to

select the SNMP data agent-side communication from the out-of-

band built-in LAN interface. To use in-band PCIe host bus interface,

keep blank on the “SNMP Tarp IP Address” option.

• Out of Band-Using LAN Port Interface

Out-of-band interface refers to transport SNMP data of 12Gb/s

SAS controllers from a remote station connected to the control-

ler through a network cable. Before launching the SNMP manager

on the client, you need firstly to enable the firmware-embedded

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