Areca 24/4 Internal/External Port Pcie 3.0 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA Raid Controller 2Gb Cache - Manual (Page 43)

BIOS CONFIGURATION
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3. McBIOS RAID Manager
The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following
6Gb/s SATA RAID controller parameters at power-up:
• I/O Port Address
• Interrupt Channel (IRQ)
• Controller ROM Base Address
Use McBIOS RAID manager to further configure the 6Gb/s SATA RAID
controller to suit your server hardware and operating system.
3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager
The McBIOS RAID manager is designed to be user-friendly. It is a
menu-driven program, residing in the firmware, which allows you
to scroll through various menus and sub-menus and select among
the predetermined configuration options. This section explains how
to launch the McBIOS RAID setup utility to configure your RAID
controllers that the installed motherboard ‘BIOS Mode’ is either
Legacy or UEFI .
1. M/B BIOS mode: Legacy, or UEFI BIOS with the CSM (compat-
ibility support module) option = enabled
When starting a system with a RAID controller installed, it will
display the following message on the monitor during the start-up
sequence (after the system BIOS startup screen but before the
operating system boots):
1. M/B BIOS mode: Legacy, or UEFI BIOS with the CSM (com-
patibility support module) option = enabled
Bus/Dev/Fun= 4/0/0, I/0-Port=28000000h, IRQ=11, BIOS=C800 : 0h
ID-LUN=00-0, Vol=”Areca ARC-1883-VOL#000R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)
ID-LUN=00-1, Vol=”Areca ARC-1883-VOL#001R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)
ID-LUN=00-2, Vol=”Areca ARC-1883-VOL#002R001”, Size=3.6 (TB)
RAID controller BIOS not installed
Press <Tab/F6> to enter SETUP menu. 9 second(s) left <ESC to Skip>..
ARC-1883 PCIEx8/8G RAID Controller - DRAM: 2048(MB) / #Channels: 8
BIOS: V1.24 / Date: 2016-04-15 - F/W: V1.64 / Date: 2022-09-15