Document Outline

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Features
• 2. Hardware Installation
  • 2.1 Before You First Installing
  • 2.2 Board Layout
  • 2.3 Installation
  • 2.4 SAS Cables
    • 2.4.1 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4xSATA Cable
    • 2.4.2 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 to 4xSFF-8482 Cable
    • 2.4.3 Mini SAS HD SFF-8643 Cable
    • 2.4.4 Mini SAS HD SFF-8644 Cable
  • 2.5 LED Cables
  • 2.6 Hot-plug Drive Replacement
    • 2.6.1 Recognizing a Drive Failure
    • 2.6.2 Replacing a Failed Drive
  • 2.7 Summary of the installation
• 3. McBIOS RAID Manager
  • 3.1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager
  • 3.2 McBIOS RAID manager
  • 3.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets
  • 3.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares
  • 3.5 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration
  • 3.6 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method
  • 3.7 Main Menu
    • 3.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup
    • 3.7.2 Raid Set Function
      • 3.7.2.1 Create Raid Set
      • 3.7.2.2 Delete Raid Set
      • 3.7.2.3 Expand Raid Set
      • 3.7.2.4 Offline Raid Set
      • 3.7.2.5 Activate Raid Set
      • 3.7.2.6 Create Hot Spare
      • 3.7.2.7 Delete Hot Spare
      • 3.7.2.8 Rescue Raid Set
      • 3.7.2.9 Raid Set Information
    • 3.7.3 Volume Set Function
      • 3.7.3.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6)
      • • Volume Name
      • • Capacity
      • • Stripe Size
      • • SCSI ID
      • • Cache Mode
      • • Write Protect
      • • Tag Queuing
      • 3.7.3.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60)
      • 3.7.3.3 Delete Volume Set
      • 3.7.3.4 Modify Volume Set
      • 3.7.3.5 Check Volume Set
      • 3.7.3.6 Stop Volume Check
      • 3.7.3.7 Display Volume Set Info.
    • 3.7.4 Physical Drives
      • 3.7.4.1 View Drive Information
      • 3.7.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk
      • 3.7.4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk
      • 3.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk
      • 3.7.4.5 Set Disk To Be Failed
      • 3.7.4.6 Activate Failed Disk
      • 3.7.4.7 Identify Selected Drive
      • 3.7.4.8 Identify Enclosure
    • 3.7.5 Raid System Function
      • 3.7.5.1 Mute The Alert Beeper
      • 3.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting
      • 3.7.5.3 Change Password
      • 3.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Function
      • 3.7.5.5 Background Task Priority
      • 3.7.5.6 SATA NCQ Support
      • 3.7.5.7 HDD Read Ahead Cache
      • 3.7.5.8 Volume Data Read Ahead
      • 3.7.5.9 Hdd Queue Depth Setting
      • 3.7.5.10 Empty HDD Slot LED
      • 3.7.5.11 Controller Fan Detection
      • 3.7.5.12 Auto Activate Raid Set
      • 3.7.5.13 Disk Write Cache Mode
      • 3.7.5.14 Write Same Support
      • 3.7.5.15 Capacity Truncation
    • 3.7.6 More System Functions
      • 3.7.6.1 Smart Option For HDD
      • 3.7.6.2 Smart Polling Interval
      • 3.7.6.3 Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding
    • 3.7.7 HDD Power Management
      • 3.7.7.1 Stagger Power On
      • 3.7.7.2 Time To Hdd Low Power Idle
      • 3.7.7.3 Time To Low RPM Mode
      • 3.7.7.4 Time To Spin Down Idle Hdd
    • 3.7.8 Ethernet Configuration
      • 3.7.8.1 DHCP Function
      • 3.7.8.2 Local IP address
      • 3.7.8.3 HTTP Port Number
      • 3.7.8.4 Telnet Port Number
      • 3.7.8.5 SMTP Port Number
      • 3.7.8.6 Ethernet Address
    • 3.7.9 Alert By Mail Config
    • 3.7.10 View System Events
    • 3.7.11 Clear Events Buffer
    • 3.7.12 Hardware Monitor
    • 3.7.13 System Information
• 4. Driver Installation
  • 4.1 Creating the Driver Diskettes
  • 4.2 Driver Installation for Windows
    • 4.2.1 Installing Windows on a RAID Volume
    • 4.2.2 Installing Controller on an Existing Windows
    • 4.2.3 Uninstall controller from Windows
  • 4.3 Driver Installation for Linux
  • 4.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD
  • 4.5 Driver Installation for Solaris
  • 4.6 Driver Installation for macOS
    • 4.6.1 Installation Procedures
      • 4.6.1.1 Install Areca driver for Mac
      • 4.6.1.2 Install the MRAID Utility
    • 4.6.2 Making Volume Sets Available to macOS
• 5. ArcHTTP Proxy Server Installation
  • 5.1 For Windows
  • 5.2 For Linux
  • 5.3 For FreeBSD
  • 5.4 For Solaris 10
  • 5.5 For Mac OS X
  • 5.6 ArcHTTP Configuration
• 6. Web Browser-based Configuration
  • 6.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager
    • • Start-up from Windows/Mac Local Administration
    • • Start-up McRAID Storage Manager from Linux/ FreeBSD/Solaris Local Administration
    • • Start-up from Ethernet Port (Out-of-Band)
  • 6.2 McRAID Storage Manager
  • 6.3 Main Menu
  • 6.4 Quick Function
    • 6.5.1 Create Raid Set
    • 6.5.2 Delete Raid Set
    • 6.5.3 Expand Raid Set
    • 6.5.4 Offline Raid Set
    • 6.5.5 Rename Raid Set
    • 6.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set
    • 6.5.7 Create Hot Spare
    • 6.5.8 Delete Hot Spare
    • 6.5.9 Rescue Raid Set
  • 6.6 Volume Set Functions
    • 6.6.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6)
      • • Volume Name
      • • Volume Raid Level
      • • Capacity
      • • Greater Two TB Volume Support
      • • Initialization Mode
      • • Stripe Size
      • • Cache Mode
      • • Volume Write Protection
      • • Full Volume Encryption
      • • Tagged Command Queuing
      • • SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun
    • 6.6.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60)
    • 6.6.3 Delete Volume Set
    • 6.6.4 Modify Volume Set
      • 6.6.4.1 Volume Growth
      • 6.6.4.2 Volume Set Migration
      • 6.6.4.3 Volume Write Protection
    • 6.6.5 Check Volume Set
    • 6.6.6 Schedule Volume Check
    • 6.6.7 Stop Volume Set Check
    • 6.6.8 Download Volume Key File
  • 6.7 Security Function
    • 6.7.1 Create SED RAID Set
    • 6.7.3 Delete ISE RAID Set
    • 6.7.2 Delete SED RAID Set
    • 6.7.4 Security Key Setup
      • 6.7.4.1 SED Key Management-Creation
      • 6.7.4.2 SED Key Management-Modification
    • 6.7.5 Import Security Key
    • 6.7.6 Erase Failed Disk
    • 6.7.7 RevertSP
  • 6.8 Physical Drive
    • 6.8.1 Create Pass-Through Disk
    • 6.8.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk
    • 6.8.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk
    • 6.8.4 Clone Disk
      • 6.8.4.1 Clone And Replace
      • 6.8.4.2 Clone Only
    • 6.8.5 Abort Cloning
    • 6.8.6 Set Disk To Be Failed
    • 6.8.7 Activate Failed Disk
    • 6.8.8 Identify Enclosure
    • 6.8.9 Identify Drive
  • 6.9 System Controls
    • 6.9.1 System Config
      • • System Beeper Setting
      • • Background Task Priority
      • • JBOD/RAID Configuration
      • • SATA NCQ Support
      • • HDD Read Ahead Cache
      • • Volume Data Read Ahead
      • • HDD Queue Depth
      • • Empty HDD Slot LED
      • • CPU Fan Detection
      • • SES2 Support
      • • Max Command Length
      • • Auto Activate Incomplete Raid
      • • Disk Write Cache Mode
      • • Write Same For Initialization
      • • Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding
      • • PCIE Gen3
      • • SATA MACH.2 Striping
      • • SES2 H/W Monitor
      • • Disk Capacity Truncation Mode
      • • Smart Option For HDD
      • • Smart Polling Interval
    • 6.9.2 Advanced Configuration
      • • TLER Setting
      • • Timeout Setting
      • • Number of Retries
      • • Buffer Threshold
      • • Amount of Read Ahead
      • • Read Ahead Count
      • • Read Ahead Requests
      • • Number of AV Stream
      • • Optimize AV Recording
      • • Read Performance Margin
      • • Write Performance Margin
      • • Read And Discard Parity Data
      • • Fail Disk For Any Timeout
      • • Hitachi/WDC/Seagate SATA HDD Speed
      • • BIOS Selection
      • • PCIE Link Down Reset
      • • Active Cable Management
      • • Host Command Queue Mode
      • • End Device Frame Buffering
      • • PCIe Command Queue Depth
      • • Write Cache Amount
      • • Save SED Key In Controller
      • • Dual Path Usage
      • • Ext Connector#1 Speed Limit
      • • Ext Connector#2 Speed Limit
      • • Fail Disk For Reading Error
    • 6.9.3 HDD Power Management
      • 6.9.3.1 Stagger Power On Control
      • 6.9.3.2 Time To Hdd Low Power Idle
      • 6.9.3.3 Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode
      • 6.9.3.4 Time To Spin Down Idle HDD
      • 6.9.3.5 SATA Power Up In Standby
      • 6.9.3.6 Delay for Phy to Stable
    • 6.9.4 Ethernet Configuration
    • 6.9.5 Alert By Mail Configuration
    • 6.9.6 SNMP Configuration
    • 6.9.7 NTP Configuration
    • 6.9.8 View Events/Mute Beeper
    • 6.9.9 Generate Test Event
    • 6.9.10 Clear Events Buffer
    • 6.9.11 Modify Password
    • 6.9.12 Update Firmware
  • 6.10 Information
    • 6.10.1 Raid Set Hierarchy
      • 6.10.1.1 Hdd Xfer Speed
    • 6.10.2 SAS Chip Information
    • 6.10.3 System Information
    • 6.10.4 Hardware Monitor
• Appendix A
  • Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process
• Appendix B
  • Flash-based Backup Module (ARC-1883-BAT/CAP)
• Appendix C
  • Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120BA-T121-12G)
• Appendix D
  • SNMP Operation & Installation
• Appendix E
  • Event Notification Configurations
    • A. Device Event
      • B. Volume Event
      • C. RAID Set Event
      • D. Hardware Monitor Event
• Appendix F
  • Self-Encrypting Disk (SED) Encryption
• Appendix G
  • Full Volume Encryption
• Appendix H
  • RAID Concept
    • RAID Set
    • Volume Set
    • Ease of Use Features
      • • Foreground Availability/Background Initialization
      • • Online Array Roaming
      • • Online Capacity Expansion
      • • Online Volume Expansion
  • High availability
    • • Global/Local Hot Spares
    • • Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support
    • • Auto Declare Hot-Spare
    • • Auto Rebuilding
    • • Adjustable Rebuild Priority
  • High Reliability
    • • Hard Drive Failure Prediction
    • • Auto Reassign Sector
    • • Consistency Check
  • Data Protection
    • • Battery Backup
    • • Recovery ROM
• Appendix I
  • Understanding RAID
    • RAID 0
    • RAID 1 - Simple Mirroring
    • RAID 1 - Multi Mirroring
    • RAID 10(1E)
    • RAID 3
    • RAID 5
    • RAID 6
    • RAID x0
    • JBOD
    • Single Disk (Mirrored Pass-Through Disk)