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1. The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following SAS host adapter parameters at power up e PCI Bus Device Function e I O Port Address e Interrupt Channel IRQ e Adapter ROM Base Address Use Host BIOS setup manager to further configure the SAS host adapter to suit your server hardware and operating system 3 1 Starting the Host BIOS Setup Manager This section explains how to use the Host BIOS setup manager to configure your host adapter The Host BIOS setup manager is designed to be user friendly It is a menu driven program residing in the flash ROM which allows you to scroll through various menus and sub menus and select among the predetermined configuration options When starting a system with a SAS host adpater installed it will display the following message on the monitor during the start up sequence after the system bios startup screen but before the op erating system boots ARC 1300 PCI E SAS Controller BIOS V1 00 Date 2008 11 20 Bus Dev Func 7 0 0 I O Port FD9FF000h IRQ 10 BIOS D400 0h ppp Disk SATA II P 1 L 1 00 000 lt sT6700630NS gt Size 76 GB ppp Disk SAS 3 0 P I L 2 01 000 lt HUS151436VLS300 gt Size 34 GB ppp Disk SAS 3 0 P I L 3 02 000 lt ATLAS10K5 147SAS gt Size 137 GB bop Disk SAS 3 0 P I L 4 03 000 lt HUS151436VLS300 gt Size 34 GB bp Areca SAS controller BIOS successfully installed bb Press lt Tab F6 gt to enter SETUP menu second s l
2. To define the of disks per spin up group highlight the Disks Per Spin up Group field from the Staggered Spin up Config screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears Disk Per Spin up Group Miscellaneou E 1 m INT 13 ode E Silent Mode Persistent Md Staggered Spin u ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Return To Previous Menu Item Areca host adapter has included the option for customer to select the number of disk drives group per stagger power up value The values can be selected from 1 to 8 disks per step which powers up the system 3 2 2 3 2 Group Spin up Delay Seconds To define the group of disks spin up delay highlight the Group Spin up Delay field from the Staggered Spin up Config screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears 37 BIOS CONFIGURATION Group Spin up Delay Seconds j 0 m ia T INT 13 Servid Silent Mode Grout Persistent M Staggered Spin up Coi NOOR WND Areca host adapter has included the option for customer to select the group of disk drives sequentially stagger power up value The values can be selected from Os to 7s per step which powers up one group of disk drives 3 2 3 System Information To access the host adapter system information properties high light the System Information field on the main menu screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears System Information Adapte
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4. Enabled BIOS CONFIGURATION Enabled LUNs relative mapping remains static across reboots Disabled LUNs relative mapping is gathered from the SAS HBA device driver on every reboot 3 2 2 3 2 Clear Persistent Mapping To enable the clear mapping registry on the HBA highlight the Clear Persistent Mapping from the Persistent Mapping Config screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following ap pears m Miscellaneous Settings I INT 13 Service Persisti Persistent Mapping Config Are You Sure To Clear The Persistent Device Mapping Y Yes ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Return To Previous Menu Item The device driver detects the hardware SAS devices via SAS HBA This detection phase then stores or maps SAS drive LUNs information in the HBA when you enable the persistent map ping When device persistence is in use this operation clears persistent mappings for devices that are not currently present It is required to clear the HBA previous persistent mapping that ARC 1300 device uses as a bootable device on the new operat ing system installation The clear function is for user to reset the registry store on HBA To start the clear persistent mapping press Y A screen similar to the following appears 35 BIOS CONFIGURATION E Miscellaneous Settings I INT 13 Service Persiste Persistent Mapping Config aggej Pe ent Device Mapping Operation Completed Successfully Press Any
5. 3 Internal Min SAS 4i to Internal Min SAS 4i Cable The ARC 1300 4i or ARC 1300ix 16 host adapter has Min SAS 4i internal connectors each of them can support up to four SAS SATA signals These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with Min SAS 4i internal connectors backplane This Min SAS 4i cable has eight signal pins to support four SAS SATA drives and six pins for the SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output side band signals The SGPIO bus is used for efficient LED management and for sensing drive locate status Figure 2 9 Min SAS 4i to Min SAS 4i Cable 2 3 4 External Min SAS 4x Drive Boxes and Drive Expander The Min SAS 4x external cables are used for connection between the SAS host adapter external connectors and connectors on the external drive boxes or drive expanders JBOD The SAS host adapter has Min SAS 4x SFF 8088 external connector each of them can support up to four SAS SATA signals HARDWARE INSTALLATION The ARC 1300 4x or ARC 1300ix 16 host adapter can support daisy chain up to 128 end point devices through external expander enclosures The following figure shows how to connect the external Min SAS cable from the ARC 1300 4x or ARC 1300ix 16 series host adapter that has external SFF 8088 connectors to the external drive boxes or drive enclosures Areca SAS Host Adapter Areca 8060 SAS RAID Controller JBOD Step 5 Install the LED Cable option The preferr
6. I L 3 02 000 137 GB ATLAS10K5_147SAS P I L 4 03 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 27 BIOS CONFIGURATION The Device Selection Low Level Format Disk screen displays a scrolling list of installed disks on the slected host adapter Highlight the disk name in the Device Selection Low Level Format Disk screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears EE SATA P I 1 00 000 7A GR _ STR7NNKRANNG Il Data In The Disk Will Be Lost After Low Level Sure To Proceed Y Yes Others To Abort The Low Level Format Disk screen to perform a low level format of the device The default format is 512 bytes per sector To start the format press Y A screen similar to the following appears Main Menu i Device Function Disk Format Don t Reset Or Power Off The System Model Name SATA S Time Elapsed 400 02 Percentage Completed 28 BIOS CONFIGURATION After format begins you cannot stop or cancel it The informa tion fields on the Disk Format are as follows Device Name Indicates the device name for the format Time Elapsed Displays the time elapsed since the start of the format operation Percentage Completed Indicates the completion percentage of the format operation Formatting erases all data on a device Be sure that you have a current valid backup of important data on the de vice before you format it 3 2 1 3 Verify Disk To select the disk fo
7. and 2008 Press F6 if you need to install This must be done or else the Windows installer will not prompt for the driver from the ARC 1300 series host adapter and the driver diskette will not be recognized Note If you are installing Windows Vista 2008 click Load Driver to locate the device driver and then click Next 5 The next screen will show Setup could not determine the type of one or more Specify an additional ARC 1300 series device driver by pressing S m 6 Insert the ARC 1300 series driver diskette in drive A and press Enter 7 Select the appropriate ARC 1300 SAS PCI host adapter from the menu by using the arrow key to highlight it and then press Enter to select it 8 Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices ARECA Windows X86 32 Storport SAS Host Adapter Press En ter continue and copy the driver files 9 From this point on simply follow the Microsoft Windows instal lation procedure Follow the on screen instructions responding as needed to complete the installation Reboot the system to load the new driver operating system 43 DRIVER INSTALLATION 44 4 2 3 Installing Controller into an Existing Win dows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 Installation In this scenario you are installing the controller in an existing Windows system To install the driver 1 Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 the Hardware Installa tio
8. in as a system administrator The following steps show how to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vis ta 2008 This procedure assumes that the ARC 1300 series host adapter hardware driver and Windows are installed and operational in your system 1 Partition and format the new disks using Disk Administra tor a Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu c Select Storage d Select Disk Management 2 Follow the on screen prompts to write a signature to the drive 3 Right click on the drive and select Create Volume from the menu 4 Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to assign a disk drive letter 4 2 5 Uninstall Controller from Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 To remove the SAS host adapter driver from the Windows system follow the instructions below 1 Ensure that you have closed all applications and are logged in with administrative rights 2 Start from My Computer click right side of the mouse Se lect Manage then choose Computer Management 45 DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 Select the Device Manager then choose SCSI and RAID Controllers Right click on the ARECA X86 32 STORPORT SAS Host Adapter and click right side of mouse then select Unin stall A Confirm Device Removal
9. screen appears 4 Click Yes to remove the ARC 1300 series host adapter driver 4 3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1300 series host adapter driver to Red Hat Linux SuSE and other versions of Linux Before installing the ARC 1300 series host adapter driver to the Linux complete the following actions 1 Install host adapter and hard disk drives according to the in structions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 Start the system and then press Tab F6 to enter the Host_ BIOS setup utility Using the Host_BIOS setup utility to configure host adapter miscellaneous settings parameter For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are in cluded on the shipped CD You can download updated versions of compiled and tested drivers for RedHat or SuSE Linux from the Areca web site at http www areca com tw Please refer to the readme txt file on the included Areca CD or website to make driver diskette and to install driver to the system 4 4 Driver Installation for Mac OS X This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1300 series host adapter Mac device driver You must have administrative level permissions to install Areca Mac device driver You can install driver on your Power Mac G5 or Mac Pro as below 1 Insert the Areca Mac Driver amp Software CD that came with your ARC 1300 series host adapter 2 Double click on th
10. the bottom of the screen shows you what keys are enabled for the screens Select An Adapter To Configure 1 004 00 0 1 0 FD9FF000h 2 049 14 4 I O AF948362h ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select Press F10 Tab to Reboot BIOS CONFIGURATION The adapter setup screen displays a scrolling list of up to 128 SAS end point devices in the system and provides information about each of them Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select the adapter you want to setup While the desired adapter is highlighted press the Enter key to enter the main menu of the Host BIOS setup manager 3 2 Main Menu The main menu shows all functions that are available for executing actions which is accomplished by clicking on the appropriate link Esc Aborts the current context operation or exits the current screen If you have changed settings you will be asked to confirm the exit Physical Devices Miscellaneous Settings System Information ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Return To Previous Menu Item Option Description View the host adapter system information 3 2 1 Physical Devices To access the physical device function screen highlight the Phys ical Devices field on the adapter s main menu screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears 25 BIOS CONFIGURATION 26 es Display Device Information Low Level Format Disk Verify Disk Identify Disk 3 2
11. 1 1 Display Device Information To view all installed devices on the selected host adapter high light the Display Device Information field and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears E Device Sel Device Ini SATA P I L 1 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS SAS P I L 2 01 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 SAS P I L 3 02 000 137 GB ATLAS10K5_147SAS SAS P I L 4 03 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 To display the device information screen for a disk highlight the disk name in the Device Selection Device Information screen and press Enter A Device Information screen similar to the following appears BIOS CONFIGURATION EE El Device information d D EA Port ld Lun 1 00 000 Device Type SATA II SAS Address 500000E015D106E2 Model Name ST6700630NS Serial Number J3X7WJMJ F W Revision A600 Disk Capacity 76 GB The information fields on the Device Information screen are as follows Port Id Lun Device Type SAS Address Model Name Serial Number F W Revision and Disk Capacity 3 2 1 2 Low Level Format Disk To select the disk for the low level format from the attached disks on the host adapter highlight the Low Level Format Disk field on the Device Function screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears a Device Selection ow Level Format Dis P I L 1 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS P I L 2 01 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 P
12. Key To Continue 3 2 2 4 Staggered Spin up Config To access the host adapter staggered spin up configuration properties highlight the Staggered Spin up Config field from the Miscellaneous Settings screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears ae Staggered Spin up Config Ea Disk Per Spin up Group Silent Mode Group Spin up Delay Seconds Persistent Md Staggered Spin up Config In a PC system with only one or two drives the power can sup ply enough power to spin up both drives simultaneously But In a systems with more than two drives the startup current from spinning up the drives all at once can overload the power sup ply causing damage to the power supply disk drives and other system components This damage can be avoided by allowing the host to stagger the spin up of the drives New SATA drives have supported staggered spin up capabilities to boost reli ability Staggered spin up is a very useful feature for managing OE 36 BIOS CONFIGURATION multiple disk drives in a storage subsystem It gives the host the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially or in groups allowing the drives to come ready at the optimum time without straining the system power supply Staggering drive spin up in a multiple drive environment also avoids the extra cost of a power supply designed to meet short term startup power demand as well as steady state conditions 3 2 2 3 1 Disks Per Spin up Group
13. Plug amp Play PnP readiness The adapters bring a high performance low cost solu tion to any desktop workstation and server The ARC 1300 4e is a 4 eSATA external connector The ARC 1300 4x 4i host adapter is a low profile one SFF 8088 SFF 8087 Min SAS connector The ARC 1300ix 16 host adapter is a low profile with two SFF 8088 Min SAS external connectors and four SFF 8087 internal Min SAS connec tors Areca SAS HBAs are able to connect to SATA and SAS hard disk drives allowing for tiered storage that optimizes costs and performance SAS drives are optimal when speed and reliability are of the utmost concern while SATA drives are appropriate when capacity and cost are more important Device drivers are also supported for the major operating systems for compatibility with a full range of SAS peripherals including hard disk drives HDDs tape drives tape autoloaders solid state drives SSDs and removable media DAS JBOD 1 2 Features PCI Expr 4 Lan e PCIe x4 bus e PCIe specification revision 1 0a e Support SGPIO interface for ARC 1300ix 16 e RoHS compliant Serial ATA 3 0Gbps e 48 bits LBA support HDD partition larger than 137GB e Fully compliant with Serial ATA II 3Gbps compliant with speed negotiation Serial ATA 1 0a 1 5Gbps specifications revision 1 1 e Supports external SATA voltage levels INTRODUCTION e Hot plug capability e Supports Serial ATA II Port Multiplier 1 0 specifications revi sion1 1 e S
14. SAS Host Adapters USER S Manual Version 1 2 Issue Date September 2009 Copyright and Trademarks The information of the products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Conventions All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without the written permission of the manufacturer and the author All inquiries should be addressed to Areca Technology Corporation FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim its for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against in terference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation 1 2 4 Contents ENtrOCUICEON TAGA 6 Dl OVERVIEW nakunan ma spa Gees vile iv Gen Sado DUAS e AOS UU O CUL dai OA 6
15. and to ensure your own personal safety e Always wear a grounding strap or work on an ESD protective mat High voltages may be found inside computer equipment Before installing any of the hardware in this package or removing the protective covers of any computer equipment turn off power switches and disconnect power cords Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers HARDWARE INSTALLATION e Before opening the system cover turn off power switches and unplug the power cords Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can cause serious damage to the electronic com ponents on this SAS host adapter To avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge observe the following precautions e Do not remove the host adapter from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case e Handle the host adapter by its edges or by the metal mounting brackets at its each end e Before you handle the host adapter in any way touch a ground ed anti static surface such as an unpainted portion of the sys tem chassis for a few seconds to discharge any built up static electricity 2 3 Installation Use the following instructions below to install a PCle host adapter Step 1 Unpack Unpack and remove the PCle host adapter from the package In spect it carefully if anything is missing or damaged contact your local
16. ation usually takes places as part of operating sys tem installation Please refer to Chapter 4 Diver Installation for the detailed installation procedure In an existing system e To install the host adapter driver into the existing operating system For the detailed installation procedure please refer to the Chapter 4 Driver Installation 21 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 22 Step 8 Format Partition and Mount the Volumes After you create a unit it needs to be partitioned formatted and mounted by the operating system There are various steps that depend on what operating system you are using Windows Linux FreeBSD Solaris or Mac etc Detailed steps for each oper ating system are provided on their disk utility After that the ARC 1300 series host adapter can be fully used Step 9 Determining the Boot Sequences The ARC 1300 series host adapter is a bootable host adapter If your system already contains a bootable device with an installed operating system you can set up your system to boot a second operating system from the new host adapter To add a second bootable host adapter you may need to enter setup of mother board BIOS and change the device boot sequence so that the SAS host adapter heads the list If the system BIOS setup does not al low this change your system may be not configurable to allow the ARC 1300 series host adapter to act as a second boot device BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 Host BIOS Setup Manager
17. cutable utility and a separate adapter flash image New releases of the adapter BIOS is available in the form of a DOS file on the shipped CD or Areca website The following files name is available at the FTP site ii3 1300 bin PCI card BIOS for system board using readme txt contains the history information of the BIOS code change in the main directory Read this file first to make sure you are upgrading to the proper binary file The BIOS version and date will be shown on the adapter BIOS startup banner Select the right version file for the upgrade Normally user upgrades the i13 1300 bin for system M B compatibility Upgrading BIOS Through Oflash EXE Flash DOS Utility The oflash exe flash utility program is a DOS application which runs in the DOS operating system Be sure of ensuring properly to communicate between SAS host adapter and oflash exe flash DOS utility Please make a bootable DOS floppy disk or UBS devices from other Windows operating system and copy SAS adapter BIOS package oflash exe and i13_1300 bin files to it Starting the Oflash Flash Utility You do not need to short any jumper cap on running oflash exe flash utility The oflash exe flash utility provides an on line table of contents brief descriptions of the help sub commands APPENDIX Help Command This h or help command provides an on line table of contents providing brief descriptions of the help sub commands that the oflash flash utility recogn
18. dealer Step 2 Power PC Server Off Turn off computer and remove the AC power cord Remove the system s cover For the instructions please see the computer sys tem documentation Step 3 Install the PCIe SAS Host Adapters To install the PCle host adapter remove the mounting screw and existing bracket from the rear panel behind the selected PCle slot Align the gold fingered edge on the card with the selected PCle slot Press down gently but firmly to ensure that the card is prop erly seated in the slot as shown in Figure 2 6 Then screw the bracket into the computer chassis ARC 1300 series host adapters require a PCle x4 x8 or x16 slot 13 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2 5 Insert ARC 1300 Series Host Adapter into a PCle Slot Step 4 Install Cable Areca is shipping the ARC 1300 4e four ports external SATA PCIe x4 host adapter for Power G5 PowerMac Dual Core and Quad models with an available PCle slot Areca provides a native PCI Express PCle x4 host bus interface with FIS based port multiplier capability When using up to four ARC 4020 4 bay port multiplier enclosures the ARC 1300 4e can mount up to sixteen hard drives eSATA Cable Host Bus Adapter ARC 4020 14 HARDWARE INSTALLATION You can connect the end devices to each other through direct cables or through the SAS expander backplane connections The SAS host adapterr supports daisy chain expansion up to 128 end poi
19. e eae eae ees 38 Driver Installations GAAN 40 4 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes cciceeeeeeee cette sina 40 4 2 Driver Installation for Windows cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeenes 42 4 2 1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 2003 Vista 42 4 2 2 Install Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 on a SAS Host Adapter Volume aka PAA ees lea ANA NANANA 42 4 2 3 Installing Controller into an Existing Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 Installation usa saaan anakan 44 4 2 4 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System 45 4 2 5 Uninstall Controller from Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vis ta 2008 Aa apan a am 45 4 4 Driver Installation for Mac OS X i ccccccceeueeuveeuueuueeeaeeeeueenenes 46 4 4 1 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X 47 Appendix Assar seus sarin NARANASANG 49 CLI Introduction aspas nas GANAN AGANG ENG sia od aaa anaa ees 49 Appendix Bsesssassadessiiasssisiasalosincesradascinimac a crasad sis ddidas dence 50 Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Update Process s 50 Upgrading BIOS Through Oflash EXE Flash DOS Utility 50 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction This section presents brief overview of the SAS host adapters ARC 1300 4e ARC 1300 4x ARC 1300 4i and ARC 1300ix 16 1 1 Overview The ARC 1300 series is a SAS Serial Attached SCSI 1 1 compli ant bus to PCIe bus low profile host adapter which complies to the PCI Express 1 0a compliant specification with
20. e following file that resides at lt CD ROM gt packages MacOS to add the installer on the Finder TEE 46 DRIVER INSTALLATION a ArcSAS 0 0 0 dmg 3 Launch the installer by double clicking the ArcSAS 0 0 0 virtual volume on the Finder 4 Follow the installer steps to install Areca driver 5 Reboot your Power Mac G5 or MacPro system 4 4 1 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X When you connect the HDD and install the device driver the Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is avail and displays a message asking what you next want to do If the message does not show up start the Macintosh Disk Utility manually from the Finder use the Go menu and open the Utilities folder Double click on the Macintosh Disk Utility program Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to assign a disk drive letter 1 In the Mac OS message click on the Initialize tab 2 When the Macintosh Disk Utility window appears select the Areca controller s disks icon on the left in the list of hard disks that are mounted on the Mac system ana Areca MAC 1IDO NOLEDO Media bA TAY TA AT mm nn AG amp T 6 3 CO Manter Eros Vou Sc here CEA a SONY OND KW UW O aai O DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 In the Macintosh Disk Utility window click on the Partition tab 48 4 From the Volume Scheme column click on the Current to show the drop down menu and select the number of partitio
21. ed I O connector for server backplanes is the Min SAS 4i internal connector This connector has eight signal pins to support four SAS SATA drives and six pins for the SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output side band signals The SGPIO bus is used for efficient LED management and for sensing drive Locate status See SFF 8485 for the specification of the SGPIO bus For backplane without SGPIO supporting Please use the individual cables for fault activity LED cable installation LED Management The backplane may contain LEDs to indicate drive status Light from the LEDs could be transmitted to the out side of the server by using light pipes mounted on the SAS drive tray A small microcontroller on the backplane connected via the SGPIO bus to a ARC 1300ix 16 could control the LEDs Activity blinking 5 times second and Fault solid illuminated 18 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Drive Locate Circuitry The location of a drive may be detected by sensing the voltage level of one of the pre charge pins before and after a drive is installed The following signals define the SGPIO assignments for the Min SAS 4i internal connector SFF 8087 in the SAS host adapter pr O RT RI SideBand0 SClock Clock signal SideBand1 SLoad Last clock of a bit stream SideBand4 SDataOut Serial data SideBand5 SDataln Serial data input bit output bit stream stream The following signal defines the sideband header signals which can work with Areca sideba
22. eft lt ESC to skip gt The information fields on the adapter setup screen are as follows Bus Indicates the PCI Bus number assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter range O 255 decimal Dev Indicates the PCI Device assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter range O 31 decimal EC __ 23 BIOS CONFIGURATION Fnc Indicates the PCI Function assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter range O 7 decimal I O Indicates the I O port address assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter The adapters scan and display up to eight device s information during system bootup The operating system device driver will recognize up to 128 end point devices The bootable devices need to be put on the first eight devices connected to the controller It is normal when it appears No BIOS disk found Areca SAS controller BIOS not installed during system boot It represents that there was no bootable SAS device such as SAS HDD found after SAS BIOS detected SAS devices Thus above message is shown and this will not affect system operation The Host BIOS setup manager message remains on your screen for about nine seconds giving you time to start the setup menu by pressing Tab or F6 If you do not wish to enter setup menu press ESC to skip configuration immediately When activated the Host BIOS setup manager appears showing a selection dialog box listing the SAS host adapters that are installed in the system The legend at
23. em installation Installing SAS host adapter into an existing operating system The computer has an existing operating system installed and the ARC 1300 series host adapter is being installed as a secondary con troller Have all required system hardware and software components on hand before proceeding with the setup and installation Materials required e Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 Linux FreeBSD So laris and Mac installation CD e ARC 1300 series host adapter software CD e ARC 1300 series host adapter 4 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes The software CD disc shipped with the ARC 1300 series host adapter is a self booting CD In order to created driver diskettes for Windows Linux and FreeBSD installation drivers your system is required to support booting from the CD ROM If you do not have the software CD disc with the package contact your local dealers or you can also download the latest version driv ers for Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 Linux FreeBSD Solaris and Mac from the Areca web site at http www areca com tw 40 DRIVER INSTALLATION These driver diskettes are intended for use with new operating system installations Determine the correct kernel version and identify which diskette images contain drivers for that kernel If the driver file ends in img create the appropriate driver diskette using dd utility The following steps are required to create the driver diskettes 1 The com
24. er the adapter buzzer is Enabled or Disabled Disabled SAS host adapter disables the alarm tone generator Enabled SAS host adapter enables the alarm tone generator 3 2 2 3 Persistent Mapping Config To access the persistent device mapping config highlight the Persistent Mapping Config from the Miscellaneous Settings screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears Eee 33 BIOS CONFIGURATION Miscellaneous Settings l INT 13 Service Silent r E 7 Persiste Persistent Mapping Config Stagge Persistent Device Mapping Clear Persistent Mapping 34 Persistent mapping config is used to ensure the operating sys tem of a server always sees presented LUNs with the same SAS target ID across reboots On systems where no logical volume manager is present the specific target and device used to map a file system to its disk will hard code the target and disk num ber It is possible that the target number could change if disks are added or removed from the system Persistent mapping function maps a user defined LUNs to a SAS ports and ensures that the relationship remains static across reboots 3 2 2 3 1 Persistent Device Config To access the persistent mapping function highlight the Per sistent Device Mapping from the Persistent Mapping Config screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following ap pears E Miscellaneous Settings I INT 13 Service Disabled
25. ers The following table is the fault LED signal behavior Fault LED When the fault LED is solid When the fault LED is slow blinking illuminated there is no disk 2 times sec that disk drive has present When the fault LED failed and should be hot swapped is off then disk is present immediately When the activity and status is normal LED is illuminated and fault LED is fast blinking 10 times sec there is rebuilding activity on that disk drive HARDWARE INSTALLATION B Global LED Indicator Connector If the system will use only a single global indicator attach the LED to the two pins of the global activity cache write pending connector The global fault pin pair connector is the overall fault signal This signal will light up in any disk drive failure The following diagrams show all LEDs connectors and pin locations LCD 12C Module Connector Activity LED Connector Fault LED Connector Global Activity Header i K E E Figure 2 11 ARC 1300ix 16 oR BR individual LED for each SHEE Es channel drive and global indicator connector for computer case Global Fault Header Step 6 Power up the System Throughly check the installation reinstall the computer cover and reconnect the power cord cables Turn on the power switch at the rear of the computer if equipped and then press the power button at the front of the host computer Step 7 Install Host Adapter Driver For a new system e Driver install
26. istory Revision Page Description p 50 54 Changed aod to oflash 1 1 p 46 47 Deleted Driver Installation for FreeBSD and Solaris 55
27. izes The command syntax for the oflash h or help command is as follows NS oflash h or help display the oflash flash utility sub command option The below example shows that oflash flash utility oflash h or help command gets detail information about its sub command C gt oflash Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca Odin Flash Utility Version 1 00 command oflash options c ctrl assign controller number default O r filename read backup binary into filename from flash s filename write write binary into flash from filename 1 list list all controllers found Example Write flash from file i13 1300 bin into controller 0 command oflash c 0 w i13_1300 bin Enter c gt _ Command This command uses to display the oflash supported SAS host adapter installed on your computer Use this command to see which SAS host adapters are installed and to identify the ID numbers assigned to each physical host adapter The command syntax for the I command is as follows NS oflash I list all SAS host adapters found This example shows a typical system response to a command C gt oflash I EESTSEFWS ES BBB 6 51 APPENDIX C gt oflash Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca Odin Flash Utility Version 1 00 Controller Information Controller 00 DeviceID Bus DevFunc 6445 1 0 I O Address 9F00 Controller 01 DeviceID B
28. n chapter to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure 2 Start the system and then press Tab F6 to enter the control ler Host BIOS setup utility Use the setup utility to configure the host adapter parameter For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Config uration Once the host adapter miscellaneous settings properties configured continue with installation of the driver 3 Boot Windows and the OS will recognize the ARC 1300 series host adapters and launch the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the ARC 1300 series host adapters driver 4 Choose Display a list of known drivers for this device so that you can choose a specific driver and click on Next 5 Insert the ARC 1300 series host adapters driver diskette or the shipping software CD and type in or browse to the correct device driver path Click the Next 8 If the Digital Signature Not Found screen appears click on Continue to continue the installation This message informs you that a nonsigned driver is being installed 9 Windows automatically copies the appropriate driver files and rebuilds its driver database 10 Click the Finish button to complete the driver installation 11 Remove the diskette from the drive and click Yes to restart the computer to load the new drivers DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 2 4 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System When you reboot the system log
29. nd cable on its SFF 8087 to 4 SATA cable The sideband header is located at backplane For SGPIO to work properly please connect Areca 8 pin sideband cable to the sideband header as shown below SDaltaln Reserved SDataOut Ground Ground SLoad Reserved SClock Sideband Pin Definitions There is no SGPIO supported in the most of old version SATA backplane The ARC 1300ix 16 ARC 1300 4i host adapter also provides two kinds of alternative LED cable header to support the fault activity status for those backplanes The Global Indicator Connector is used by the server global indicator LED The following electronics schematic is the ARC 1300ix 16 ARC 1300 4i host adapter logical of fault activity header The signal for each pin is cathode side 19 HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following diagrams and descriptions describe each type of con nector Open Collector Low Open Collector Low Global Fault Activity Header ote A cable for the global indicator comes with your computer system Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with a drive cage or you may need to purchase them A Individual Activity Fault LED and Global Indicator Connector Most of the backplane has supported the HDD activity from the HDD The SAS host adapter also provides the fault activity for fault LED Connect the cables for the drive fault LEDs between the backplane of the cage and the respective connector on the SAS host adapt
30. ngs I INT 13 Service Silent Mode Persistent Mapping Config Staggered Spin up Config Changes to the Miscellaneous Settings are reflected in the option field of the Miscellaneous Settings menu However the new setting does not take effect until you reboot the system 3 2 2 1 INT 13 Service To access the INT 13 service properties highlight the INT 13 Service field from the Miscellaneous Settings screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears INT 13 Service cotar I Disabled INT 13 Servi Enabled Silent Mode Persistent Mapping Config Staggered Spin up Config BIOS CONFIGURATION The INT 13 Service indicates whether the adapter is eligible for BIOS control or is reserved for control by OS device driver The information fields on the INT 13 Service screen are as follows Disabled The SAS host adapter is controlled only by the OS device driver Enabled The SAS host adapter is controlled only by the BIOS This setting may not be supported by all OS drivers 3 2 2 2 Silent Mode To access the silent mode properties highlight the Silent Mode field from the Miscellaneous Settings screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears m Miscellaneous Settings j INT 13 Serviga Silent Mode Silent Mode HEEE Disabled Staggered Sg Enabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Return To Previous Menu Item The Silent Mode indicates wheth
31. ns that you want to divide Areca controller 5 On the right Volume Information section assign a name for each partition choose the right volume format Mac OS Extended Mac OS Standard MS DOS File System or UNIX File System and enter the appropriate size of the partitions Once you have finished the setting click on the Partition tab 6 When a message Partitioning a disk will destroy all information on the volume of the disk asks you to confirm you want to partition the disk click on the Partition tab to continue Tt will take a couple of minutes to complete the partition volume format and shown up the new volume on your desktop when they are now available for use APPENDIX Appendix A CLI Introduction This Command Line Interface CLI is provided for you to configure the ARC 1300ix 16 SAS host adapter expander functions The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface GUI is not available Please download the CLI For SAS expander manual from the websie http www areca com tw support main htm 49 APPENDIX Appendix B 50 Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Update Pro cess Since the PCle SAS host adapter features flash ROM firmware it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the adapter BIOS The user can simply re program the old BIOS through the In Band PCle bus using the oflash exe flash DOS utility The ship CD contains the oflash exe exe
32. nt devices through SAS expander enclosures The following is an example of some internal SAS SATA cables and an external SAS cable You can connect the SAS SATA drives to the host adapter through direct cable and backplane solutions In the direct connection SAS SATA drives are directly connected to ARC 1300 4i or ARC 1300ix 16 PHY port with SAS SATA cables y a 3 corta EK 4 no 7 HD Connector D Was 4 p S ae a Ngo NG 4 SATA Connector o TS A ar q YO i ka qe PCle x D Tay ESA Min SAS di Connector da Figure 2 6 SAS Cable Connect to HD 2 3 1 Internal Min SAS 4i to SATA Cable The Min SAS 14i to SATA cables are used for connection between the ARC 1300ix 16 internal connectors and connectors on the SAS SATA disk drives or SATA connector backplane 15 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Sidoband Cablo e o ST Figure 2 7 Internal Min SAS 4i to 4x SATA Cable lt The sideband cable is reserved for the backplane with header on it Please refer to page 19 for definitions of sideband header signals 2 3 2 Internal Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF 8482 Cable These host adapters can be installed in a server enclosure without a backplane The kind of cable will attach directly to the SAS disk drives The following diagram shows the picture of Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF 8482 cables Figure 2 8 Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF 8482 Cable 3G HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 3
33. ommand syntax for the write command is as follows oflash w filename write write binary into flash from filename The following example shows a typical system response after you completed the BIOS updated for the host adapter 1 from the ii3 1300 bin file C gt oflash c 1 w i13_1300 bin C gt oflash c 1 w i13_1300 bin Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca Odin Flash Utility Version 1 00 Controller Information Controller 01 DeviceID Bus DevFunc 6445 4 0 I O Address Writing 55808 bytes into flash 100 Write flash OK CNB APPENDIX The following step by step instructions provide the process to update the flash 1 Make the SAS adapter s BIOS package on bootable floppy disk or USB devices 2 Insert the oflash floppy disk or USB device and restart your computer If your computer has not been set up to boot from the bootable floppy disk or USB device enter the system BIOS setup utility to change the setting 3 At the DOS command type oflash followed by a I command to list all SAS host adapter installed on your computer 4 Update the flash ROM using oflash c lt ctlr gt w lt filename gt command Where lt ctlr gt is the number of the SAS host adapter which update its BIOS using the lt filename gt image data 5 The oflash flash utility reads the image data from floppy disk or USB device and updates the flash ROM on the host adapter 54 HISTORY Version H
34. puter system BIOS must be set to boot up from the CD ROM 2 Insert the ARC 1300 series host adapter driver CD disc into the CD ROM drive Note It will take about 5 minutes to boot up the Knoppix GNU Linux Live Linux CD 3 The system will boot up from CD ROM drive 4 To create the driver diskette for example making the Cen tOS 5 driver diskette a Execute xterm by clicking the xTerm icon on left bottom toolbar b Change the path to the specific driver image cd cdrom PACKAGES Linux DRIVER CentOS 5 c Dump the driver image into floppy diskette using dd util ity command format dd if lt image file gt of lt destination gt Example dd if driver img of dev fdO d When the operation is complete the following messages are shown 2880 0 records in 2880 0 records out 1474560 bytes 1 5 MB copied 97 5903 seconds 15 1 kB s The driver diskette is made now Proceed to the following instruction for installation procedures 41 DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 2 Driver Installation for Windows The ARC 1300 series host adapter can be used with Microsoft Win dows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 The ARC 1300 series host adapter support SCSI Miniport and StorPort Drivers for Windows Server 2003 Vista 2008 4 2 1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 2003 Vista The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003 XP 64 Vis ta 2008 Storport implements a new architecture designed for better performance in Storage A
35. r Model Nam Vendor Device IRQ Number BIOS Version Date Serial Number Port 0 SAS Address Port 1 SAS Address Port 2 SAS Address Port 3 SAS Address ARC 1300 17D3 1300 OA V1 00 2008 11 20 SIFEEEFEEE 5005043011AB0000 5005043011AB0000 5005043011AB0000 5005043011AB0000 Information fields on the System Information properties are as follows Adapter Mode Name Indicates the name of the host adapter Vendor Device Indicates the controller s vendor ID and device name 1 Cash 2 o H 38 BIOS CONFIGURATION IRQ Number Indicates the Interrupt Request Line used by the adapter This is assigned by the system BIOS BIOS Version Date Indicates the revision version and date of this adapter BIOS Serial Number Indicates the production serial number from the manufacture Port 0 0 to N SAS Address Indicates the SAS address of the the associated SAS Port 0 to N as configured on this adapter 39 DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1300 series host adapter device driver to your operating system The installation procedures use the following terminology Installing operating system on the SAS SATA volume If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to install operating system on a disk drive managed by the SAS host adapter The device driver installation is a part of the oper ating syst
36. r the verification from the attached disks on the host adapter highlight the Verify Disk field on the Device Function screen and press Enter A screen similar to the fol lowing appears SATA P I L 1 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS SAS P I L 3 02 000 137 GB ATLAS10K5_147SAS SAS P I L 4 03 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Return To Previous Menu Item The Device Selection Verify Disk screen displays a scrolling list of installed disks on the selected host adapter Highlight the disk name in the Device Selection Verify Disk screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears 29 BIOS CONFIGURATION Main Menu ES SATA P I L 1 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS Are You Sure To Verify The Disk Y Yes Others To Abort The Disk Verify screen start to perform a verification of the selected device Use the Verify Disk function to verify the sectors on the device and reassign defective Logical Block Addresses LBAs To start the verification of the selected device press Y A screen similar to the following appears a Disk Verify Don t Reset Or Power O e System Model Name SATA ST3500630NS Time Elapsed 400 10 20 gt Percentage Completed 20 The information fields on the Disk Verify are as follows Model Name Indicates the device name for the verification inquiry data Time Elapsed Displays the time elapsed since the sta
37. rea Network SAN environments Storport delivers higher I O throughput enhanced manageability and an improved miniport interface Storport better utilizes faster adapters through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call DPC and improved queue management 4 2 2 Install Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vis ta 2008 on a SAS Host Adapter Volume The following instructions explain how to install the ARC 1300 series host adapter device driverwhile installing Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 Have your bootable Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 CD and follow the required procedure below to install ARC 1300 series host adapter 1 Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure 2 Start the system and then press Tab F6 to access the Host_ BIOS setup utility Use the Host_BIOS setup utility to configure the ARC 1300 series host adapter to which you will install Win dows For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Once ARC 1300 series host adapter has been configured continue with next step to install the operating system 3 Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin the Windows installation 42 DRIVER INSTALLATION ote The computer system BIOS must support bootable from CD ROM 4 Press F6 when the following displays at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds unless you are installing Windows Vista
38. rt of the verify operation Percentage Completed Indicates the completion percentage of the verify operation 30 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 2 1 4 Identify Disk To select the disk for the identification from the attached disks on the host adapter highlight the Identify Disk field on the Device Function screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears paga Device Selection Identify Dis SATA P I L 1 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS SAS P I L 2 01 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 SAS P I L 3 02 000 137 GB ATLAS10K5_147SAS SAS P I L 4 03 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 The Device Selection Identify Disk screen displays a scrolling list of installed disks on the selected host adapter Highlight the disk name in the Device Selection Identify Disk screen and press Enter The selected disk activity indicator will light for physically locationg the selected disk A screen similar to the following appears Main Menu Device Function SSS Device Selection Identify Dis SATA PILI 1 00 000 7RIGR STA7NNR2NNS BVLS300 gt if cation Check Drive LED For Identification b 147SAS Press Any Key To Stop 6VLS300 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 2 2 Miscellaneous Settings To access the host adapter miscellaneous settings properties highlight the Miscellaneous Settings field on the main menu screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears m Miscellaneous Setti
39. system This user manual gives simple step by step instructions for installing and configuring the host adapter To ensure personal safety and to protect your equipment and data reading the following information package list carefully before you begin installing Package Contents If your package is missing any of the items listed below contact your local dealers before you install e 1 x PCle x4 host adapter in an ESD protective bag e 1 x Installation CD containing driver relative software an electronic version of this manual and other related manual e 1 x User Manual 2 2 Board Layout This section provides the board layout and connector jumper for the SAS host adapters HARDWARE INSTALLATION on PO gt gt Paes COOL TTT Figure 2 1 ARC 1300 4e Host Adapter Connector Description External Connector eSATA External Connector eSATA External Connector eSATA External Connector eSATA Table 2 1 ARC 1300 4e Connectors Ps coeso ag tn lei Gg Figure 2 2 ARC 1300 4x Host Adapter HESSE ESTE EEE SE E ES 9 HARDWARE INSTALLATION E 1 SCN1 SAS 1 4 Ports External Min SAS 4x 2 D5 D8 SAS Link 1 4 Ports LED 3 D1 D4 SAS Activity 1 4 Ports LED Table 2 2 ARC 1300 4x Connectors Lg ie W Figure 2 3 ARC 1300 4i SAS Host Adapter 1 SCN1 SAS 1 4 Ports Internal Min SAS 4i 2 35 Individual Activity LED Header for SAS 4 Pin Header 1 4 Ports 3 J4 Global Activity Cache Wri
40. te Pending 2 Pin Header 4 D5 D8 SAS Activity 1 4 Ports Table 2 3 ARC 1300 4i Connectors 10 HARDWARE INSTALLATION C gA a 5 ton soma JT A Figure 2 4 ARC 1300ix 16 SAS Host Adapter Tye 1 JP1 RJ11 Connector TES vin SAS i SA vin SAS i SNS Min SAS 4x 9 JP5 Individual Activity LED Header for 8 Pin Header SAS 1 8 Ports 10 JP4 Individual Activity LED Header for 8 Pin Header SAS 9 16 Ports 11 JP3 Individual Fault LED Header for SAS 8 Pin Header 1 8 Ports 12 JP2 Individual Fault LED Header for SAS 8 Pin Header 9 16 Ports 13 J3 Global Activity Fault Header 4 Pin Header Table 2 4 ARC 1300ix 16 Connectors 11 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 12 Tools Required An ESD grounding strap or mat is required Also required are stan dard hand tools to open your system s case System Requirement The ARC 1300 series host adapter can be installed in a universal PCle slot and requires a motherboard that e Comply with the PCIe x4 It can work on the PCle x1 x4 x8 and x16 signal with x4 x8 or x16 slot M B Installation Tools The following items may be needed to assist with installing the PCIe host adapter into an available PCIe expansion slot e Small screwdriver e Host system hardware manuals and manuals for the disk or enclosure being installed Personal Safety Instructions Use the following safety instructions to help you protect your computer system from potential damage
41. upports Native Command Queuing NCQ e Output swing control e Supports four independent Serial ATA channels Serial Attached SCSI SAS 3 0Gbps e Serial Attached SCSI SAS 1 1 compliant e Supports Wide port Any combination of x1 x2 and 4x e Supports Serial SCSI Protocol SSP e Supports SAS Management Protocol SMP e Hot plug capability e Staggered Spin up control Operating System e Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server Vista and 2008 e Linux e Mac OS X 10 x no bootable e BSD FreeBSD will be available with 6Gb s Host Adapter e Solaris 10 11 will be available with 6Gb s Host Adapter SAS Host Adapter Model Name ARC 1300 4e ARC 1300 4x ARC 1300 4i ARC 1300ix 16 Host Bus Type PCle x4 Lanes RAID Level N A Low Profile Drives 4x SATA II 128 x SAS 128 x SAS 128 x SAS Support Up to 16 with port SATA Il SATA Il SATA II multiplier box 4 x eSATA 1 x Min SAS 1 x Min SAS 4x Min SAS 4i SFF 8088 SFF 8087 SFF 8087 2 x Min SAS 4x SFF 8088 Driver Support Windows Vista 2003 XP 2000 SCSIport Storport 32 bit and x64 Red Hat Linux SuSE Linux and Fedora Core 32 bit and x64 BSD FreeBSD 32 bit and x64 Mac OS X 10 4 X and 10 5 Leopard Solaris 10 11 x86 64 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the SAS host adapt ers 2 1 Before Your Begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the ARC 1300 series host adapters as your data storage sub
42. us DevFunc 6445 1 0 I O Address CF00 CNB c Command This c command uses to select the host adapter for the r read command or w write command The command syntax for the I command is as follows oflash c ctlr Assign controller number default number 0 ctlr is the SAS host adapter IDs representing the set of adapter s on which the command can be performed By default the oflash flash utility value set is host adapter O r Commands This r command uses to saves the contents of a SAS host adapter s flash ROM contents into in a file The name of the save file is based on the command syntax filename The command syntax for the r command is as follows oflash c filename read backup binary into filename from the flash The below example shows that oflash flash utility saves the SAS host adapter s flash ROM contents from SAS adapter 1 to a file name 1300bak bin C gt oflash c 1 r 1300bak bin 52 APPENDIX C gt oflash c 1 r 1300bak bin Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca Odin Flash Utility Version 1 00 Controller Information Controller 01 DeviceID Bus DevFunc 6445 1 0 I O Address CF00 Writing 262144 bytes into file 1300bak bin 100 Read flash OK OFA w Commands This w command uses to write a flash image data into SAS host adapter s flash ROM from the file You must restart the computer for new BIOS to take effect after you complete the w command The c

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