ARC-1880i/1880x/1880LP/1880ixl-8/12 ( 8-16 Ports 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Adapters) ARC-1880ix-12/16/24 ARC-1880ix-12/16/24 (16-28 Ports 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Adapters ) Areca high-performance ARC-1880 series PCIe 2.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID adapter can provide up to (128) 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA/SSD peripheral devices using 6Gb/s SAS expanders. The adapters are based on the same RAID kernel of field-proven external RAID adapter and same device drivers with widely used SAS/SATA RAID adapters. Applications that benefit most features from these adapters include NAS, server RAID solutions, supercomputing, near-line backup, security systems, streaming and cloud computing applications. derives from the following capabilities: Online Highlights SAS for Maximum Scalability RAID Capacity Expansion, Array Roaming, Online SAS 2.0 is designed for backward compatibility RAID Level / Stripe Size Migration, Global Online Supports up to (128) 6Gb/s SAS, • with SAS 1.0, twice speed data transfer 6Gb/s Spare, Automatic Drive Failure Detection, SATA or SSD drives using 6Gb/s than previous available. The SAS 2.0 interface Automatic Failed Drive Rebuilding, Disk Hot-Swap, SAS expanders supports both 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 disk drives for Online Background Rebuilding, Instant data-intensive applications, and 6Gb/s SATA Availability/Background Initialization, Auto 6Gb/s throughput at each drive • drives for low-cost bulk storage of reference Reassign Sector, Redundant Flash Image and ports data.The ARC-1880 series adapters include Battery Backup Module. Greater Than 2TB support 8/12/16/24 internal and 4/8 external 6Gb/s SAS allows for very large volume set application in Support up to 4GB DDR2-800 • ports for easy expansion. When Areca SAS 6Gb/s 64-bit environment such as data-mining and cache (ARC-1880ix-12/16/24) RAID adapter used with SAS 2.0 expanders, the managing large databases. adapter can provide up to (128) devices through Family includes 8/12/16/24 internal • one or more 6Gb/s SAS JBODs, making it an and/or 4/8 external 6Gb/s SAS Maximum Interoperability ideal solution for enterprise-class storage ports for easy expansion applications that call for maximum configuration The 6Gb/s SAS RAID adapters support broad flexibility. Online capacity expansion, RAID • operating system including Windows 7/2008/Vista/ level/stripe size migration XP/2003, Linux (Open Source), FreeBSD (Open Unparalleled Performance Source), Solaris (Open Source), Mac and VMware, Online volume set growth • The 6Gb/s SAS RAID adapters raise the standard along with key system monitoring features such as to higher performhance levels with several enclosure management (SES-2, SMP & SGPIO) Redundant flash image for adapter • enhancements including new high-performance and SNMP function. Our products and technology availability 800MHz RoC Processor, a DDR2-800 memory are based on extensive testing and validation architecture and high performance x8 lane PCIe process; same as Areca SAS/SATA ll RAID Greater than 2TB capacity per disk • 2.0 host interface bus interconnection. The adapter field-proven compatibility with operating drive support ARC-1880ix-12/16/24 controllers each include one systems, motherboards, applications and device 240-pin DIMM socket with default 1GB of ECC drives. Support greater than 2TB per • DDR2-800 registered SDRAM with optional battery volume set and battery backup Easy RAID Management backup module, upgrade to 4GB. The module (BBM) ARC-1880i/1880x/1880ixl-8/1880ixl-12 low profile The adapters contain an embedded McBIOS RAID boards default support 512MB on-board memory. manager that can access via hot key at BIOS SES2, SMP and SGPIO enclosure • Those low profile boards are ideal for 1U/2U boot-up screen. This pre-boot RAID manager can management servers. use to simplify the setup and management of RAID controller. The adapter firmware also contains a Support intelligent power Unsurpassed Data Availability • browser-based McRAID storage manager which management to save energy and The RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that can be accessed through the LAN port or ArcHttp extend service life. RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity proxy server. The McRAID storage manager of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data. The allows local and remote to create and modify RAID Broad operating support including • 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers with extreme set, volume set, and monitor RAID status from Windows, Linux (open source), performance RAID 6 engine installed provide the standard web browser. The Single Admin Portal FreeBSD(open source), highest RAID 6 feature to meet this requirement. (SAP) monitor utility can support one application Soaris(open source), Mac and The 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers can also provide to scan multiple RAID units in the network. The VMware RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6,10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk Stress Test (DST) utility kicks out disks Disk or JBOD for maximum configuration meeting marginal spec before the RAID unit is flexibility. Its high data availability and protection actually put on-line for real business. Host Connectivity Adapter Architecture PCIe 2.0 x8 lane compliant 800 MHz RoC for RAID core and SAS microcode • • 512MB on-board DDR2-800 SDRAM with ECC protection • Monitors/Notification (ARC-1880i/1880x/1880ixl-8/1880ixl-12) System status indication through global HDD activity/fault One 240-pin DIMM socket for DDR2-800 ECC registered • • connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and SDRAM module using x8 or x16 chip organization, upgrade alarm buzzer from 1GB (default) to 4GB (ARC-1880ix-12/16/24) SMTP support for email notification Support write-through or write-back cache • • SNMP support for remote manager Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements • • Enclosure management (SES-2, SMP and SGPIO) ready BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance • • BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support • RAID Management Support EFI BIOS for Mac Pro • NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log • Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM • Redundant flash image for adapter availability • Battery Backup Module ready (Option) • In-Band Manager RoHS compliant • Hot key "boot-up" McBIOS RAID manager via M/B BIOS • Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via ArcHttp proxy server RAID Features • utility RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD • Support Command Line Interface (CLI) • Multiple RAID selection • API library for customer to write monitor utility • Online array roaming/Offline RAID set • Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility • Online RAID level/stripe size migration • Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously • Out-of-Band Manager Online volume set growth • Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager, • Instant availability and background initialization • SMTP manager, SNMP agent and Telnet function via LAN port Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding • API library for customer to write monitor utility • Greater than 2TB capacity per disk drive support • Support Push Button and LCD display panel • Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support) • Disk scrubbing/ array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all • Operating System configured RAID sets •Support intelligent power management to save energy and Windows 7/2008/Vista/XP/2003 • extend service life Linux • •Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on FreeBSD • board LAN port Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64 • Mac OS X 10.4.x/10.5.x/10.6.x • Disk Interface VMware 4.x • 8/12/16/24 internal and/or 4/8 external 6Gb/s SAS ports • For more information & latest supported OS listing visit www.areca.com.tw Up to (128) 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA/SSD drives using • 6Gb/s SAS expanders Up to 6Gb/s per SAS port • • Electrical • Environment Power Dissipation 12V +3.3V Temperature: +5 c to +60 c ARC-1880i/x/LP 14.5W (11.3W+3.2W) Operating Humidity: 15-80%, non-condensing ARC-1880ixl-8/12 19.7W (16.5W+3.2W) Temperature: -40 c to 70 c Storage Temperature ARC-1880ix-12/16/24 Humidity: 5-90%, non-condensing 30.7W (26.6W+4.1W) ARC-1880i ARC-1880x ARC-1880LP ARC-1880ixl-8/12 ARC-1880ix-12 ARC-1880ix-16 ARC-1880ix-24 Model Name I/O Processor RAID-on-Chip 800MHz On-Board Cache One DDR2-800 Socket with Default 1GB, Upgrade to 4GB DDR2-800 512MB Drive Connector 2 x SFF-8087 2 x SFF-8088 2/3 x SFF-8087 3 x SFF-8087 4 x SFF-8087 6 x SFF-8087 1 x SFF-8087 1 x SFF-8088 1 x SFF-8088 1 x SFF-8088 1 x SFF-8088 1 x SFF-8088 Drive Support Up to 128 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSD, Using 6Gb/s SAS Expander Management Port In-Band: PCIe /Out-of-Band: BIOS, LCD and LAN Port Enclosure Ready Individual Activity/Fault Header, SGPIO, SMP and SES2 ARC-6120BA-T112/113 ARC-6120BA-T113 BBM Support 10.58W 18.03W (16.92W+1.11W) Power Dissipation 8.65W (7.5W+1.11W) Full Height: 250 x 98.4 mm Low Profile: 169.5 x 64.4 mm 210 x 64.4 mm Form Factor(LxH) Products View TM S 6Gb/s A S 6Gb/s 8F., No.22, Lane 35, Ji-Hu Rd., 114Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. 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