Areca ARC-1320-8I
Contents
1. gt LS300 47SAS 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 SAS 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 4444 d Moer B Ci 00 SATA 01 SAS 02 SAS 03 SAS P I L 0 00 000 76 GB P I L 1 01 000 34 GB P I L 2 02 000 137 GB P I L 3 03 000 34 GB ST6700630NS HUS151436VLS300 ATLAS10K5 147SAS HUS151436VLS300 27 BIOS CONFIGURATION 28 The Device Selection Low Level Format Disk screen displays a scrolling list of installed disks on the slected host adapter The SATA HDD is not possible to low level format Highlight the SAS disk name in the Device Selection Low Level Format Disk screen and press Enter A screen similar to the following appears Device Function Device Selection Low Level Format Disk 4 Device s 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 Model Name SAS HUS151436VLS300 Time Elapsed 00 02 16 gt Percentage Completed 2 96 BIOS C2. PCle x8 Figure 2 6 SAS cable connect to HD 1 Internal Mini SAS 4i to SATA Cable The Mini SAS 4i to SATA cables are used for connection between the ARC 1320ix 16 internal connectors and connectors on the SAS SATA disk drives or SATA connector backplane The SFF 8448 sideband signals cable is reserved for the backplane with header on it Please refer to page 19 for definitions of sideband header signals 15 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Sideband Cable p Figure 2 7 Internal Min SAS 4i to 4x SATA Cable 2 Internal Mini 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 Mini SAS 4i to 4xSFF 8482 cables 16 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3 Internal Mini SAS 4i to Internal Mini SAS 4i Cable The ARC 1320 4i4x ARC 1320 8i or ARC 1320ix 16 host adapt ers have Mini SAS 4i internal connectors each of them can sup port up to four SAS SATA signals These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with Mini SAS 4i internal connectors backplane This Mini 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 Mini SAS 4i to Min SAS 4i Cable 4 Exte
3. COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 4 3 8 Exit Command To close the currently selected controller and exit the CLI use the exit command Syntax CLI gt exit 61 APPENDIX Appendix A 62 Expander CLI Function This Command Line Interface CLI is provided for you to configure the ARC 1320ix 16 SAS host adapter expander functions The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface GUI is not available The CLI provides user to read or adjust the ARC 1320ix 16 on board SAS expander parameters The CLI function can be done by using an ANSI VT 100 compat ible terminal emulation program You must complete the appropri ate installation procedure before proceeding with the CLI function Whichever terminal emulation program is used must support the 1K XMODEM file transfer protocol The serial port on the SAS expander controller s back panel can be used in VT100 mode The provided interface cable converts the RS232 signal of the RJ11 connector on the SAS expander control ler into a 9 pin D Sub male connector The firmware based termi nal SAS expander management interface can access the expander through this RS 232 port You can attach a VT 100 compatible terminal or a PC running a VT 100 terminal emulation program to the serial port for accessing the text based setup menu The ARC 1680ix Expander CLI manual for expander is included on the shipped software lt CD ROM gt Documents ARC 1680ix Expander CLI PDF Yo
4. SAS Host Adapter Front Side 5 JP2 Individual Fault LED Header for SAS 8 pin header 1 8 Ports 6 JP3 Individual Fault LED Header for SAS 8 pin header 9 16 Ports 10 SCN6 SFF 8088 11 SCN5 SFF 8088 12 SCN4 SFF 8087 13 SCN3 SFF 8087 Table 2 4 ARC 1320ix 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 1320 series host adapters can be installed in a universal PCIe slot and requires a motherboard that e Comply with the PCIe x 2 0 x8 lanes It can work on the PCIe 1 0 2 0 expansion slot x1 x4 x8 and x16 signals with x8 or x16 slot M B Installation Tools The following items may be needed to assist with installing the ARC 1320 series host adapters 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 and to ensure your own personal safety e Always wear a grounding strap or work on an ESD protective mat 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 Warning N
5. High voltages may be found inside computer equipment Be fore installing any of the hardware in this package or remov ing 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 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 adapters from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case e Handle the host adapters by its edges or by the metal mounting brackets at its each end e Before you handle the host adapters in any way touch a grounded anti static surface such as an unpainted portion of the system chassis for a few seconds to discharge any built up static electricity 2 3 Installation Use the following instructions below to install a PCIe host adapter Step 1 Unpack the Host Adapters Unpack and remove the PCIe host adapters from the package Inspect it carefully if anything is missing or damaged contact your local dealer Step 2 Power PC Server Off Turn off computer and remove the AC power cord Remove the sys tem s cover For the instructions please see the computer system documentation Step 3 Install the PCIe SAS Host Adapters To inst
6. Move the highlight bar to the correct driver entry and press Enter to select 6 The next screen will show Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A Press any key to continue Insert the formatted diskette in drive A and press any key to continue 7 The window will display the driver building message Now is writing to Cylinder as it copies the image file from the CD ROM to driver diskette 8 The Write Complete message will display when the driver diskette ready 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 1320 series host adapters can be used with Microsoft Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 XP 2003 The ARC 1320 series host adapters support SCSI Miniport and StorPort Drivers for Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 4 2 1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 The Storport driver is new to Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 Stor port implements a new architecture designed for better perfor mance in Storage Area Network SAN environments Storport delivers higher I O throughput enhanced manageability and an improved miniport interface Storport better utilizes faster adapt ers through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call DPC and improved queue management 4 2 2 Install Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 XP on a SAS Host Adapter Volume The following instructions explain how to inst
7. CLI set curctrl 1 Use this command to select the controller 1 on which to perform an action To run the CLI using automated script This part describes how to write batch files and CLI command scripts to perform the controller details task You can run CLI scripts by executing a batch file The batch file is a text file con taining a valid list of CLI commands which you have included in the file A carriage return linefeed follows each command You can use the CLI commands alone in CLI command scripts or in DOS batch files You should already understand how to write DOS batch files and be familiar with Windows related backup commands To execute a CLI command script type the file name that con tains the CLI commands 55 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Syntax filename Where filename is the name of the text file you want to ex ecute Creating an automated script example In its simplest example form a text file contains two valid CLI commands A carriage return linefeed follows each command The setsys is the file included the following two commands CLI set curctrl 1 CLI sys info To run the automated script enter setsys 56 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 4 3 Command Categories This chapter provides detailed information about the SAS host adapter CLI commands From a functional point of view command can be grouped into the following functional categories This list may vary depending upon the SAS host adapter
8. Date Ma 1 lt Windows gt Name Type Interface mand General Sett Ei em Funct Physical Drive Functions Expand Functions Enclosure Functions ote Us lt CMD or slp to get details 5 4 3 3 Set Commands If there is more than one SAS host adapters in the system up to 64 are supported use this command to select the appro priate controller on which to perform an action All actions or commands will be performed only on the currently selected host adapter To prepare a SAS host adapter to receive a CLI command you first need to select the host adapter To select the adapter and prepare it to receive CLI commands You can use the following command to get the set command function and description CLI gt set help Enter Typical output looks like Sub Command amp Parameters Of set 1 Fn Set the controllers of currently using Ex Set the controller 1 to use Comman COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 4 3 4 Disk Commands The disk commands perform all disk operations on the drives connect to the SAS host adapters Typical operations include identify and view disk information from the SAS host adapter You can use the following command to get the disk command function and description CLI gt disk help Enter Typical output looks like ub Command amp Parameters Of disk 1 ify Selected Drive Ex Identify Diskit5 Command disk identify drv 5 Enter Parameter Lidx xx1 lay Disks Info disk
9. 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 je Display Device Information Low Level Format Disk Verify Disk Identify Disk 3 2 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 pr 00 SATA P I L 0 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS 01 SAS P I L 1 01 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 02 SAS P I L 2 02 000 137 GB ATLAS10K5 147SAS 03 SAS P I L 3 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 Main Menu Device H Device el 00 SAT Port Id Lun Device Type SAS Address Model Name Serial Number F W Revision Sector Size Disk Capacity Parent Info Parent F W Rev _J3X7WJMJ A600 512 Bytes 76 GB N A N A 0 00 000 SATA I 500000E015D106E2 ST6700630NS
10. appropriate ARC 1320 series host adapters 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 Em SS 43 DRIVER INSTALLATION 44 4 2 3 Installing Controller into an Existing Win dows System 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 tion chapter to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure 2 Start the system and then press Tab F6 to enter the con troller Host BIOS setup utility Use the setup utility to configure the host adapter parameter For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Once the host adapters miscellaneous settings properties configured continue with installation of the driver 3 Boot Windows and the OS will recognize the ARC 1320 series host adapters and launch the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the ARC 1320 series host adapters driver 4 Ch
11. 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 Persistent t Device N Mapping Disabled Enabled 34 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 x 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 cl
12. info Enter Ex Display Disk 1 Info info idx 1 Enter 5 4 3 5 Sys Commands Choose this option to display the host adapter system informa tion properties You can use the following command to get the sys command function and description CLI sys help Enter Typical output looks like LI gt sys h Pub Command amp Parameters Of s splay System Info 59 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 4 3 6 Exp Commands Exp command is used to view all SAS expander s information which connected to SAS host adapter Typical information in cludes vendor model name serial unit number expander port number chip revision boot revision firmware version CFG data file GAL id table route work mode and work time You can use the following command to get the exp command function and description CLI exp help Enter Typical output looks like LI gt exp h ub Command amp P Of exp 1 ub Command D y Expander Info nclosure info Enter l 5 4 3 7 Enc Commands The Enc command allows you to display enclosure monitor in formation that have been collected by enclosure controllers The enclosure monitor information provides the temperature and fan speed chassis fan of the SAS JBOD enclosure You can use the following command to get the enc command function and description CLI enc help Enter Typical output looks like Paramete Fn Display Enclosure Info sure info Enter sureti Info 1 Enter
13. model and the installed features 5 4 3 1 Help Command This command provides an on line table of contents providing brief descriptions of the help sub commands You can use the lt CMD gt h or help to get detail information about the sub command Syntax lt CMD gt h or help CMD main set disk sys exp or enc The following table is the CLI command summary Show command categories set Open the controller to accept the CLI It includes the controller assignment and password check Physical Drive Functions view individual disk information System Functions view host adapter system information proper ties Expander Functions View all expanders information enc Enclosure Function monitor information shows all enclosure environment status 5 4 3 2 Main Command Main command in this category allows you to display main com mand in the SAS host adapters The main command shows the currently selected host adapter and all host adapters installed in the system This command provides a table of contents provid ing brief descriptions of the commands and controller installed in the system You can use the following command to get the main a IMM A OL O L LOLLAAAALL oOo OLOL LA A OA AY AA A LOOLIO L LLASQQIUODEE met 57 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 58 command function and description Syntax CLI gt main Enter Copyright lt c 2884 2889 Areca Inc All Rights d reca CLI Version 1 83 Arclib 29
14. ni RE RR A EROR RR RR XE RRRE ER ERENEEER A EFE SEN VR 62 Expander CLI Functions sn reunion rex nn ETAN Aka RRRRE RA redde 62 Appendix B 55522522555 sERRESRRRRRRERERRRRESERRRERISEERRERKRRERGRRERBREESRER 63 Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Process eseeeeen eneen 63 Upgrading BIOS Through Oflash exe Flash DOS Utility 63 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction This section presents brief overview of the SAS 6Gb s host adapters ARC 1320 8i ARC 1320 4i4x ARC 1320 8x and ARC 1320ix 16 1 1 Overview The ARC 1320 SAS host adapters are a line of PCIe 2 0 x8 lanes 6Gb s SAS bus low profile host adapters The adapters bring the fastest available connections to SAS SATA storage on any com puter workstation and server with PCI Express interface ARC 1320 host adapters provide a blazing fast storage connectivity solution with enhanced reliability and performance and a wide variety of internal and external connector configurations to support any appli cation and tiered storage solution With connectivity options includ ing 8 internal ports 4 internal 4 external ports 8 external ports and 16 internal 8 external ports ARC 1320 6Gb s host adapters are ideal for large capacity external server storage RAID and no RAID enclosure ARC 1320 6Gb s SAS host adapters 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 reli
15. the sideband header as shown below SDataln 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 1320ix 16 ARC 1320 4i4x ARC 1320 8i host adapters also provide 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 1320ix 16 ARC 1320 4i4x ARC 1320 8i host adapters 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 Anode Side y ma Cathode Side Cathode Side See Leper CTL output LED CTL Fault Head Global Fault Activity Header ault Header 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 1 Individual Fault LED Connector Most of the backplane has supported the HDD activity from the HDD The ARC 1320ix 16 SAS host adapter also provides the fault connector 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 adapters The following table is t
16. to install driver on the system 4 5 Driver Installation for Solaris This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1320 series host adapters driver to Red Hat Linux SuSE and other versions of Linux Before installing the ARC 1320 series host adapters driver to the Linux complete the following actions 1 Install host adapters 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 adapters miscellaneous settings parameter For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Compiled and tested drivers for Solaris are included on the shipped software CD You can download updated versions of compiled and tested drivers for Solaris from the Areca web site at http www areca com tw Please refer to the readme txt file on the included software CD or website to make driver diskette and to install driver on the system 4 6 Driver Installation for Existing Mac OS X This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1320 series host adapters Mac Pro device driver You must have administrative level permissions to install Areca Mac Pro device driver You can install driver on your Mac Pro as below 47 DRIVER INSTALLATION 48 1 Insert the Mac Pro Driver amp Software CD that came with your ARC 1320 series host adapters 2 Double click on the following file that res
17. 151436vLS300 gt Size 34 GB ppp Total device s lt 4 gt Int13 device s lt 4 gt Areca SAS BIOS installed ppp Press lt Tab F6 gt to enter SETUP menu 4 second s left 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 the selected adapter range 0 255 decimal Dev Indicates the PCI Device assigned by the system BIOS to the selected adapter range 0 31 decimal 23 BIOS CONFIGURATION Fnc Indicates the PCI Function assigned by the system BIOS to the selected adapter range 0 7 decimal I O Indicates the I O port address assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter IRQ Indicates the interrupt IRQ channel of the selected adapter BIOS Indicates the BIOS address assigned by the system BIOS to the selected address The adapters scan and up to eight devices information and total connected device count during system bootup But the adapters can only boot up from the first eight devices on the screen 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 repre sents that there was no bootable SAS device such as SAS HDD found after SAS BIOS detected SAS devices Thus above mes sage
18. 6 3 2 1 2 Low Level Format Disk eneen eenen eneen ennn 27 3 2 1 3 Verify DISK zone ser erven oeren ehe eenen val ivan sean nete ide 29 3 2 1 4 Identify DISK rine ood exe emi p stove stander oaker 31 3 2 2 Miscellaneous Settings nennen en venen eneen 32 Suede INT LS Ser VIGO vui enen demen deren eit 32 3 2 2 2 Silent Mode iie ete t ao ER ERO gene denna ets 33 3 2 2 3 Persistent Mapping Config esses 33 3 2 2 4 Staggered Spin up Config serseri naass eenen 36 3 2 3 System Informatio Niisiis nanena aaan nn aa 38 Driver Installation ussssnananansnanananesannnnnavannann kaninen kin 40 4 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes nnen eneen enen eeens 40 4 2 Driver Installation for Windows een nnn 42 4 2 1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 AUN 42 4 2 2 Install Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 XP on a SAS Host Adapter Volume naaar ens eneneneenenn nennen ennn nean nnn 42 4 2 3 Installing Controller into an Existing Windows System In stallatlOMnre seen 44 4 2 4 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System 45 4 2 5 Uninstall Controller from Windows System 45 4 3 Driver Installation for LINUX cceeeeeee nnn 46 4 4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD ee 46 4 5 Driver Installation for Solaris anssen eneen enen ennen enen 47 4 6 Driver Installation for Existing Mac OS X nnee enen 47 4 6 1 Making Volume Sets
19. Available to Mac OS X 48 5 GEI IntFOdUCUHON zangeres enn senenn nes r nennen dennen A EM RE 50 5 1 Supported Operating Systems nsanseenen eneen enen eneen 50 5 2 CEI Installation censet ioa ue oaov aa oa cov teniet RE DER Ga 51 5 2 1 For WindoWs ainsnoverser sne ea ae ka C ERE ERR RETE reed ER ART RA 51 5 2 2 For Linux FreeBSD and Solaris essen 52 5 3 ACCESSING CLI uie ior opc curses eri eender tenderen denn nand ent 53 5 31 For WINdOWS 5 52 2 Arresterte Y E ker 53 5 3 2 For Linux FreeBSD and Solaris cesses 53 5 4 CLI Command Line Configuration nanne enen eenen 54 5 4 1 Conventions ssssessseeeee meses nennen nnn 54 5 4 2 Working Mode ioris ett neret n hne Yea e LER RE 54 5 4 2 1 Interactive Mode annen ennen nennen nen 54 5 4 2 2 Non interactive Mode anssen enne nennen 55 5 4 3 Command Categories aarannnranrnnnnnnnnennennnnennernnrrnnennenn 57 5 4 3 1 Help Commander deetao eer Re anser ar tetten 57 5 4 3 2 Main Command nanne enen nennen nan n 57 5 4 3 3 Set Comimnards eee rectore Ee e E rnv LEER FE YE e 58 5 4 3 4 Disk Commands sssssssssssse enne nennen nn 59 5 4 3 5 Sys Commands ciet e t cvv ea ta age a RE cease 59 5 4 3 6 Exp Commands verversen me nem xd enhn Re den 60 5 4 3 7 Enc Commnands eee teer Ev etae weeer e ed tes 60 5 4 3 8 Exit Command uccisi e us a ERE EY ew En 61 Appendix A cesar enun hk ai ua
20. C gt oflash c 1 r 1320bak bin 65 APPENDIX C gt oflash c 1 r 1320bak bin Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility Version 1 00 Controller Information Controller 01 DeviceID Bus DevFunc 1320 1 0 1 O Address CF00 Current Adapter 00 AT25F2048 Writing 262144 bytes into file 1320bak bin 100 Read flash OK GA 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 command 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 i13 1320 bin file C V oflash c 1 w i13 1320 bin C gt oflash c 1 w i13 1320 bin Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility Version 1 00 Controller Information Controller 01 DeviceID Bus DevFunc 1320 4 0 I O Address CF00 Current Adapter 00 AT25F2048 Writing 55808 bytes into flash 100 Write flash OK GNE 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 o
21. IGURATION HGroup Spin up Delay Seconds Miscellaneou St EE INT 13 Servid Silent Mode Grout Persistent Md Staggered Spin up Coi Areca host adapters have 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 adapters 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 Adapter Model Name ARC 1320 38 Information fields on the System Information properties are as follows Vendor Device ID IRQ Number BIOS Version Date Serial Number Port 0 SAS Address Port 1 SAS Address Port 2 SAS Address Port 3 SAS Address Port 4 SAS Address Port 5 SAS Address Port 6 SAS Address Port 7 SAS Address 17D3 1320 OA V1 05 2010 02 10 FFFFFFFF 5005043011AB0000 5005043011AB0001 5005043011AB0002 5005043011AB0003 5005043011AB0010 5005043011AB0011 5005043011AB0012 5005043011AB0013 BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter Mode Name Indicates the name of the host adapter Vendor Device Indicates the controller s vendor ID and device name IRQ Number Indicates the Interrupt Request Line used by the adapter This is assigned by the system BIOS BIOS Version Date Indicates the re
22. M JE cli InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for cli The InstallShield R Wizard wil install cli on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Cancel 3 Click on the Setup file then the Welcome screen appears Follow the on screen prompts to complete CLI installation 4 A program bar appears that measures the progress of the CLI JS cli InstallShield Wizard IG Installing cli The program features you selected are being installed Ca Please wait while the Installshield Wizard installs cli This may take several 5 minutes Status EEE 51 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 52 5 When this screen complete you have completed the CLI soft ware setup 6 After a successful installation the setup completed dialog box of the installation program is displayed JE cli InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed cli Click Finish to exit the wizard Click the Finish button to complete the installation 5 2 2 For Linux FreeBSD and Solaris The CLI utility can be installed from the Areca shipping software CD or downloaded from the web site www areca com tw The following is the CLI installation procedure in the Linux Free BSD and Solaris 1 Insert the SAS host adapter CD in the CD RO
23. M drive 2 Copy the file CLI to the installation directory from which you want to run the program COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 3 Accessing CLI 5 3 1 For Windows This section discusses the methods for accessing the CLI in Win dows To access the CLI 1 Click on the Start button in the Windows XP 2003 task bar and then click Program 2 CLI screen appears The CLI prompt is displayed in a DOS console window 5 3 2 For Linux FreeBSD and Solaris To access the CLI from the Linux FreeBSD Solaris prompt display a window and type CLI in the directory When the system displays the CLI prompt which indicates that you can start to use CLI commands For the commands to work in any directory the path in the start up please see your Linux FreeBSD Solaris documentation for information on setting up directory paths 53 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 4 CLI Command Line Configuration 5 4 1 Conventions You can enter only valid CLI commands at the command line prompt All commands use the following syntax lt CMD gt sub command parameters The CLI syntax uses the following conventions for parameter text indicates items that you must specify text the text item within brackets is optional lt gt indicates an or situation where the user has a choice be tween more than one option but only one can be speci fied lt gt indicates a range values where the user has a choice be tween
24. ONFIGURATION After format begins you cannot stop or cancel it The informa tion fields on the Disk Format are as follows Model 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 for the verification from the attached disks on the host adapters highlight the Verify Disk field on the Device Function screen and press Enter A screen similar to the fol Er Device Selection Verity Disk 4 Device s 00 SATA P I L 0 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS 01 SAS P I L 1 01 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 02 SAS P I L 2 02 000 137 GB ATLAS10K5 147SAS 03 SAS P I L 3 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 30 Meeren Device Selection Verify Disk 4 Device s 00 SATA P I L 0 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS Are
25. OS 9 Disk Drivers To partition the selected disk choose a volume scheme Set the name format and size for each volume Then click Apply Disk Description 74 5 GB FUJITSU MAX308SA Total Capacity 74 5 GB 79 999 795 200 Bytes Connection Bus SCSI Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported Connection ID SCSI Target ID 0 Logical Unit Partition Map Scheme Unformatted 4 From the Volume Scheme column click on the Current to show the drop down menu and select the number of partitions 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 It 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 49 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 CLI Introduction This Command Line Interface CLI is provided for you to configure and manage the Areca SAS host adapter components in Windows Linux and FreeBSD and more en
26. PIO 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 1320ix 16 could control the LEDs Activity blinking 5 times second and Fault solid illuminated 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 Mini SAS 4i internal connector SFF 8087 in the SAS host adapters The pin assignment of the sideband inputs follow SFF 8448 specification C T aesti I mm e SideBandO 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 sideband 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
27. SAS Host Adapters USER S Manual Version 1 0 Issue Date April 2010 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 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 Manufacturer s Declaration for CE Certification We confirm ARC 1320 series SAS host adapters have been tested and found comply with the requirements set up in the council directive on the approxima
28. You Sure To Verify The 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 EE zo n m Disk Verify Don t Reset Or Power Off The System Model Name SATA ST3500630NS Time Elapsed 00 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 start of the verify operation Percentage Completed Indicates the completion percentage of the verify operation 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 Disalav Device lnformatinn Device Selection Identity Disk 4 Device s 00 SATA P I L 0 00 000 76 GB ST6700630NS HO A gs 1 01 000 34 B HU 436V 02 SAS P I L 2 02 000 137 GB ATLAS10K5 147SAS 03 SAS P I L 3 03 000 34 GB HUS151436VLS300 The Device Selection Identify Disk screen displays a scrolling list of installed disks on the selected hos
29. ability are of the utmost concern while SATA drives are appro priate when capacity and cost are more important System integra tors can use the ARC 1320 series to meet different storage infra structure applications that support both SAS and SATA devices API library for customer combines the ARC 1320 series function code to its monitor utility 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 Hardwar ification e PCIe 2 0 x8 lanes x8 x4 and x1 lane widths e Up to 6Gb s transfer rates per SAS port INTRODUCTION e Support 1 5 3 0 and 6 Gb s SAS and SATA link rates e Support a maximum 128 SAS SATA devices using SAS expander e Low profile form factor e RoHS compliant rial Attach I SA b e Serial Attached SCSI SAS 2 0 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 Supports Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol STP e Hot plug capability e Staggered spin up control Easy Management e Legacy BIOS setup utility e Supports Command Line Interface CLI e API library for customer to write monitor utility e Enclosure management for internal port via LED header and SES2 SGPIO e Enclosure management for external port via SAS expa
30. all the ARC 1320 series host adapters device driver while installing Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 XP Have your bootable Microsoft Windows CD and follow the required procedure below to install ARC 1320 series host adapters 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 1320 series host adapters to which you will install Win dows For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Once ARC 1320 series host adapters 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 4 Press F6 when the following displays at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds unless you are installing Windows 7 2008 and Vista 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 1320 series host adapters and the driver diskette will not be recognized 5 The next screen will show Setup could not determine the type of one or more 2 Specify an additional ARC 1320 series device driver by pressing S 6 Insert the ARC 1320 series driver diskette in drive A and press Enter 7 Select the
31. all the PCIe host adapters remove the mounting screw and existing bracket from the rear panel behind the selected PCIe slot Align the gold fingered edge on the card with the selected PCIe slot Press down gently but firmly to ensure that the card is prop erly seated in the slot as shown in Figure 2 5 Then screw the bracket into the computer chassis ARC 1320 series host adapters require a PCIe x8 or x16 slot 13 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 14 FY PCle x8 Figure 2 5 Insert ARC 1320 series host adapters into a PCIe x8 slot ote Some PCIe slots on desktop board support only graphics boards these PCIe slots may be not able to support other add on cards such as storage adapters Step 4 Install Cable You can connect the end devices to each other through direct cables or through the SAS expander backplane connections The SAS host adapters support daisy chain expansion up to 128 end point 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 adapters through direct cable and backplane solutions In the direct connection SAS SATA drives are directly connected to ARC 1320 4i4x or ARC 1320 8i internal ports with SAS SATA cables HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following pictures are the cables that can use on ARC 1320 series SAS host adapters with your application
32. computer Step 6 Power up the System 21 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 22 Step 7 Install Host Adapters Driver For a new system e Driver installation 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 adapters driver into the existing operating system For the detailed installation procedure please refer to the Chapter 4 Driver Installation 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 1320 SAS host adapters can be fully used Step 9 Determining the Boot Sequences The ARC 1320 series host adapters are 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 adapters 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 adapters head the list If the system BIOS setup does not al low this change your system may be not con
33. d connector jumper for the SAS host adapters HARDWARE INSTALLATION T U t pr 28 85 23 5 one E mum 53538385 9 LS mm j Figure 2 1 ARC 1320 8i Host Adapter Connector Type Description 1 32 Manufacture Purpose Port 10 pin header 2 31 Global Fault Activity LED 4 pin header Table 2 1 ARC 1320 8i Connectors b 1 Bom E Figure 2 2 ARC 1320 8x Host Adapter HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1 32 Manufacture Purpose Port 10 pin header 2 31 Global Fault Activity LED 4 pin header 3 D4 D1i SMT LED 5 SC SFF 8088 5 SCNA Srr soss Table 2 2 ARC 1320 8x Connectors v ACT T 7 32 38858825 oefen amp mx45nazo0 FT 7 322322223 mimm B8888888 SCN3 SCN2 Figure 2 3 ARC 1320 4i4x SAS Host Adapter connector type Description 4 D12 D19 Fault LED for SAS Port 0 7 SMT LED 5 SCN2 SAS 1 4 Ports Internal SFF 8087 6 SCN3 SAS 5 8 Ports External SFF 8088 Table 2 3 ARC 1320 4i4x Connectors 10 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Front Side ri 1 JP3 i JP2 SCN6 SCN2 m lt HET gt Back Side mi Figure 2 4 ARC 1320ix 16
34. ears persistent mappings for devices that are not currently present It is required to clear the HBA previous persistent mapping that ARC 1320 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 Persist Persistent Mapping Config ent Device Mapping Operation Completed Successfully Press Any 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 I x AURE Disks 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 fo
35. figurable to allow the ARC 1320 series host adapters to act as a second boot device BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 Host BIOS Setup Manager 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 adapters 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 adapters 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 1320 PCI Ex8 2 5G SAS Cnilr BIOS V1 05 Date 2010 2 20 Bus Dev Func 1 0 0 l O Port FD9FF000h IRQ 10 BIOS D000 0h Disk SATA II P I L 0 00 000 lt ST6700630NS gt Size 76 GB Disk SAS 3 0 P I L 1 01 000 lt HUS151436VLS300 gt Size 34 GB ppp Disk SAS 3 0 P I L 2 02 000 lt ATLAS10KS 147SAS gt Size 137 GB ppp Disk SAS 3 0 P I L 3 03 000 lt HUS
36. he 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 20 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Fault LED Connector Figure 2 11 ARC 1320ix 16 HE individual fault LED for each channel drive 2 Global LED Indicator Connector If the system will use only a single global indicator attach the LED to the two pins of the global fault activity connector The global fault pin pair connector is the overall fault signal This signal will light up in any disk drive failure The global activity pin pair connector is the overall activity This global activity signal will light up in any disk activity The following diagrams shows global fault activity connectors and pin locations Global Fault Activity LED Connector il 2 4 Figure 2 12 ARC 1320ix 16 i global indicator connector for computer case Thoroughly 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 but ton at the front of the host
37. 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 gt oflash I list all SAS host adapters found This example shows a typical system response to a I command C V oflash l 64 APPENDIX C V oflash Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility Version 1 00 Adapter Information Adapter 00 Vendor ID DeviceID Bus DevFunc 17D3 1320 01 00 I O Address EFC80000 Adapter 01 DeviceID Bus DevFunc 1320 1 0 I O Address CF00 CNS 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 oflashflash utility saves the SAS host adapter s flash ROM contents from SAS adapter 1 to a file name 1320bak bin
38. ick 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 System 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 3 Select the Device Manager then choose SCSI and RAID Controllers Right click on the ARECA X86 32 STORPORT SAS HEEE 45 DRIVER INSTALLATION Host Adapter and click right side of mouse then select Unin stall A Confirm Device Removal screen appears 4 Click Yes to remove the ARC 1320 series host adapters driver 4 3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1320 series host adapters driver to Red Hat Linux SuSE and other versions of Linux Before installing the ARC 1320 series host adapters 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 miscellaneou
39. ides at lt CD ROM gt packages MacOS to add the installer on the Finder 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 Mac Pro driver 5 Reboot your Mac Pro system 4 6 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 X message click on the Initialize tab 2 When the Macintosh Disk Utility window appears select the ARC 1320 series host adapters disks icon on the left in the list of hard disks that are mounted on the Mac Pro system 3 In the Macintosh Disk Utility window click on the Partition tab DRIVER INSTALLATION eoo Areca ARC 1300 VOL 00 Media c ic rigger 5 Q3 3 6 EE aa First Aid trase Partition RAID Restore E 76 3 GB Maxtor 6Y080M Bar Volume Scheme Volume Information EEHCETEZIZXE re r 5 SONY DVD RW DW D150A T Name Mac OS X Install DVD Format Mac OS Extended ournaled Size Bytes amp Install Mac
40. is shown and this will not affect system operation The Host BIOS setup manager message remains on your screen for about five 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 the bottom of the screen shows you what keys are enabled for the screens 4444 Areca Technology orporation S ontroller Setup V1 00 Select An Adapter To Configure 1 004 00 0 I OZFD9FF000h 2 049 14 4 I O AF948362h ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select Press F10 Tab to Reboot 24 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
41. nder Operating System e Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 and XP e Linux Red Hat and SuSE e FreeBSD e Solaris 10 11 x86 x86 64 e Mac OS X 10 4 x 10 5 x 10 6 x 10 7 x 6Gb s SAS Host Adapter ARC 1320 8i ARC 1320 4i4x ARC 1320 8x ARC 1320ix 16 Host Bus Type PCIe 2 0 x8 Lanes RAID Level Non RAID MD2 Low Profile Low Profile Drives Support 128 X 3Gb s and 6Gb s SAS SATA 2 x SFF 8087 1xSFF 8087 2xSFF 8088 4xSFF 8087 1 x SFF 8088 2 x SFF 8088 Dimension LxH 167 X 64 mm 214 X 64 mm HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the ARC 1320 series SAS host adapters 2 1 Before Your Begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the ARC 1320 series host adapters as your data storage subsystem This user manual gives simple step by step instructions for installing and configuring the host adapters 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 PCIe 2 0 x 8 lanes 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 e 1 x Low profile bracket 2 2 Board Layout This section provides the board layout an
42. oose 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 1320 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 in as a system administrator The following steps show how to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows system This procedure assumes that the ARC 1320 series host adapters 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 cl
43. ppy disk or UBS devices from other Windows operating system and copy SAS adapter BIOS package oflash exe and i13 1320 bin files to it Starting the OflashFlash Utility You do not need to short any jumper cap on running oflash exe flash utility The oflasah exe flash utility provides an on line table of contents brief descriptions of the help sub commands 63 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 oflashflash utility recognizes The command syntax for the oflash h or help command is as follows gt oflash h or help display the oflashflash utility sub command option The below example shows that oflashflash utility oflash h or help command gets detail information about its sub command C VS oflash Copyright c 2009 Areca Inc All rights reserved Areca SAS Host Adapter Flash Utility Version 1 04 command oflash options Je ctlr assign controller number default 0 r filename read backup binary into filename from flash w filename write write binary into flash from filename il list list all adapters found Example Write flash from file i13 1320 bin into adapterzO command oflash c 0 w i13 1320 bin Enter GENE Command This I command uses to display the oflash supported SAS host adapter installed on your computer Use this command to see which SAS
44. r 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 oflashfollowed 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 filename command Where lt ctlr gt is the number of the SAS host adapter which update its BIOS using the filename image data 5 The oflashflash utility reads the image data from floppy disk or USB device and updates the flash ROM on the host adapter 67
45. r managing PIECE Aa HN 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 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 cT Disks Per Spin up Group Miscellaneou E x INT 13 joe E Silent Mode Persistent Md Staggered Spin u ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Return To Previous Menu Item ARC 1320 series host adapters have 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 CONF
46. rnal Mini SAS 4x Drive Boxes and Drive Expander The Mini SAS 4x external cables are used for connection between the SAS host adapters external connectors and connectors on the external drive boxes or drive expanders JBOD The SAS host adapters have Mini SAS 4x SFF 8088 external connector each of them can support up to four SAS SATA signals HARDWARE INSTALLATION Go Zz Ged Lang nn nn mn m Ep Out Expin Exp Out Activity LED ARC 8026 Expander Box Dimension 200 L x 146 W x 41 H mm The ARC 1320 4i4x ARC 1320 8x or ARC 1320ix 16 host adapters can support daisy chain up to 128 end point devices through external expander enclosures The following figure shows how to connect the external Mini SAS cable from the ARC 1320 4i4x or ARC 1320ix 16 series host adapters that have external SFF 8088 connectors to the external drive boxes or drive enclosures ARC 1320 SAS Host Adapter Areca 8066 SAS RAID Controller mn ay g x EG n Hostin Hostin mm ni i sud iB Link LED z E ud 3 B lul JBOD 18 CELH Het G al T Jb Jj Y JE Jj i gb jf i H 8 L b B 8 5 B 5 JBOD Step 5 Install the LED Cable option The preferred I O connector for server backplanes is the Mini SAS 4i internal connector This connector has eight signal pins to sup portfour SAS SATA drives and six pins for the SGPIO Serial Gener al Purpose Input Output side band signals The SG
47. s settings parameter For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are includ ed on the shipped software 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 software CD or website to make driver diskette and to install driver on the system 4 4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1320 series host adapters driver to FreeBSD Before installing the ARC 1320 series host adapters driver to the FreeBSD complete the following ac tions 1 Install host adapters and hard disk drives according to the instructions 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 46 DRIVER INSTALLATION host adapters miscellaneous settings parameter For details see Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration The supplied software CD that comes with ARC 1320 series host adapters incluede the compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD 7 x 7 2 and onwards and 8 x 8 0 and onwards You can download updated versions of compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD from the Areca web site at http www areca com tw Please refer to the readme txt file on the included software CD or website to make driver diskette and
48. series host adapters are 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 7 2008 Vista 2003 XP Linux FreeBSD Solaris and Mac Pro from the Areca web site at http www areca com tw These driver diskettes are intended for use with new operating 40 DRIVER INSTALLATION system installations For Windows 7 2008 Vista you can copy the Windows driver file to USB device and installed from it 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 computer system BIOS must be set to boot up from the CD ROM 2 Insert the ARC 1320 software driver CD disc into the CD ROM drive 3 The system will boot up from CD ROM Drive to create the driver diskettes select the SAS Host Adapter Driver Diskette Make Utility and a screen with several choices will be displayed 4 Move the highlight bar to the Create Driver Disk entry and press Enter 5 The screen queries the ARC 1320 SAS host adapters support driver database and displays a list of available drivers
49. t 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 4444 Adapter 000 ud Display Device Information D 4 Device s 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 x Miscellaneous Settings 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 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 onl
50. these two values but only one can be specified gt comma indicates a separation between integer value 5 4 2 Working Mode You can also use the CLI commands in both interactive and non interactive script mode e Interactive mode Entering CLI commands at the main prompt e Non interactive mode As a series of single commands or creat ing a script file a multiple commands input 5 4 2 1 Interactive Mode You can run CLI in interactive mode entering commands at the main prompt and observing the results on the screen The ex amples shown in this CLI manual reflect this interactive mode To run the CLI in the interactive mode 1 To enter interactive mode type CLI and press Enter The main prompt CLI gt is displayed This indicates that the CLI program is waiting for a command input A 54 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 2 At the CLI prompt you can input the commands Syntax Set lt curctrl xx gt Parameters curctrl xx Example CLI gt set curctrl 1 Enter Use this command to select the controller 1 on which to perform an action 5 4 2 2 Non interactive Mode To run the CLI in a single command you can use CLI with syn tax and parameters processing a single command at a time To process it simply enter the command with syntax and param eters Syntax CLI lt command line with syntax and parameters gt CLI set lt curctrl xx gt Example
51. tion of the low of member state relating to the EMC Directive2004 108 EC For the evaluation regarding to the electromag netic compatibility the following standards where applied EN 55022 2006 Class B EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 EN 61000 3 2 2006 IEC61000 4 2 2001 EN 61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 A2 2005 IEC61000 4 3 2006 IEC61000 4 4 2004 IEC61000 4 5 2005 IEC61000 4 6 2006 IEC61000 4 8 2001 IEC61000 4 11 2004 1 2 3 4 Contents IntroducHOh ieoianiseec eraot ER EE ERR ERERRUEREdER MAREA RR kamen EM ed 6 1 1 OVERVIEW reiner vorin r veurnienrien or ON ne TORY EEUU RR UY eU c nir dene 6 1 2 Feat les e venten rene Senet eee 6 Hardware Installation 1 ee cerne nenne 8 2 1 Before Your Begin Installation esses 8 2 2 Board Layout annen arresten KR ERE ede ATE RR va 8 2 3 installations scie ent re Er ERR E A 13 1 Internal Min SAS 4i to SATA Cable usrennennvennennvenvernrrnrnsnnnn 15 2 Internal Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF 8482 Cable nnen 16 3 Internal Min SAS 4i to Internal Min SAS 4i Cable 17 4 External Min SAS 4x Drive Boxes and Drive Expander 17 Host BIOS Setup Manager eene rennen nnn nnn 23 3 1 Starting the Host BIOS Setup Manager seeeeeeeee 23 3 2 Main Menu vassere Ta Fa 25 3 2 1 Physical D6Vi 6s cives tre eh et aa RR rey de 25 3 2 1 1 Display Device Information nessen ennen enn 2
52. u can also download the latest version ARC 1680ix Expander CLI manual from the websie http www areca com tw support main htm APPENDIX Appendix B Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Process Since the PCIe 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 PCIe bus using the oflash exe flash DOS utility The shipped CD contains the oflash exe executable utility and a separate adapter flash image on the lt CD ROM gt BIOS 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 or the shipped CD i13 1320 bin PCIe 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 1320 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 flo
53. vironments The CLI is useful in en vironments where a graphical user interface GUI is not available Through the CLI you perform most of the storage management tasks that you can perform with the Host BIOS setup manager With CLI you can also use the CLI commands in both interactive and non inter active script mode providing higher level API functionalities Before using this CLI we assumes that you have already installed your con troller in your system If you have not yet installed SAS host adapter see chapter 2 Hardware Installation for instructions 5 1 Supported Operating Systems e Windows Windows 7 Windows 2008 Windows Vista Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 e Linux RedHat SuSE etc e FreeBSD e Solaris 10 11 e Mac OS x10 4 x 10 5 x 10 6 x CLI supports both 32 bit and 64 bit versions Be sure you are in stalling the correct version 50 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE 5 2 CLI Installation This section describes the procedures for installing Command Line Interface CLI 5 2 1 For Windows Below screen in this section are taken from a Windows XP instal lation If you are running other Windows your installing screen may look different but the CLI installation is essentially the same 1 Insert the SAS host adapters CD in the CD ROM drive You aslo can download the CLI from the website www areca com tw 2 Run the setup exe file that resides at CD ROM XCLINwin dows setup exe on the CD RO
54. vision 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 The adapter can not be used if the 16 digit adapter SAS ad dress is not displayed 39 DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the ARC 1320 series SAS host adapters device driver to your operating system The installation pro cedures use the following terminology Installing operating system on the ARC 1320 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 adapters The device driver installation is a part of the operating system installation Installing SAS host adapter into an existing operating system The computer has an existing operating system installed and the ARC 1320 series host adapters are being installed as a secondary controller Have all required system hardware and software components on hand before proceeding with the setup and installation Materials required e Microsoft Windows 7 2008 Vista 2003 XP Linux FreeBSD Solaris and Mac Pro installation CD e ARC 1320 series host adapters software CD e ARC 1320 series host adapters 4 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes The software CD disc shipped with the ARC 1320
55. y by the OS device driver and adapter s BIOS is not installed on the system ROM area 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 Miscellaneous Settings I x INT 13 Serviga Silent Mode Silent Mode EEEN Disabled Staggered Sp Enabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Return To Previous Menu Item The Silent Mode indicates whether 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 8st 33 BIOS CONFIGURATION Persisti Persistent Mapping Config e Persistent Device Mapping Clear Persistent Mapping 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
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search