Description
ARC-4020 eSATA Port Multiplier
The Areca ARC-1202 external SATA RAID adapter is a PCIe x1 bus to SATA disk array adapter. The ARC-1202 has two external eSATA ports and supports up to 8 SATA ll peripheral devices using port multiplier box (ARC-4020). It uses the same RAID kernel of its field-proven external RAID controller. When properly configured, the SATA RAID adapter can provide a high degree of performance and fault tolerance with data mirroring for maximum protection. The ARC-1202 is the industry's most compelling PCIe x1 to SATA ll RAID solution which economically delivers full-featured true hardware RAID to desktop and workstations as well as entry-level servers.
Adapter Architecture
- 400MHz storage I/O processor
- PCI-Express x1 bus
- DDR2 400 SDRAM
- Write-through or write-back cache support
- Support up to 8 SATA II drives
- Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
- BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
- BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boots pecification) support
- NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
- Redundant flash image for adapter availability
- RoHS Compliant
RAID Features
- RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6 and JBOD
- Multiple RAID selection
- Array roaming
- Online RAID level/stripe size migration
- Online RAID capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
- Instant availability and background initialization
- Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and rebuild
- Greater than 2TB per volume set
- Support S.M.A.R.T disk drive monitoring for reliability
Monitors/Indicators
- System status indication through HDD activity/fault connector, LCD Connector and alarm buzzer
- SMTP support email notificationSNMP support for remote notification
- Inband enclosure management ready
RAID Management
- Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM
In-Band Manager
- Hot key boot-up McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS
- Support controller's API library for customer to write its own AP
- Support Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Browser-based management utility via ArcHttp Proxy Server
- Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility
- Disk Stress Test (DST) utility for production in Windows
Out-of-Band Manager
- Firmware-embedded Browser-based RAID manager, SMTP manager, SNMP agent, and Telnet function via Ethernet port (for 12/16/24 port Adapter)
- Support controller's API library for customer to write its own AP
- Push Button and LCD display panel
Software Drivers
- Windows Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000
- Redhat Linux and SuSE Linux
- FreeBSD
- Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64
- Mac OS 10.x (EFI BIOS support)
