ARC-1222SAS

ARC-1222SAS is an 8 Ports PCIe to SAS/SATA RAID Adapters. Areca high-performance PCIe to SAS RAID host adapter can provide up to 8 SAS/SATA ll peripheral devices. Applications that benefit most features from these controllers include NAS, server RAID solutions, web servers, supercomputing, near-line backup, security systems and streaming applications

System Architecture:

• Intel 800MHz IOP348 I/O processor with SAS controller • PCIe x8 link host interface • 256MB on-board DDR2-533 SDRAM with ECC protection • Support write-through or write-back cache • Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements • BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance • BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support • Intel RAID engine support extreme performance RAID 6 function • NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log • Redundant flash image for adapter availability • Battery Backup Module (BBM) ready (option) • ARC-6120BA-T112 • RoHS Compliant

RAID Features:

• RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60 or JBOD • Multiple RAID selection • Online array roaming • Online RAID level/stripe size migration • Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously • Online volume set growth • Instant availability and background initialization • Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding • Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support) • Disk scrubbing/ array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets • Support spin down drives when not in use to extend service life (MAID) • Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port

Disk Bus Interface:

• Up to 8 SAS/SATA II HDDs (no expander capability ) • Up to 3Gbps per drive port

Host Connectivity:

• PCIe x8 lane width host interface

Monitors/Indicators:

• System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and alarm buzzer • SMTP support for email notification • SNMP support for remote manager • Enclosure management (Serial bus and SGPIO) ready

RAID Management:

• Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM • In-Band Manager • Hot key "boot-up" McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS • Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via Http proxy server • Support Command Line Interface (CLI) • API library for customer to write monitor utility • Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility • Disk Stress Test (DST) utility for production • Out-of-Band Manager • Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager, SMTP manager and SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ethernet port • API library for customer to write monitor utility • Support Push Button and LCD display panel

Operating System:

• Windows 7/2008/Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000 • Linux • FreeBSD • Novell Netware 6.5 • Solaris 10 x86/x86_64 • SCO Unixware 7.x.x • Mac OS 10.4.x/10.5.x/10.6.x (EFI BIOS support)

Environmental/Physical:

• Mechanical Dimension: ARC-1212/1222: 62(H) x 168(L) mm

Environmental Specifications:

• Operating: Temperature:+5°c to +50°c • Humidity: 15-80% • non-condensing