User manual
INTRODUCTION
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boot-up screen. This pre-boot manager utility can be used to sim-
plify the setup and management of the RAID controller. The con-
troller rmware also contains a web browser-based program that
can be accessed through the ArcHttp proxy server function in Win-
dows, Linux, FreeBSD and more environments. This web browser-
based McRAID storage manager utility allows both local and remote
creation and modication RAID sets, volume sets, and monitoring
of RAID status from standard web browsers.
1.2 Features
Adapter Architecture
• Intel IOP 331 I/O processor (ARC-11xx series)
• Intel IOP 332/IOP 333 I/O processor (ARC-12xx series)
• Intel IOP341 I/O processor (ARC-12x1ML/ARC-1280ML/1280)
• ARM storage I/O processor (ARC-1201, OEM version)
• 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X Bus compatible
• PCI Express x8 compatible (IOP332/333)
• PCI Express x1 compatible (ARC-1201)
• 128MB DDR2-400 SDRAM (ARC-1201)
• 256MB on-board DDR333 SDRAM with ECC protection (4/8-port)
• One SODIMM Socket with default 256 MB of DDR333 SDRAM
with ECC protection, upgrade to 1GB (12, 16 and 24-port cards
only)
• One DIMM Socket with default 256 MB of DDR2-533 SDRAM
with ECC protection, upgrade to 2GB(ARC-12xxML and ARC-
1280)
• An ECC or non-ECC SDRAM module using x8 or x16 chip organi-
zation
• Support up to 4/8/12/16/24 SATA ll drives
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
• BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
• BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specication)
support
• Supports extreme performance Intel RAID 6 functionality
• NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
• Battery backup module (BBM) ready (Depend on motherboard,
ARC-1201 without BBM support)