SAS Host Adapters ARC-1300 Series (PCIe to SAS Host Adapters ) USER’S Manual Version: 1.
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Contents 1. Introduction................................................................. 6 1.1 Overview..........................................................................6 1.2 Features...........................................................................6 2. Hardware Installation.................................................. 8 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation..............................................8 2.2 Board Layout.................................................................
.4 Driver Installation for Mac OS X......................................... 46 4.4.1 Making Volume Sets Available to Mac OS X..................... 47 Appendix A..................................................................... 49 CLI Introduction.................................................................... 49 Appendix B..................................................................... 50 Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Update Process...........................
INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction This section presents brief overview of the SAS host adapters, ARC1300-4e, ARC-1300-4x, ARC-1300-4i and ARC-1300ix-16. 1.1 Overview The ARC-1300 series is a SAS (Serial Attached SCSI 1.1 compliant) bus to PCIe bus low profile host adapter, which complies to the PCI Express 1.0a compliant specification with Plug-&-Play (PnP) readiness. The adapters bring a high performance, low cost solution to any desktop, workstation and server. The ARC-1300-4e is a 4 eSATA external connector.
INTRODUCTION • Hot-plug capability • Supports Serial ATA II Port Multiplier 1.0 specifications revision1.1 • Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • Output swing control • Supports four independent Serial ATA channels Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 3.0Gbps • Serial Attached SCSI (SAS-1.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. Hardware Installation This section describes the procedures for installing the SAS host adapters. 2.1 Before Your Begin Installation Thanks for purchasing the ARC-1300 series host adapters as your data storage subsystem. This user manual gives simple step-bystep instructions for installing and configuring the host adapter. To ensure personal safety and to protect your equipment and data, reading the following information package list carefully before you begin installing.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-1, ARC-1300-4e Host Adapter Connector Description Type 1. (SCN1) External Connector eSATA 2. (SCN2) External Connector eSATA 3. (SCN3) External Connector eSATA 4.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Connector Description Type 1. (SCN1) SAS 1-4 Ports (External) 2. (D5-D8) SAS Link 1-4 Ports Min SAS 4x LED 3. (D1-D4) SAS Activity 1-4 Ports LED Table 2-2, ARC-1300-4x Connectors Figure 2-3, ARC-1300-4i SAS Host Adapter Connector Description 1. (SCN1) SAS 1-4 Ports (Internal) Min SAS 4i 2. (J5) Individual Activity LED Header for SAS 1-4 Ports 4-Pin Header 3. (J4) Global Activity-Cache Write Pending 2-Pin Header 4.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-4, ARC-1300ix-16 SAS Host Adapter Connector Description Type 1.(JP1) RS232 for Expander Configuration RJ11 Connector 2.(SCN1) SAS 1-4 Ports (Internal) Min SAS 4i 3.(SCN2) SAS 5-8 Ports (Internal) Min SAS 4i 4.(SCN3) SAS 9-12 Ports (Internal) Min SAS 4i 5.(SCN4) SAS 13-16 Ports (Internal) Min SAS 4i 6.(SCN5) SAS 1-4 Ports (External) Min SAS 4x 7.(SCN6) SAS 5-8 Ports (External) Min SAS 4x 8.(J4) I2C/LCD Connector 8-Pin Header 9.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Tools Required An ESD grounding strap or mat is required. Also required are standard hand tools to open your system’s case. System Requirement The ARC-1300 series host adapter can be installed in a universal PCIe slot and requires a motherboard that: • Comply with the PCIe x4 It can work on the PCIe x1, x4, x8, and x16 signal with x4, x8 or x16 slot M/B.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION • 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. Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can cause serious damage to the electronic components on this SAS host adapter. To avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge, observe the following precautions: • Do not remove the host adapter from its anti-static packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-5, Insert ARC-1300 Series Host Adapter into a PCIe Slot Step 4. Install Cable Areca is shipping the ARC-1300-4e four ports external SATA PCIe x4 host adapter for Power G5, PowerMac Dual-Core and Quad models with an available PCIe slot. Areca provides a native PCI Express (PCIe) x4 host bus interface with FIS-based port multiplier capability. When using up to four, ARC-4020 4 bay port multiplier enclosures the ARC-1300-4e can mount up to sixteen hard drives.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION You can connect the end devices to each other through direct cables or through the SAS expander/backplane connections. The SAS host adapterr supports 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 adapter through direct cable and backplane solutions.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-7, Internal Min SAS 4i to 4x SATA Cable The sideband cable is reserved for the backplane with header on it. Please refer to page 19 for definitions of sideband header signals. 2.3.2 Internal Min 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 Min SAS 4i to 4xSFF-8482 cables.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3.3 Internal Min SAS 4i to Internal Min SAS 4i Cable The ARC-1300-4i or ARC-1300ix-16 host adapter has Min SAS 4i internal connectors, each of them can support up to four SAS/ SATA signals. These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with Min SAS 4i internal connectors backplane. This Min 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.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION The ARC-1300-4x or ARC-1300ix-16 host adapter can support daisy-chain up to 128 end point devices through external expander enclosures. The following figure shows how to connect the external Min SAS cable from the ARC-1300-4x or ARC-1300ix16 series host adapter that has external SFF-8088 connectors to the external drive boxes or drive enclosures. Step 5. Install the LED Cable (option) The preferred I/O connector for server backplanes is the Min SAS 4i internal connector.
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 Min SAS 4i internal connector (SFF-8087) in the SAS host adapter.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION The following diagrams and descriptions describe each type of con nector. Note: 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. A: Individual Activity/Fault LED and Global Indicator Connector Most of the backplane has supported the HDD activity from the HDD. The SAS host adapter also provides the fault activity for fault LED.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION B:Global LED Indicator Connector If the system will use only a single global indicator, attach the LED to the two pins of the global activity/cache write-pending connector. The global fault pin pair connector is the overall fault signal. This signal will light up in any disk drive failure. The following diagrams show all LEDs, connectors and pin locations. Figure 2-11, ARC-1300ix-16 individual LED for each channel drive and global indicator connector for computer case. Step 6.
HARDWARE 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 operating system are provided on their disk utility. After that, the ARC1300 series host adapter can be fully used. Step 9.
BIOS CONFIGURATION 3. Host_BIOS Setup Manager The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following SAS host adapter parameters at power-up: • • • • PCI Bus/Device/Function I/O Port Address Interrupt Channel (IRQ) Adapter ROM Base Address Use Host_BIOS setup manager to further configure the SAS host adapter 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 adapter.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Fnc: Indicates the PCI Function assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter (range 0 - 7 decimal) I/O: Indicates the I/O port address assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter The adapters scan and display up to eight device’s information during system bootup. 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. Note: It is normal when it appears "No BIOS disk found.
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.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu DeviceDevices Function Physical Miscellaneous Settings Display Device Information System Information Low Level Format Disk Verify Disk Identify Disk ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item 3.2.1.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu DeviceDevices Function Physical Device Information Miscellaneous Settings Display Device Information Device Selection - Device Information System Information Port/Id/Lun Low Level Format Disk : 1/00/000 Type : :76(GB) SATA-ll Verify Disk SATA : Device P/I/L=1/00/000 : ST6700630NS 500000E015D106E2 Identify Disk Address SAS : SAS P/I/L =2/01/000: : 34(GB) : HUS1514
BIOS CONFIGURATION The "Device Selection-Low Level Format Disk" screen displays a scrolling list of installed disks on the slected host adapter. Highlight the disk name in the "Device Selection-Low Level Format Disk" screen and press Enter.
BIOS CONFIGURATION After format begins, you cannot stop or cancel it. The information fields on the “Disk Format” are as follows: Device 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. Note: Formatting erases all data on a device. Be sure that you have a current, valid backup of important data on the device before you format it. 3.2.1.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu DeviceDevices Function Physical Device Selection - Verify Disk Miscellaneous Settings Display Device Information System Information Low Level Format Disk : 76(GB) : ST6700630NS SATA : P/I/L=1/00/000 Verify SAS : Disk P/I/L =2/01/000: 34(GB) : HUS151436VLS300 Identify Disk Verify The Disk ? (Y=Yes, Others To Abort) Are You: Sure SAS P/I/LTo =3/02/000: 137(GB) : ATL
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.
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.
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 only by the OS device driver. Enabled: The SAS host adapter is controlled only by the BIOS. This setting may not be supported by all OS drivers. 3.2.2.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Miscellaneous Physical Devices Settings Miscellaneous Settings INT 13 Service System Information Silent ModePersistent Mapping Config Persistent Persistent Mapping Mapping Config Config Staggered Persistent Spin-up Config Device Mapping Disable Clear Persistent Mapping ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item Persistent mappin
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.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu Miscellaneous Physical Devices Settings Miscellaneous Settings INT 13 Service System Information Silent ModePersistent Mapping Config Persistent Persistent Mapping Mapping Config Config Staggered Persistent Spin-up Config Device Mapping Clear Persistent Mapping Operation Completed Successfully! Press Any Key To Continue! ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select,
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.
BIOS CONFIGURATION Adapter#1- I/O=FD9FF000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reset System Areca Technology Corporation SAS Controller Main Menu #Group Spin-up Delay(Seconds) 0 Miscellaneous Physical Devices Settings Staggered Spin-up Config 1 Miscellaneous Settings INT 13 Service System Information Disk Per Spin-up Group2 3 Silent Mode Group Spin-up Delay(Seconds) 4 Persistent Mapping Config Staggered Spin-up Config 5 6 7 ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Return To Previous Menu Item Are
BIOS CONFIGURATION IRQ Number: Indicates the Interrupt Request Line used by the adapter. This is assigned by the system BIOS. BIOS Version / Date: Indicates the revision 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.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the ARC-1300 series host adapter device driver to your operating system. The installation procedures use the following terminology: Installing operating system on the SAS/SATA 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 adapter. The device driver installation is a part of the operating system installation.
DRIVER INSTALLATION These driver diskettes are intended for use with new operating system installations. 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.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.2 Driver Installation for Windows The ARC-1300 series host adapter can be used with Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008. The ARC-1300 series host adapter support SCSI Miniport and StorPort Drivers for Windows Server 2003/Vista/2008. 4.2.1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows 2003/Vista The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003/XP-64/Vista/2008. Storport implements a new architecture designed for better performance in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments.
DRIVER INSTALLATION Note: The computer system BIOS must support bootable from CDROM. 4.Press F6 when the following displays at the bottom of the screen for only 5 seconds, unless you are installing Windows Vista and 2008. "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-1300 series host adapter and the driver diskette will not be recognized.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4.2.3 Installing Controller into an Existing Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 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 Installation” chapter, to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure. 2. Start the system and then press Tab/F6 to enter the controller Host_BIOS setup utility.
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 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008. This procedure assumes that the ARC-1300 series host adapter hardware, driver, and Windows are installed and operational in your system. 1. Partition and format the new disks using “Disk Administrator”: a).
DRIVER INSTALLATION 3. Select the “Device Manager”, then choose “SCSI and RAID Controllers”. Right click on the “ARECA(X86-32-STORPORT) SAS Host Adapter" and click right side of mouse then select “Uninstall”. A “Confirm Device Removal” screen appears. 4. Click Yes to remove the ARC-1300 series host adapter driver. 4.3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the ARC-1300 series host adapter driver to Red Hat Linux, SuSE and other versions of Linux.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 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 Areca driver. 5. Reboot your Power Mac G5 or MacPro system 4.4.1 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.
DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 In the Macintosh Disk Utility window, click on the “Partition” tab. 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.
APPENDIX Appendix A CLI Introduction This Command Line Interface (CLI) is provided for you to configure the ARC-1300ix-16 SAS host adapter expander functions. The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not available. Please download the CLI_For_SAS_expander manual from the websie http://www.areca.com.tw/support/main.
APPENDIX Appendix B Upgrading Adapter Flash ROM Update 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 ship CD contains the oflash.exe executable utility and a separate adapter flash image.
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 oflash flash utility recognizes. The command syntax for the oflash -h or -help command is as follows: \> oflash –h or -help --- display the oflash flash utility subcommand option. The below example shows that oflash flash utility oflash -h or –help command gets detail information about its sub-command.
APPENDIX - C:\>oflash/ l ====================================== = Copyright (c) 2009 Areca, Inc. All rights reserved. = = Areca Odin Flash Utility, Version: 1.00 = ====================================== Controller Information Controller#00 DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 6445/1/0 I/O Address: 9F00 Controller#01 DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 6445/1/0 I/O Address: CF00 c:\>_ /c Command This /c command uses to select the host adapter for the /r read command or /w write command.
APPENDIX - C:\>oflash/c 1 /r 1300bak.bin ====================================== = Copyright (c) 2009 Areca, Inc. All rights reserved. = = Areca Odin Flash Utility, Version: 1.00 = ====================================== Controller Information Controller#01 DeviceID/Bus/DevFunc: 6445/1/0 I/O Address: CF00 Writing 262144 bytes into file 1300bak.bin: 100% Read flash OK c:\>_ /w Commands This /w command uses to write a flash image data into SAS host adapter’s flash ROM from the file.
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 or USB device and restart your computer. Note: 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.
HISTORY Version History Revision Page Description 1.1 p.50-54 Changed aod to oflash. 1.1 p.46, 47 Deleted Driver Installation for FreeBSD and Solaris.
