Areca ARC-1130 User Manual

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After hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the SATA 

RAID controller must be configured and the volume set units initialized 

before they are ready to use. 

The user interface for these tasks can be accessed through the built-in 

configuration and administration utility that resides in the controller’s 

firmware. It provides complete control and management of the con-

troller and disk arrays, eliminating the need for additional hardware or 

software.

In addition, a software utility to configure the SATA RAID is provided 

on the CD-ROM delivered with SATA controller. This CD-ROM contains 

the software utility that can monitor, test, and support the SATA RAID 

controller. The software utility and McRAID storage manager can con-

figure and monitor the SATA RAID controller via ArcHttp Proxy Server. 

The following table outlines their functions:

From version 1.6 and later, the HTTP management software (ArcHttp) 

runs as a service or daemon, and have it automatically start the proxy 

for all controllers found. This way the controller can be managed re-

motely without having to sign in the server. The HTTP management 

software (ArcHttp) also has integrated the General Configuration, Mail 

Configuration and SNMP Configuration. Those can be configured in lo-

cal or remote standard web browser.

Configuration Utility

Operating System supported

McBIOS RAID Manager

OS-Independent

McRAID Storage Manager

(Via Archttp proxy server)

Windows 2000/XP/2003, Linux, FreeBSD 

NetWare, UnixwWare, Solaris and Mac 

SAP Monitor (Single Admin portal to 

scan for multiple RAID units in the net-

work, Via ArcHttp Proxy Server)

Windows 2000/XP/2003

If your controller have onboard LAN port, you don't need to install 

ArcHttp proxy Server, you can use McRAID Storage Manager 

directly.