Areca ARC-1231ML Fascicule
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Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM
Hot key boot-up McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS
API library for customer to write its monitor utility
Support Command Line Interface (CLI)
Browser-based management utility via ArcHttp Proxy
Server
Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility
API library for customer to write its monitor utility
Support Command Line Interface (CLI)
Browser-based management utility via ArcHttp Proxy
Server
Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility
Firmware-embedded Browser-based RAID manager,
S
S
MTP manager, SNMP agent and Telnet function via on-
controller Ethernet port
API library for customer to write its monitor utility
Push Button and LCD display panel
API library for customer to write its monitor utility
Push Button and LCD display panel
In-Band Manager
Out-of-Band Manager
Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Mandrake,
Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Mandrake,
TurboLinux ,
CentOS
, etc.)
FreeBSD
Novell Netware 6.5
Solaris 10 x86/
Novell Netware 6.5
Solaris 10 x86/
x86_64
SCO UnixWare 7.x.x
Mac OS X (no_bootable)
Mac OS X (no_bootable)
Intel 800MHz IOP341 I/O processor
PCI-Express
PCI-Express
X8
bus
One DIMM socket with default 256MB of DDR2-533 SDRAM
with ECC protection, Upgrade to 2GB. An ECC or non-ECC
SDRAM module using X8 or X16 chip organization
Write-through
with ECC protection, Upgrade to 2GB. An ECC or non-ECC
SDRAM module using X8 or X16 chip organization
Write-through
or
write-back
cache
support
Support up to 12/16/24 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 boot
specification)Support
Intel RAID 6 inside to support extreme performance RAID 6
NVRAM for RAID configuration & transaction log
Redundant flash image for adapter availability
Battery Backup Module(BBM)
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 6 inside to support extreme performance RAID 6
NVRAM for RAID configuration & transaction log
Redundant flash image for adapter availability
Battery Backup Module(BBM)
ready (Option)
RoHS Compliant
RAID level 0,1, 1E, 3, 5, 6 or JBOD
Multiple RAID selection
Array roaming
Online RAID level/stripe size migration
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration
simultaneously
Online Volume set
Multiple RAID selection
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 insertion/removal detection and rebuild
Greater than 2TB per volume set
Support S.M.A.R.T, NCQ and OOB Staggered Spin-up
capable drives
Support spin down drives when not in use to extend service
life (MAID)
Automatic insertion/removal detection and rebuild
Greater than 2TB per volume set
Support S.M.A.R.T, NCQ and OOB Staggered Spin-up
capable drives
Support spin down drives when not in use to extend service
life (MAID)
System status indication through HDD activity/fault
connector, LCD Connector and alarm buzzer
SMTP support email notification
SNMP support for remote notification
I2C& SGPIO Enclosure management ready
connector, LCD Connector and alarm buzzer
SMTP support email notification
SNMP support for remote notification
I2C& SGPIO Enclosure management ready
At the heart of storage
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SPECIFICATIONS
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All-in-Cache
Sustained Rate
R0 (MB/S)
R5 (MB/S)
R6 (MB/S)
Write
Read
Write
Read
Write
Read
811
776
1624
1295
816
846
RAID Level
R/W
1295
1624
847
885
1295
1624
Dimension
ARC-1231ML/ARC-1261ML/ARC-1280ML/1280: 98.4(H) x 237.5(L)mm
Operating
Storage Temperature
Power Requirements
8.91W max.On 3.3V
Temperature: +5 c to +60 c
O
O
Temperature: -40 c to 70 c
O
O
Humidity:15-80%, non-condensing
Humidity:5-90%, non-condensing
Mechanical
Environment
Electrical
PCI-Express
Model Name
RAID Processor
Host Bus Type
RAID 6 Support
Cache Memory
ARC-1231ML
ARC-1261ML
ARC-1280ML
PCI-Express X8
YES
YES
YES
12*SATA ll
16*SATA ll
24*SATA ll
3*SFF-8087
4*SFF-8087
6*SFF-8087
Intel IOP341
YES
24*SATA ll
SATA
ARC-1280
ARC-1231ML
ARC-1261ML
ARC-1280ML
ARC-1280
YES
YES
YES
YES
10.20W max.On +12V
Driver Support
Ethernet Port
Connector Type
One DDR2-533 DIMM (Default 256 MB / Upgrade to 2GB)