6Gb/s SAS RAID Host Adapter
RAID 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
    
This card adds:
- One 4-Channel Internal SFF-8087 mini-SAS port
- One 4-Channel External SFF-8088 mini-SAS port
- Includes one external Out-of-Band port for web browser-based McRAID storage manager
Requires:
- Available PCIe 2.0 8-lane Slot
See Specifiactions below for system and/or OS compatibility information |
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Add up to 128 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA/SSD drives to your PCIe equipped Mac.
The ARC-1880LP supports eight 6Gb/s SAS ports via one internal & one external mini SAS connector.
When used with 6Gb/s SAS expanders, the controller can provide
up to (128) devices through one or more 6Gb/s SAS JBODs, making
it an ideal solution for enterprise-class storage applications that
call for maximum configuration flexibility.
Applications that benefit most features from these
adapters include NAS, server RAID solutions, supercomputing, near-line backup,
security systems, streaming and cloud computing applications.
Unsurpassed Data Availability
RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that
RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity
of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data. This 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller can also provide
RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single
Disk or JBOD for maximum configuration
flexibility.
Its high data availability and protection derives from the following capabilities: Online
RAID Capacity Expansion, Array Roaming, Online
RAID Level / Stripe Size Migration, Global Online
Spare, Automatic Drive Failure Detection,
Automatic Failed Drive Rebuilding, Disk Hot-Swap,
Online Background Rebuilding, Instant
Availability/Background Initialization, Auto
Reassign Sector, Redundant Flash Image and
Battery Backup Module.
Over 2TB per drive support
allows for very large volume set applications in
64-bit environment such as data-mining and
managing large databases.
Easy RAID Management
The ARC-1880LP contains an embedded McBIOS RAID
manager accessed via hot key at BIOS
boot-up screen. This pre-boot RAID manager can
be used to simplify setup and management.
It also contains a
browser-based McRAID storage manager which
can be accessed through the LAN port or ArcHttp
proxy server. The McRAID storage manager
allows you to locally or remotely create and modify your RAID
set, volume set, and monitor RAID status from
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Specifications
Highlights
- Supports up to (128) 6Gb/s SAS,
SATA or SSD drives using 6Gb/s
SAS expander
- 6Gb/s throughput at each drive
ports
- Support up to 4GB DDR2-800
cache (ARC-1880ix-12/16/24)
- Family includes 8/12/16/24 internal
and/or 4/8 external 6Gb/s SAS
ports for easy expansion
- Online capacity expansion, RAID
level/stripe size migration
- Online volume set growth
- Redundant flash image for adapter
availability
- Greater than 2TB capacity per disk
drive support
- Support greater than 2TB per
volume set and battery backup
module (BBM)
- SES2, SMP and SGPIO enclosure
management
- Support intelligent power
management to save energy and
extend service life.
- Broad operating support including
Windows, Linux (open source),
FreeBSD(open source),
Soaris(open source), Mac and
VMware
Adapter Architecture
- 800 MHz RoC for RAID core and SAS microcod
- 512MB on-board DDR2-800 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
- Support EFI BIOS for Mac Pro
- NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
- Redundant flash image for adapter availability
- Battery Backup Module ready (Option)
- RoHS Compliant
Monitors/Indicators
- System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and alarm buzzer
- SMTP support email notification
- SNMP support for remote notification
- Enclosure management (SES-2, SMP and SGPIO) ready
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RAID Features
- RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
- Multiple RAID selection
- Online array roaming/Offline RAID set
- 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 capacity per disk drive support
- Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)
- Disk scrubbing/ array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets
- Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life
- Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board LAN port
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 ArcHttp proxy server utility
- 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, SNMP agent and Telnet function via LAN port
- API library for customer to write monitor utility
- Support Push Button and LCD display panel
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| Includes |
- 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller in an ESD-protective bag
- Installation CD – containing driver, relative software, an
electronic version of this manual and other related manual
- User manual
- Low-profile bracket
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| Specifications |
| Ports |
- One 4-Channel Internal SFF-8087 mini-SAS port
- One 4-Channel External SFF-8088 mini-SAS port
- One Out-of-Band port (for web browser-based McRAID storage manager)
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| Connections |
- Internal - 4 Devices
- External - 4 Devices
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| Bus Specifications |
- x8 PCI Express host interface
- Supports PCI Express Base Spec 1.0a
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| RAID |
- RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
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| Operating System Support |
- Windows 7/2008/Vista/XP/2003
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64
- Mac OS X 10.4.x/10.5.x/10.6.x
- VMware 4.0
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| Click here to get your Model Identifier number |
| This is compatible with the following models: |
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Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro5,1
Mac Pro (Mid 2010 8-Core, 2.4GHz)
(July, 2010)
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Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro5,1
Mac Pro (Mid 2010 Quad-Core, 2.8GHz, 3.2GHz)
(July, 2010)
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Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro4,1
Mac Pro (Early 2009 8-Core, 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz)
(March, 2009)
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Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro4,1
Mac Pro (Early 2009 Quad-Core, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.33GHz)
(March, 2009)
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Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro3,1
Mac Pro (Early 2008, 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, 3.2GHz)
(January, 2008)
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Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro2,1
Mac Pro (8-core, 3.0GHz)
(April, 2007)
Note: Card is backwards-compatible but performance will be at PCIe 1.1 speeds. |
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Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro1,1
Mac Pro (Original, 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.0GHz)
(August, 2006)
Note: Card is backwards-compatible but performance will be at PCIe 1.1 speeds. |
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac11,2
Power Mac G5 (Late 2005, 2.0GHz, 2.3GHz, dual 2.5GHz)
(October, 2005)
Note: Can not direct boot volumes on
a Power Mac G5 and can only be used as secondary storage.
Note: Card is backwards-compatible but performance will be at PCIe 1.1 speeds. |
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PC/Wintel Desktops
Must have an available PCIe 2.0 8-lane or better slot. Also, backward-compatible with PCIe 1.1 8-lane or 16-lane slots but performance will be at PCIe 1.1 speeds.
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