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    ARC-8050 (Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Stor age) Quick Start Guide V ersion: 2.0 Issue Date: January , 2014 Thunderbolt™ Prod uct ...

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    Copyright and Trademarks The information regarding products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor , who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. All br ands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. This ...

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    Contents 1. Installation .................................................................. 4 1.1 Before Y ou First Installing................................................... 4 1.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps ................................ 5 • F or Mac OS X ................................................................... 5 • F o ...

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    INSTALLATION 4 1. Installation This section describes how to install the ARC -8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage with host computer and disks. 1.1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ARC -8050 as your RAID data storage. The following manual gives simple step-by -step instructions for installing and conguring the ARC -8050 RAID stora ...

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    INSTALLATION 5 1.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps • For Mac OS X Step 1. Physically Install the Hardware (Chapter 1.5.1 ) 1. Install HDDs. 2. Connect power cord. 3. Connect Thunderbolt cable. Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 1.5.2.1 ) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “ http://www.areca.com.tw/ ...

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    INSTALLATION 6 Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 1.5.3.1 ) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “ http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm ”. 2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped le. 3. Double-click on the “setup.ex e” unzip le. 4. F ollow the installer on-screen ...

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    INSTALLATION 7 Front View Rear View 1. Disk Activity LED 2. Disk F ault / Link LED 3. LCD P anel with K eypad 4. Thunderbolt P ort1 5. Thunderbolt P ort2 6. Thunderbolt P ort1 Link LED 7. Thunderbolt P ort2 Link LED 8. System F an1 9. LAN P ort (F or McRAID W eb Manager) 10. R eset Button 11. System F an2 12. P ower Connector 13. P ower Supply F an ...

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    INSTALLATION 8 1.4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ARC -8050 RAID storage managers about the oper ational status. 1.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators Figure 1-1, Activity/F ault LED The following table describes the RAID storage disk driv e tray LED behavior . Tray LED Normal Status Problem Indicat ...

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    INSTALLATION 9 1.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators There are a variet y of status conditions that cause the RAID stor- age panel monitoring LED to light. The front panel LCD comes with three (3) status-indicating LEDs. The LEDs on the front panel are dened, from top to bottom, P ower , Busy , and Caution, as shown in Figure 1-2. Figure 1-2, LCD P ane ...

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    INSTALLATION 10 1.5 Setting Up RAID Storage Setting up your ARC -8050 RAID storage inv olves these main steps: • Physically Install the RAID Stor age and Drives • Install the MRAID Software • Congure RAID V olumes • Format RAID V olumes • Unmounting RAID V olumes Details about these steps are described in the following sections. 1.5.1 ...

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    INSTALLATION 11 2. Install t he drive into the drive tr ay and secure the drive to the drive tr ay by four of the mounting screws. Figure 1-5, Sliding Drive T ray into Enclosure 3. After all drives are in the drive tr ay , slide all of them back into the ARC -8050 RAID storage and make sure y ou latch the drive tra ys. Step 2. Connecting RAID Stora ...

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    INSTALLATION 12 • Thunderbolt Computer Port Connection By installing Thunderbolt technology capable computer and ARC -8050 Thunderbolt port using the Thunderbolt cable which is included in your Thunderbolt capable computer . Then connect ARC -8050 RAID storage and Thunderbolt technology capable computer port as shown below: Figure 1-6, Connecting ...

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    INSTALLATION 13 Figure 1-7, Thunderbolt Computer Daisy Chain Step 3. Connecting Monitor Port (Optional) Y ou can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system, if you want to congure and manage the RAID stor age from the clinet system through out-of -band manager . • LAN Port Connection User can remote manage the RAID enclosure without adding ...

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    INSTALLATION 14 Figure 1-8, Connecting the P ower to Enclosure. 3. ARC -8050 RAID storage automatically turns off when the computer to which it is attached sleeps or is disconnected. Note: Y ou can press and hold the “Reset” button for 3 seconds to force the RAID storage AC power on or off . When you are nished installing the ARC -8050 RAID ...

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    INSTALLATION 15 2. Double-click on the zipped le that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>packagesMacOS to add the installer on the Finder . 3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the install_mraid on the Finder . The MRAID Installer opens. Click on the " Next " button to begin the installation. 4. The MRAID Install ...

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    INSTALLATION 16 • ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notication. R efer to the Chapter 5 ArcHT TP Conguration on ARC -8050 user manual, for details about the mail and SNMP traps congu ...

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    INSTALLATION 17 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. 9. When this screen shows, you hav e completed the driver installation and click on the " Next " button to continue. ...

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    INSTALLATION 18 10. After installation is completed, click on the " Done " button to reboot your computer in order to complete installation. 11. The ArcHT TP and ArcCLI are installed at the same time on ARC -8050. Once ArcHTTP and CLI ha ve been installed, the ArcHT TP background task automatically starts each time when you start your com ...

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    INSTALLATION 19 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition There is one “ MRAID ” icon showing on your desktop. Double- click on the “ MRAID ” icon to locate your ArcHT TP utility and CLI program le folder . Locate “ ARC -8050 W eb Management” and launch the selected McRAID sto ...

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    INSTALLATION 20 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capacity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, dependin ...

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    INSTALLATION 21 • Method 3: LCD P anel with K eypad Y ou can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk arr ay’ s current operating status at a glance. The LCD congur ation is described in a separate manual: ARC - 8050_LCD manual. It is av ailable on your Areca ...

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    INSTALLATION 22 If you’re not sure which format to use, choose Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). 3. Specify your P artition Information, Option setting and click on the “ Apply ” button. 2. In the P artition Layout column, click on the “ Current ” to show the drop-down menu and select the number of parti- tions that you want y our RAID stora ...

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    INSTALLATION 23 1.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume Y ou can follow the following procedures to add ARC-8050 RAID volume on Intel-based Mac bootable device listing. 1. Set the BIOS selection in System Controls: Adv ance Congu- ration to “EFI” option for Intel-based Mac boot. 2. Download OS X Mavericks and DiskMak er X. Follow the Disk - Make ...

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    INSTALLATION 24 2. When the volume icon disappears from the desktop , RAID storage can be disconnected from the computer . 1.5.3 Windows Users 1.5.3.1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes how to install the MRAID software to your oper ating system. The software installation includes device driver , ArcHT TP and CLI utility . In this sc ...

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    INSTALLATION 25 5. When the License Agreement screen appears, read and agree to the license information; then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process. 6. On the Setup T ype screen, use the settings to specify these things: and click on the “ Next ” button to continue. ...

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    INSTALLATION 26 • “Complete” to install driver , ArcHT TP and CLI utility at once, check the rst box. • “Custom” to install special components and change the pro- gram directory . When this “ Custom ” check box is checked, go to the Custom Setup screen. 6-1. On the Custom Setup screen, click on an icon to install special componen ...

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    INSTALLATION 27 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. When this screen completes, you hav e completed the MRAID installation. If you hav e no ARC-8050 RAID stor age unit yet con - nected or powered on, a “MRAID Installer Information” message displays. 7. When you reach the installation page, click on th ...

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    INSTALLATION 28 Note: “For Windows, Install Driver First” For Windows PC: the Thunderbolt certied device driv er must be installed before plugging in the device for it to function properly . 1.5.3.2 Congure RAID Volumes There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same congu - ration and maintenance tasks for y our RAID storage. Y o ...

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    INSTALLATION 29 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition Right-click on the “ Start ” menu and choose “ Programs ”. Double-click on the “ MRAID ” program icon to start the ArcHT TP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs > MRAID > ArcHT TP). When you double-click on ...

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    INSTALLATION 30 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capacity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, dependin ...

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    INSTALLATION 31 The LCD initial screen is shown below: 1.5.3.3 Format RAID Volumes After the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the oper ating system. The following steps show how to make any new disk arr ays or independent disks accessible to Windows system. 1. Click “Start” ==> ri ...

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    INSTALLATION 32 T o unmount ARC-8050 RAID stor age from a Windows system: 1. Click on the "Safely R emove Hardware and Eject Media" icon in the notication area, at the lower right -hand side of your screen, and then, in the list of devices, choose the Thunder- bolt storage v olume option that you want to remov e. Note: Y ou can also sa ...

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    SPECIFICATION 33 2. Specication This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s S AS RAID storage, ARC-8050. (Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s S AS RAID storage) 2.1 Overview Thunderbolt technology is a revolutionary high-speed, dual proto- col I/O technology designed for performance, simplicity and ex - ibility . Thunderbolt I/O technology lets you ...

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    SPECIFICATION 34 Unsurpassed Data Availability Designed and lever aged with Areca’s existing high performance solution, the RAID storage deliv ers high-capacity at the best of cost performance value. It supports the hardw are RAID 6 engine to al- low two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and perfor - mance. Its high data av ailabilit ...

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    SPECIFICATION 35 2.2 Features Controller Architecture • 800 MHz dual core ROC for RAID core and SAS microcode • 1GB on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC protection • Support bootable from RAID storage v olume • Controller level hardware encryption support • Redundant ash image for adapter a vailability • System status indication through ...

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    SPECIFICATION 36 Function Advantages Features Benets Bootable Drive Support Provide user the capability of adding bootable drive via Thunderbolt on Apple thunderbolt-capable machine. Advanced Congur ation Provide optimized par ameter to adjust controlled rmware behavior for smooth data streaming. Controller-level Hardware Encryption Board- ...

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