Areca ARC-1203-4i

ARC-1203 (4/8-Port PCIe x4 to SATA RAID Adapter)

ARC-1203 series internal PCIe 2.0 host RAID controllers are the cost-effectivesolutions for connecting 4/8 6Gb/s SATA peripherial devices. Areca’s ARC-1203 series entry-level RAID controllers cover the spectrum of wild range storage requirements for cost-sensitive applications that require robust data protection. The 4/8 port configurations are aimed at high-availability and capacity oriented applications, such as security systems, surveillance, multimedia content generation, large-volume data capturing, mail servers and entry-level database systems.

PCIe x4 6Gb/s SATA RAID Controller

Model Name

ARC-1203-4I

ARC-1203-8I

I/O Processor

ARM_based 1066MHz storage I/O processor

Host Bus Type

PCIe 2.0 x 4 Lanes

RAID Level Support 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk, and JBOD

On-Board Cache 512MB on-board DDR3-1066 SDRAM with ECC protection

Driver Connector 1*SFF-8087 2*SFF-8087

Driver Support 4*SATA lll 8*SATA lll

Management Port

In-Band: PCIe / Out-of-Band: LCD, and LAN Port

Enclosure Ready

Individual Faulty Header, SGPIO, and Serial bus

Form Factor (H x L)

• Low Profile: 64.4 x 168 mm
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Architecture

ARM_based 1066MHz storage I/O processor 512MB on-board DDR3-1066 SDRAM with ECC protection

PCIe 2.0 x4 lanes host interface

Support up to 4/8 x 6Gb/s SATA HDDs/SSD

Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements

BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance

Boot support for the uEFI host BIOS

BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support

NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log

Redundant flash image for adapter availability

Battery Backup Module (BBM) ready (optional)

RoHS Compliant

RAID Features

RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single

Disk or JBOD

Multi-level RAID 0 and RAID 10 (R00 and R100)

Support up to 1MB stripe size

Multiple RAID selection

Online 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

Support global and dedicated hot spare

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)

Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life

Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SATA devices

Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function

SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support

Support HDD firmware update

Monitors/Indicators

System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector,

LCD/serial bus connector an d alarm buzzer

SMTP support email notification

SNMP support for remote manager

Enclosure management (Serial bus & SGPIO) ready

RAID Management

Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM

In-Band Manager

Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via ArcHTTP proxy server for all operating systems

Hot key “boot-up” McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS

Support Command Line Interface (CLI)

API library for customer to write manager utility

Single Admin Portal (ArcSAP) quick manager utility

Out-of-Band Manager

Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager, SMTP manager, SNMP agent and

Telnet function via Ethernet port

Out-of-Band API sample and functional code for customer to quickly customize its AP

Support push button and LCD display panel (optional)

Operating System

Windows 10/8/Server2012/7/2008/Vista/Server 2003/XP

Linux

FreeBSD

VMware (Driver 6.x support CLI in-band management utility)

Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64

Mac OS X 10.5.x or Higher

Environmental/Physical

Mechanical

• Form Factor: PCI Half Length/ Low Profile
• Dimension: 64.4(H) x 168(L) mm

Environmental

• Operating: Temperature: +5°c to +50°c
• Humidity: 15-80%, non-condensing
• Storage: Temperature: -40°c to 70°c
• Humidity: 5-90%, non-condensing

Electrical Requirements

• Power Dissipation: 12V + 3.3V
• ARC-1203-4I/8I/12I/16I: 10W/11W/12W/13W