RAID Features
• RAID levels 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
• Multiple RAID selections
• Configurable stripe sizes up to 1MB
• Array roaming
• RAID level/stripe size migration
• Capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
• Volume set growth
• Instant availability and background initialization
• Support global and dedicated hot spare
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Support UNMAP command
• Multiple pairs SSD disk clone function
• SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC)
• Controller based hardware encryption function
• SED support for hardware encryption capable drives
• Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the onboard Ethernet port
Adapter Architecture
• Dual-Core RAID-on-Chip (ROC) 1.6GHz processor
• PCIe Gen 4.0 x8 lane host interface
• 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC
• Support both 2280 and 22110 form factor M.2 drives
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• Support read/write cache allocation by policy
• Support up to 4/6 bays M.2 slots and 1x SFF-8654[x8] / 2 x SATA connector
• Tri-mode interface at each M.2 bay – 12Gb/s SAS/SATA / PCIe Gen 4.0 (NVMe)
• Dynamically allocate storage 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe) to slot1 and SAS/SATA ports on ARC-1886-6N2I
• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
• Supports up to 256 SATA or SAS devices using SAS expanders
• BIOS boot array support for greater fault tolerance
• Device Interface per M.2 slot PCIe Gen 4.0 at 16GT/s per lane
• Boot support for the uEFI host BIOS
• NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
• Redundant flash image for controller availability
• Support NVMe off module power loss protection using ARC-1886-CBM (optional)
RAID Management
• Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM
• Support Out-of-Band management via Ethernet port
• Hotkey “boot-up” McBIOS RAID manager via M/B BIOS
• Web browser-based McRAID storage manager
• Support command-line interface (CLI)
• API library for developers to configure RAID adapters with their own utility
• Single Admin Portal (ArcSAP) storage manager
Operating System
• Windows 10/Server 2019/2016
• Linux / FreeBSD / XenServer / unRAID
• VMware (Driver 7.x/6.7 support CLI in-band management)
• macOS