Overview

The HA-ARC-13004X host adapter card enables large-scale direct attach storage (DAS) arrays through external 3Gb/s ports, driving up to 128 end-point devices for Min SAS connector or driving up to 16 SATA devices for eSATA connector. The host bus adapter drives external server storage RAID and non-RAID enclosures with unprecedented throughput by connecting a four-lane 2.5 Gb/s PCI Express bus with option one external x4 SFF8088, one internal x4 SFF8087 and two external x4 SFF8088/four internal x4 SFF8087 miniSAS connectors.

Features

PCIe x4 bus.
PCI express specification, revision 1.0a.
BIOS PnP(plug and play) and BBS(BIOS boot specification) support.
3Gb/s per port.
x4 external SFF-8088 mini-SAS connectors.
Staggered spin-up, Hot Plug and Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for SATA II.
x4 Lane, 2.5 Gb/s PCIe.
Connects to SAS and SATA HDDs, tape drives, SSDs.
Address up to 128 total end-point devices via SAS expanders.
Areca BIOS setup utility.
Enclosure management (SES2 and SGPIO) ready.
System status indicates through global HDD activity/fault header and individual activity/fault header.
RoHS compliant.

Specifications

Model	HA-ARC-13004X
Host Interface	Mini-SAS
Controller Interface	SAS / SATA ll
Connector	1 x Mini-SAS
RAID Level	JBOD
OS Supports	Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 2003 Server,  MAC OS 10.3.x or later, and Linux

Downloads

File	Version
HA-ARC-13004X Quick Installation Guide	1.0