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
1SFF-8087

2SFF-8087
Driver Support
4SATA lll

8SATA 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