Description

ARC-1883 Product Highlights

✵ SES2, SMP and SGPIO enclosure management

✵ Support read/write cache allocation by policy

✵ Redundant flash image for adapter availability

✵ Support up to 8GB DDR3-1866 cache

✵ Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10 (1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100)

✵ Support RAID 1 – Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk

✵ Supports up to (512) 12Gb/s SAS,SATA or SSD drives using SAS expanders

✵ Controller level hardware encryption and self-encrypting drive management

✵ Support optional flash-based backup module (FBM) protection using SuperCap or battery

✵ DataBolt™ Bandwidth Optimizer for balance faster hosts and slower SAS or SATA devices. (For ARC-1883ix)

✵ Broad operating support including Windows, Linux (open source),FreeBSD (open source), Soaris (open source), Mac and VMware

12 Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Controllers

The new third generation family offers advanced technology for increased performance and improved enterprise data protection. They were designed with 1.2 GHz dual core ROC processor, DDR3-1866 memory architecture and PCIe 3.0 connectivity for the most performance-hungry data center and IT applications. Areca ARC–1883 family includes 8 ports low profile as well as full height 12/16/24 internal ports with additional 4 external ports with mini SAS HD connectors for 12Gb/s throughput on each port.

	ARC-1883 Series 12Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Adapters
	ARC-1883i	ARC-1883LP	ARC-1883x
Host Bus Interface	8-Lane PCI Express® 3.0
Ports	8 x internal	4 x internal & 4 x external	8 x external
Drive Connectors	2 x SFF-8643	1 x SFF-8643 & 1 x SFF-8644	2 x SFF-8644
Data Transfer Rate	Up to 12Gb/s per port
Drive Support	Up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSD, using 12Gb/s SAS Expander
Cache Memory	2GB on-board DDR3-1866 SDRAM
Physical Dimensions	Low Profile: 169.5(L) x 64.4(H) mm
Power Dissipation	Typical: 14.4W
Operating Temperature	0 °C to 60 °C
Operating Humidity	10% to 85%, non-condensing
RAID Levels	0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
RAID-on-Chip Controller	Dual Core RAID on Chip (ROC) @ 1.2 GHz
FBM/BBM Support	ARC-1883-CAP / ARC-6120BA-T121-12G

	ARC-1883 Series 12Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Adapters
	ARC-1883ix-12	ARC-1883ix-16	ARC-1883ix-24
Host Bus Interface	8-Lane PCI Express® 3.0
Ports	12 x internal & 4 x external	16 x internal & 4 x external	24 x internal & 4 x external
Drive Connectors	3 x SFF-8643 & 1 x SFF-8644	4 x SFF-8643 & 1 x SFF-8644	6 x SFF-8643 & 1 x SFF-8644
Data Transfer Rate	Up to 12Gb/s per port
Cache Memory	One 240-pin DIMM socket for 2GB(default) – up to 4GB or 8GB DDR3-1866, 1RX8, or – up to 4GB or 8GB DDR3-1600, 2RX8, Unbuffered/ Registered ECC module
Physical Dimensions	Full Height: 254(L) x 98.4(H) mm
Power Dissipation	Typical: 37.4W
Operating Temperature	0 °C to 60 °C
Operating Humidity	10% to 85%, non-condensing
RAID Levels	0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
RAID-on-Chip Controller	Dual Core RAID on Chip (ROC) @ 1.2 GHz
FBM/BBM Support	ARC-1883-CAP (support cache 2GB) / ARC-1883-BAT (support cache 4~8GB) / ARC-6120BA-T121-12G

RAID Features

Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10(1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100)
Support RAID 1 – Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk
Multiple RAID selection
Configurable stripe size up to 1MB
Support HDD firmware update
Online array roaming
Online RAID level/stripe size migration
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
Online volume set growth
SED (self-encrypting drives) function support
Instant availability and background initialization
Support global and dedicated hot spare
Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and rebuilding
Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SAS and SATA devices
Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life
Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port
Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function
SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support
Controller level hardware encryption function support