SAS PCI RAID Card | Model Name | ARC-1680-i | ARC-1680LP | ARC-1680x | I/O Processor | Intel IOP348 1200MHz | Host Bus Type | PCIe x8 | On-Board Cache | DDR2-533 512MB | Driver Connector | 2xSFF-8087 | | | Form Factor | Low Profile |
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SAS PCI RAID Card | Model Name | ARC-1680ix-8 | ARC-1680ix-12 | I/O Processor | Intel IOP348 1200MHz | Host Bus Type | PCIe x8 | On-Board Cache | DDR2-533 512MB | One DDR2-533 Socket with Default 512MB, Upgrade to 4GB | Driver Connector | 2xSFF-8087 1xSFF-8088 | | Form Factor | Low Profile | Full Height | |
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SAS PCI RAID Card | Model Name | ARC-1680ix-16 | ARC-1680ix-24 | I/O Processor | Intel IOP348 1200MHz | Host Bus Type | PCIe x8 | On-Board Cache | One DDR-2-533 Socket with Default 512MB, Upgrade to 4GB | Driver Connector | 4xSFF-8087 1xSFF-8088 | | Form Factor | Full Height | |
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SAS PCI RAID Card | Model Name | ARC-1680ixl-12 | ARC-1680ixl-16 | I/O Processor | Intel IOP348 1200MHz | Host Bus Type | PCIe x8 | On-Board Cache | DDR2-533 512MB | Driver Connector | 3xSFF-8087 1xSFF-8088 | 4xSFF-8087 1xSFF-8088 | Form Factor | Low Profile | |
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| Purchasing Information: ARC-1680DIX-12/16/24 means default 512MB DDR2-533 SDRAM with ECC protection, upgrade to 4GB. |
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System Architecture |

| Intel Dual Core 1200 MHz IOP348 I/O processor for RAID core and SAS microcode |
 | 512MB on-board DDR2-533 SDRAM with ECC protection (ARC-1680LP PCB1.0/1680i PCB 1.0/1680x PCB 2.0) |
 | 512MB on-board DDR2-533 SDRAM with ECC protection (ARC-/1680ix-8/1680ix-12/16l) |
 | One 240-pin DDR2-533 DIMM socket with default 512MB of SDRAM with ECC protection, upgrade to 4GB (ARC-1680ix-12/16/24) |
 | Support write-through or write-back cache |
 | Support 4 to 24 internal and 4 to 8 external SAS ports |
 | Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements |
 | BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance |
 | BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support |
 | Support extreme performance RAID 6 function |
 | NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log |
 | Redundant flash image for adapter availability |
 | Battery Backup Module (BBM) ready (option) ARC-6120BA-T113 |
 | RoHS Compliant |
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RAID Features |
 | RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD |
 | 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 |
 | Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding |
 | Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support) |
 | Disk scrubbing/ array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets |
 | Support spin down drives when not in use (MAID) |
 | Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port |
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Disk Bus Interface |
 | 4/8/12/16/24 internal/SAS ports or 4/8 external SAS ports |
 | Up to (128) SAS or SATA II drives using SAS expanders |
 | Up to 3Gb/s per port |
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Host Connectivity |
 | PCIe x8 lane width host interface |
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Monitors/Indicators |
 | System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and alarm buzzer |
 | SMTP support for email notification |
 | SNMP support for remote manager |
 | Enclosure management (SES2,SMP and SGPIO) ready |
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RAID Management |
 | Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM |
| In-Band Manager |
 | Hot key "boot-up" McBIOS RAID manager via M/B BIOS |
 | Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via ArcHttp proxy server utility |
 | Support Command Line Interface (CLI) |
 | API library for customer to write monitor utility |
 | Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility |
| Out-of-Band Manager |
 | Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager, SMTP manager and SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ethernet port |
 | API library for customer to write monitor utility |
 | Support Push Button and LCD display panel |
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Operating System |
 | Windows 7/2008/Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000 |
 | Linux |
 | FreeBSD |
 | Novell Netware 6.5 |
 | Solaris 10 x86/x86_64 |
 | SCO Unixware 7.x.x |
 | Mac OS 10.4.x/10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x/10.8.x (EFI BIOS support) |
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Environmental/Physical |
Mechanical |
Dimension: | ARC-1680-i/1680LP/1680x: 69(H) x 168(L) mm ARC-1680ix-8: 69(H) x 210(L) mm ARC-1680ix-12/16/24: 98.4(H) x 237.5(L) mm ARC-1680ixl-12/16: 69(H) x 240(L) mm | |
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Environmental Specifications |
Operating: | Temperature: 0 °c to +40°c | | Humidity: 15-80% | | non-condensing | | Storage Temperature: | Temperature: -40°c to 60°c | | Humidity: 5-90% | | non-condensing | |
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Electrical |
Power Requirements: | 1.10W max. +3.3V | | 10.92W max. +12V | |