BIOS CONFIGURATION
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ity of a drive that is used in redundant units. The controller
provides three truncation modes in the system conguration:
Multiples Of 10G, Multiples Of 1G, and No Truncation.
Multiples Of 10G: If you have 120 GB drives from different
vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For exam-
ple, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 120 GB. Areca
drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capac-
ity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.
Multiples Of 1G: If you have 123 GB drives from different ven-
dors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For example,
one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 123.4 GB. Areca
drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 1G uses the same capacity
for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.
No Truncation: It does not truncate the capacity.
3.7.6 Ethernet Conguration (12/16/24-port)
Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port conguration.
It is not necessary to create reserved disk space on any hard disk
for the Ethernet port and HTTP service to function; these func-
tions are built into the controller rmware.
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Raid System Function
Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Raid System Function
Mute The Alert Beeper
Alert Beeper Setting
Change Password
JBOD/RAID Function
Background Task Priority
Maximum SATA Mode
HDD Read Ahead Cache
Stagger Power on
Empty HDD slot LED
HDD SMART Status Polling
Controller Fan Detection
Disk Write Cache Mode
Capacity Truncation
Capacity Truncation
Truncate Disk Capacity
To Multiples of 10G
To Multiples of 1G
Disabled
To Multiples of 1G