ARC(4) | Device Drivers Manual | ARC(4)

# NAME

`arc` — Areca Technology Corporation SAS/SATA RAID controller

# SYNOPSIS

`arc* at pci?`

# DESCRIPTION

The `arc` driver provides support for the PCI-X and PCI Express RAID controllers from Areca Technology Corporation:

- ARC-1110 PCI-X 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1110ML PCI-X 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1120 PCI-X 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1120ML PCI-X 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1130 PCI-X 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1130ML PCI-X 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1160 PCI-X 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1160ML PCI-X 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1170 PCI-X 24 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1200 Rev A PCI Express 2 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1202 PCI Express 2 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1210 PCI Express 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1212 PCI Express 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1213 PCI Express 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1214 PCI Express 4 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1220 PCI Express 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1222 PCI Express 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1223 PCI Express 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1224 PCI Express 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1230 PCI Express 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1230ML PCI Express 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1231ML PCI Express 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1260 PCI Express 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1260ML PCI Express 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1261ML PCI Express 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1264il-12 PCI Express 12 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1264il-16 PCI Express 16 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1280 PCI Express 24 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1280ML PCI Express 24 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1284ML-24 PCI Express 24 Port SATA RAID Controller
- ARC-1680 PCI Express 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1680LP PCI Express 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1680i PCI Express 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1680x PCI Express 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1681 PCI-X 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1880ixl-8 PCI Express 12 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1880ixl-12 PCI Express 16 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1882i PCI Express 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1882x PCI Express 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1882LP PCI Express 8 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1882ix-12 PCI Express 16 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1882ix-16 PCI Express 20 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1882ix-24 PCI Express 28 Port SAS RAID Controller
- ARC-1883X PCI Express 16 Port SAS RAID Controller

These controllers can support RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, and JBOD.

`arc` supports alarm control and monitoring of volumes configured on the controllers via the bio(4) interface and the bioctl(8) utility.

# SEE ALSO

bio(4), intro(4), pci(4), scsi(4), bioctl(8)

# HISTORY

The `arc` driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.0.

# AUTHORS

The `arc` driver was written by David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org>.

January 24, 2014 | Debian