Areca ARC-1200 - 5. ArcHttp Proxy Server Installation

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ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER INSTALLATION
5. ArcHttp Proxy Server Installation
Overview
After hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the SATA
RAID controller must be congured and the volume set units initialized
before they are ready to use.
The user interface for these tasks can be accessed through the built-in
conguration and administration utility that resides in the controller’s
rmware. It provides complete control and management of the con-
troller and disk arrays, eliminating the need for additional hardware or
software.
In addition, a software utility to congure the SATA RAID is provided
on the software suite CD delivered with SATA controller. This software
suite CD contains the software utility that can monitor, test, and sup-
port the SATA RAID controller. The software utility and McRAID stor-
age manager can congure and monitor the SATA RAID controller via
ArcHttp Proxy Server. The following table outlines their functions:
The HTTP management software (ArcHttp) runs as a service or dae-
mon, and have it automatically start the Archttp proxy server for all
controllers found. This way the controller can be managed remotely
without having to sign in the server. The HTTP management software
(ArcHttp) also has integrated the General Conguration, Mail Congu-
ration and SNMP Conguration. Those can be congured in local or
remote standard web browser.
Conguration Utility Operating System Supported
McBIOS RAID Manager OS-Independent
McRAID Storage Manager
(Via Archttp proxy server)
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Linux, Free-
BSD, Solaris and Mac
SAP Monitor (Single Admin Portal (SAP)
to scan for multiple RAID units in the
network, Via ArcHttp proxy server)
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista