DATOptic ARC-1680 Series - Manual (Page 83)

BIOS CONFIGURATION
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3.7.5.11 Controller Fan Detection
Included in the product box is a field replaceable passive heat-
sink to be used only if there is enough airflow to adequately cool
the passive heatsink.
The “Controller Fan Detection” function is available in the firm-
ware for preventing the buzzer warning. When using the passive
heatsink, disable the “Controller Fan Detection” function through
this McBIOS RAID manager setting.
The following screen shot shows how to change the McBIOS
RAID manager setting to disable the beeper function. (This
function is not available in the web browser setting.)
3.7.5.12 SAS Mux Setting (ARC-1680 Only)
The function is only for ARC-1680 Intel SAS controller limitation
of auto configuration of CH5-8 for internal or external. If there
is no linkage at the beginning power on stage, some SAS HDDs
PHY will automatically enter the sleep mode. In this condition,
our firmware will set no linkage on those channels. Since some
HDDs have this behavior, our controller firmware will configure
the active channel CH5-8 on the external port. We added this
function for customer to set, if the controller automatically
configuration function detect the wrong direction of CH5-
8 internal channels. Please set the "SAS MUX SETTING" to
I/O Port Addr : 28000000h, F2(Tab): Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Configuration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Raid System Function
Raid System Function
Mute The Alert Beeper
Alert Beeper Setting
Change Password
JBOD/RAID Function
Background Task Priority
SATA NCQ Support
HDD Read Ahead Cache
Volume Data Read Ahead
Hdd Queue Depth Setting
Empty HDD Slot LED
Controller Fan Detection
SAS Mux Setting
Auto Activate Raid Set
Disk Write Cache Mode
Capacity Truncation
Controller Fan Dectection
Controller Fan Detection
Enabled
Disabled