BIOS CONFIGURATION
3.7.5.10 HDD SMART Status Polling
An external RAID enclosure has the hardware monitor in the dedicated backplane that can report HDD temperature status to the controller. However, PCI cards do not use backplanes if the drives are internal to the main server chassis. The type of enclosure cannot report the HDD temperature to the controller. For this reason, HDD SMART Status Polling was added to enable scanning of the HDD temperature function in the version 1.36 date:
The following screen shot shows how to change the BIOS setting to enable the Polling function.
Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main MenuRaid System Function |
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Quick VolMuteme/RaidThe AlertSetupBeeper |
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Raid SetAlertFunctionBeeper Setting |
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VolumeChangeSet FunctionPassword |
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PhysicalJBOD/RAIDDrives | Function |
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Raid System Function | HDD SMART Status Polling | |||
Background Task Priority |
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EthernetMaximumConfigurationSATA Mode | Disabled | |||
View SystemHDD ReadEventsAhead Cache | ||||
Enabled | ||||
Clear EventStaggerBufferPower on |
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HardwareHDD SMART Status Polling |
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SystemControllerinformationFan Detection |
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Disk Write Cache Mode |
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Capacity Truncation |
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ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
3.7.5.11 Controller Fan Detection
Included in the product box is a field replaceable passive heatsink to be used only if there is enough airflow to adequately cool the passive heat sink.
The “Controller Fan Detection” function is available in the version 1.36 date:
The following screen shot shows how to change the BIOS setting to disable the beeper function. (This function is not available in the Web Browser setting.)
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