Areca controllers

Useful commands

./V1.72.250_70306/x86_64/cli64 vsf info
./V1.72.250_70306/x86_64/cli64 disk info
./V1.72.250_70306/x86_64/cli64 rsf info

Alternatives is V1.72.250_70306 is not installed

/usr/sbin/areca_cli disk info

Raid Setup

• Press TAB/F6 when prompted at the boot to enter the Areca controller setup menu
• Press the password when prompted
• In Raid System Function enable the HDD SMART Status Polling option
• In Raid Set Function create a Raid Set for each RAID array you forsee. Notice that a Raid Set here means just a collection of disks. For a RAID 6 array, we advice to choose an even number of disks with a preference of 12. (e.g.: for a system with 24 disks : 2 OS disks in RAID 1 + 10 disks in RAID 6 + 12 disks in RAID6)
• In Volume Set Function there you actually create the RAID array.
  • For a OS (RAID 1 mirroring):
    • Use the default setup
    • Choose Foreground build (the fastest)
  • For a Storage RAID array:
    • Set 64 Bit LBA
    • Set 128K Stripe
    • Choose Foreground build