Adapters


PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters

ARC-1883 series RAID Controllers

ARC-1886 series

(8/16 Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters)

Product Highlights


✵ Support up to 8GB DDR4-2666 cache

✵ SFF-9402 compliant connector pin-out

✵ Support read/write cache allocation by policy

✵ Support up to 32 NVMe drives using PCIe switch

✵ Redundant flash image for adapter availability

✵ UBM, SES2, SMP and SGPIO enclosure management

✵ Support up to (512) 12Gb/s SAS, SATA or SSD drives using SAS expanders

✵ Support optional cache backup module (CBM) protection using SuperCap

✵ Tri-mode interface at each drive ports-12Gb/s SAS/SATA/ Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe)

✵ Controller level hardware encryption and self-encryption drive management

✵ Support RAID 1 - Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk

✵ Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10 (1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100)

✵ Broad operating support including Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and VMware


8/16 Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters


The new fourth generation ARC-1886 family offers advanced technology for increased performance and improved enterprise data protection. They were designed with 1.6 GHz dual core ROC processor, DDR4-2666 memory and PCIe 4.0 interface for the most performance-hungry database and IT applications. Based on the ARM A15 PCIe 4.0 x8 to SAS/SATA/PCIe RAID on Chip (ROC) controller, the ARC-1886 series RAID adapters can offer both PCIe Gen 4.0 host and 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe) tri-mode storage interfaces.

  ARC-1886 Series 8-Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
ARC-1886-8I ARC-1886-8X
Physical Dimensions Low Profile: 167.65(L) x 64.4(H) mm
Ports 8 x internal 8 x external
Drive Connectors 1 x SFF-8654 [x8] 2 x SFF-8644 [x4]
Host Bus Interface 8-Lane PCI Express® 4.0
I/O Processor Tri-Mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC
Cache Memory 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC Protection
Data Transfer Rate Up to 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) per port
Drive Support
  • Up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs, using 12Gb/s SAS expander
  • Up to 32 NVMe drives through the PCIe switches
  • Power Consumption Approximately 12 Watts
    Operating Temperature 0 °C to 60 °C
    Operating Humidity 10% to 85%, non-condensing
    Cache Protection ARC-1886-CBM
      ARC-1886 Series 12/16-Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
    ARC-1886-4X8I ARC-1886-4X12I
    Physical Dimensions Low Profile: 167.65(L) x 64.4(H) mm
    Ports 8 x internal & 4 x external 12 x internal & 4 x external
    Drive Connectors 1 x SFF-8654 [x8]
    1 x SFF-8644 [x4]
    2 x SFF-8654 [x8]
    1 x SFF-8644 [x4]
    Host Bus Interface 8-Lane PCI Express® 4.0
    I/O Processor Tri-Mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC
    Cache Memory 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC Protection
    Data Transfer Rate Up to 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) per port
    Drive Support
  • Up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs, using 12Gb/s SAS expander
  • up to 32 NVMe drives through the PCIe switches
  • Power Consumption Approximately 14 Watts
    Operating Temperature 0 °C to 60 °C
    Operating Humidity 10% to 85%, non-condensing
    Cache Protection ARC-1886-CBM
      ARC-1886 Series 16-Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters
    ARC-1886-8X8I ARC-1886-16I ARC-1886-4N8I
    Host Bus Interface 8-Lane PCI Express® 4.0
    Physical Dimensions LP-MD2: 167.65(L) x 64.41(H) mm 205(L) x 107.2(H) mm
    Ports 8 x internal & 8 x external 16 x internal
    Drive Connectors 1 x SFF-8654 [x8]
    2 x SFF-8644 [x4]
    2 x SFF-8654 [x8] 1 x SFF-8654 [x8]
    4 x M.2 Connectors
    RAID-on-Chip Controller Tri-mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC
    Cache Memory 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC Protection
    Data Transfer Rate Up to 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) per port
    Drive Support
  • Up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs, using 12Gb/s SAS expander
  • Up 32 NVMe drives through the PCIe switches
  • Power Consumption Approximately 14 Watts
    Operating Temperature 0 °C to 60 °C
    Operating Humidity 10% to 85%, non-condensing
    Cache Protection ARC-1886-CBM

    RAID Features


  • RAID Levels - 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
  • Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10(1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100)
  • Support RAID 1 - Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk
  • Multiple RAID selection
  • Configurable stripe size up to 1MB
  • Write-through or write-back cache support
  • Support read/write cache allocation by policy
  • Support HDD firmware update
  • Online array roaming
  • Online RAID level/stripe size migration
  • Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
  • Instant availability and background initialization
  • Support global and dedicated hot spare
  • Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and rebuilding
  • Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SAS and SATA devices
  • Support UNMAP command
  • S.M.A.R.T. support
  • Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function
  • SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC)
  • Controller based hardware encryption function
  • SED (self-encryption drives) function support
  • Support backplanes based on the SFF-TA-1005 specification (UBM)
  • Redundant flash image for adapter availability
  • Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life
  • Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID adapter clock over the onboard Ethernet port
  • Operating Systems


  • Microsoft Windows
  • Red Hat Linux, Centos Linux, SUSE Linux, Fedora, Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • XenServer
  • unRAID
  • macOS
  • VMware ESXi
  • Management Monitor


    McRAID Storage Manager

  • Web-based GUI management utility
  • Remote configuration, monitoring, and notification
  • Graphical-based management utility

  • McRAID Utility

  • Command-line interface
  • CIM provider for VMware
  • API code support
  • McBIOS Configuration Utility

  • Legacy configuration utility
  • Flashable BIOS support

  • Monitors/Notification

  • Global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector
  • LCD/I²C connector and alarm buzzer
  • SNMP
  • SMTP
  • enclosure management (UBM, SES-2 and SGPIO) ready
  • Downloads


    File Version Date
    ARC-1886 series Specification 1.1 download icon 2021/06/22
    ARC-1886 series User Manual 1.3 download icon 2021/06/24
    ARC-1886 series Quick Installation Guide 2.0 download icon 2021/07/08
    CLI Utility User Manual 5.1 2020/04/20
    ArcSAP User Manual 4.2 2020/11/03
    SNMP User Manual 1.0 2011/06/20
    File Version Date
    ARC-1886 series firmware 1.56 download icon 2021/07/06


    Cable


    ARC-1886 series RAID adapters are configured with x8 SFF-8654 internal connectors for maximum performance and connectivity.

    Ensure smooth RAID Adapters installations with vendor-tested cabling.

    Areca P/N Length Description / Image To ARID Adapter To Drives/Backplane
    26II-1C5412-1M00 1M SFF-8654 74P to 2x Oculink 42P, SFF-8611[x4] x8 SFF-8654 Two x4 SFF-8612 (OCuLink)
    26II-1C5407-1M00 1M SFF-8654 74P to 8x SATA x8 SFF-8654 Eight SATA
    26II-1C5439-1M00-U3 1M SFF-8654 74P to 8x SFF-8639 with power x8 SFF-8654 Eight U.3 SFF-8639
    26II-1C5443-1M00 1M SFF-8654 74P to 2x Mini SAS HD 100 Ohm x8 SFF-8654 Two x4 SFF-8643 Mini-SAS HD (SAS Connections)
    26II-1C5454-1M00 1M SFF-8654 74P to SFF-8654 74P x8 SFF-8654 One x8 SFF-8654 (SlimSAS)
    26II-1C5454-1M00-2x4 1M SFF-8654 74P to 2x SFF-8654 38P x8 SFF-8654 Two x4 SFF-8654 (SlimSAS)
    26II-1C5487-1M00 1M SFF-8654 74P to 2x SFF-8087 x8 SFF-8654 Two x4 SFF-8087 Mini-SAS (SAS Connections)