Areca 1880

[Wintel64]

ARC-1882 series v1.50 firmware released but can't find the changelogs, waiting for the v1.50 firmware for ARC-1880 series.

http://www.areca.us/support/download...re/ARC1882.zip

[RyanH85]

I couldn't find any change log either. Performance doesn't seem to have changed much.



* 1882 w/ 8 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOS Raid-0

ARC-1882 series v1.50 firmware released but can't find the changelogs, waiting for the v1.50 firmware for ARC-1880 series.

http://www.areca.us/support/download...re/ARC1882.zip

[idolclub]

V1.50 Firmware Release Note (2012-02-16):

Add SSD Support and Fix ARC1880/1680 + LSI + Intel SSD

http://www.areca.us/support/download...lease_note.zip


********* Change Log For V1.50 Firmware

2010-12-22
1 BOOT_WITH_PHY_DISABLED for 1880
(A) DHCP must be disabled
(B) IP should be leave unchanged (192.168.1.100)
(C) EtherNet port must be connected directly
(D) One controller is set to bootup with PHY disabled (spBootPhyDisabled=1)
(E) When spBootPhyDisabled is changed from 1 to 0, the controller will
send a command to inform other controller to stop its action and
wait for 10 seconds to receive the reply, then enable the PHY of the controller.
(F) Limitation:
CACHE may be lost if enabled
MIGRATION point may be lost if just in MIGRATING
REBUILDING point may be lost if just rebuilding, will restart from previous point

2010-12-29
1 FIX SNMP with MAX_ENCLOSURES not 8

2011-1-12
1 Add SUPPORT_ZIPPY_POWER for ARC1201

2011-1-20
1 Fix ARC1880 dual controller control

2011-1-24
1 Fix Raid5060 write through volume cannot be deleted after write

2011-1-27
1 Fix OfflineRiadSet:if raidset already spun down, no start/stop unit is required
2 Add SUPPORT_RAID1_BG_INIT (background initialization for raid 1)

2011-2-8
1 Fix ARC1880 EPCIE activity/status LED

2011-2-18
1 ARC1880:set HM_FAN_DIVISOR to 8 to support low RPM fans
2 ARC1880:RAID1 background init supported
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[Nizzen]

But I can not find it on Areca FTP. Only 1882 1.50 exist.
Where can i download it?
If you say A, then you have to say B

[odditory]

Very Strange: With a new Adaptec SFF8087 6G cable, I get a slightly higher transfer rate than with an older LSI cable.

Nothing strange about that, probably better shielding and/or contacts.

But I can not find it on Areca FTP. Only 1882 1.50 exist.
Where can i download it?
If you say A, then you have to say B

Not publicly available for download yet. My suggestion is grab the latest V1.49 beta from Areca's FTP, a lot of new features and options.

[odditory]

Can work with the latest M4 0309 firmware and have you try the areca 1880 v1.50 beta firmware?

As of yesterday Areca still believes the culprit to be the M4 FW and thus dont plan on addressing it in any revised controller firmware, or so it seems. And while going into console and changing spinup values may appear to fix the problem, nonetheless still seems like a bandaid fix which may not be ideal, at least if you also have spinning disks attached since its a global setting.

"the 1.50 firmware do not fix the M4 issue, it is a SSD firmware problem which we do not able to fixed it by our firmware."

I wouldn't go throwing the baby out with the bathwater just yet though. The M4's are still kick-ass drives and Areca controllers are still tops to me even after running a 9265 side-by-side with my Areca's for six months.

[Nizzen]

Hi everyone,



For updates on the firmware for the M4's connected to an SAS expander I would recommend contacting the customer service team directly.



You can contact them directly using the links below.



US Customer Service



UK Customer Service



EU Customer Service



We are working on a firmware update for these drives but if you contact the above Customer Service teams they may be able to provide you with more direct information.
Junket, Crucial Moderator UK

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-St.../80286/page/24

[Computurd]

hey they have an option to send them in for flashing to the new firwmare that is in validation. kudos to doorules for shooting me the link

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-St...p/84116/page/2

[Anvil]

I'll wait for the final fix, I think.
With the exception of a few benchmarks most of my m4's have more or less just collected dust.

[Nizzen]

I sold all my M4, so I do not care anymore hehe

[Computurd]

lol nizzen. you should have sold them to me for half price

[Rubycon]

1.50 FW for 1880 has been released today!

http://www.areca.us/support/download...re/ARC1880.zip

[Anvil]

I downloaded the fw and it's dated in January, meaning it could have been released months ago.

Will try updating during the Easter holidays.

[idolclub]

I downloaded the fw and it's dated in January, meaning it could have been released months ago.

Will try updating during the Easter holidays.

Running v1.50 FW over a month, so far so good.

[Anvil]

Thanks, good to know!

[Kain665]

Hey guys, I'm trying to update my Areca 1880i to 1.50 using their nflash DOS utility. When I try to select a file to update from, it gives me the error of "FILE ARC1880*BOOT.BIN Not Exits". I can see the file in the directory with >dir, this is getting frustrating! Any help appreciated.

[Computurd]

ive always just used the GUI personally not sure of this issue.
in the past if i have forgotten to unzip the FW i will have issues of course, but that is surely not the issue here.

[Kain665]

I'll just use the GUI, then.

[Computurd]

success? i hope so, i havent had time to play with the new FW yet and hope it works well, as i am assembling a server

[Kain665]

Yep, updating was a breeze through the HTML management GUI.

[billdavis]

SO, Do these B*tches work with the M4's yet?

[Nizzen]

SO, Do these B*tches work with the M4's yet?

Yes with the 000F firmware

And it's working with Plextor M3p too :p

[Computurd]

nice score Nizzen

[Nizzen]

nice score Nizzen

But it looks like Anvil benchmark is broken: 32GB does not help to avoid cache...
http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/p...ipe32GBrun.png
First run after bootup.

[Tiltevros]

we need new fw asap