ARC-1389-32I
(PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 M.2 NVMe Switch Adapters)
Highlights
✵ Supports up to 4x MCIO ports (PCIe Gen5 x8 per MCIO)
✵ Connection for up to 8x4, 16x2 and 32x1 NVMe SSD connect via direct cable or back/mid-plane
✵ PCIe 5.0 host interface, PCIe Gen5 x16 lanes at maximum transfer rate up to 512Gb/s
✵ Delivers high-speed performance with speeds of 60GB/s
✵ True surprise drive add and remove (Hot-Plug) support
✵ Advanced, intelligent thermal solution to control fan speed
✵ Support M.2, U.2, U.3 and EDSFF NVMe drives
✵ Flexible reconfiguration downstream station port widths:x1,x2,x4,x8,and x16 via GUI(update to ARC-1289-32I firmware)
✵ Redundant flash image for adapter availability
✵ Hardware secure boot ready
✵ Support UEFI secure boot
✵ In-box NVMe driver support
✵ Support slot link control capabilities, link status and error count monitoring
PCIe Gen 5.0x16 NVMe Switch Adapter
ARC-1389-32I presents the advanced switch technology in enhanced performance of using 4x MCIO ports (PCIe Gen5 x8 per MCIO) device interface. The switch adapter is designed in PCIe 5.0 switch, PCIe Gen 5.0 host/device interface and supports switch mode, allowing customers to build the high bandwidth, low-latency, scalable, cost-effective, and robust performance storage for ML/AI and HPC applications. The switch adapter does not require a driver for operation or communication to attached NVMe drives. The switch adapter is presented natively to the host and uses the OS native NVMe drivers. With inbox (native) driver support, secure UEFI boot, and hot-swap capability, data centers are empowered to reduce downtime and maximize their return on investment.
| PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 Fastest and Reliable NVMe Solution | |||
| Model Name | ARC-1389-32I Switch Adapter | ARC-1689-32I H/W RAID Adapter | |
| Form Factor | LP-MD2 : 64.41(H) x 167.65(L) mm | ||
| PCIe Switch Chip | PLX89048 Gen5 48 lanes (with Dual Core ARM A15 2.0GHz) | ||
| Host Interface | PCIe Gen5 x16 Lanes | ||
| Device Connector | MCIO[x8] Connector | ||
| Max NVMe Support | up to 8x4, 16x2 and 32x1 NVMe SSD Connection | ||
| Device Interface | PCIe Gen 5.0 x4 (NVMe) | ||
| RAID Level | N/A (W/O RAID function on GUI) | 0, 1 (Simple/Multi Mirroring), 10 , Single Disk (Single/Dual/Triple) or JBOF |
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| Management Port | In-Band: PCIe/Out-of_Band:Lan Port | ||
| Device Driver | In-box (Native) NVMe Driver | ||
| Software Package | Same as ARC-1886 Tri-Mode Adapter | ||
| Power Consumption | Worst Case: 23.7 Watts, Typical: 18 Watts | ||
Unleash Extreme Performance
ARC-1389-32I PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 NVMe switch adapter is built to deliver the unparalleled speed for your demanding workloads. The switch adapter uses the PEX89048 PCIe 5.0 switch that provides a x16 PCIe 5.0, 32 GT/s interface to a host system with up to 32 PCIe 5.0 32GT/s ports for NVMe device connection.
High Bandwidth PCIe 5.0 Support
ARC-1389-32I supports PCIe Gen 5.0 X16, enabling extremely very high data bandwidth. This is critical for applications that demand significant bandwidth, such as ML/AI, HPC, and high-performance storage. It is designed to reduce latency, which is essential for real-time applications.
Professional Storage Connectivity
Comparing storage with SAS and SATA interface, ARC-1389-32I delivers ultra-high performance Gen4 x4 storage devices on a single PCIe Gen5 x16 slot. With a single ARC-1389-32I switch adapter, system integrators can take full advantage of up to 8x4, 16x2 and 32x1 NVMe SSD connection via direct cable or back/mid-plane
In-Box (Native) NVMe Driver
The ARC-1389-32I switch NVMe adapter goes with any standard OS inbox NVMe drivers. You do not need a special driver to install the OS or data on the ARC-1389-32I. In-box driver is a native driver that is supplied with the Operating System.
The adapter provides the flexibility necessary to manage NVMe Devices or NVMe Enclosures using an out-of band mechanism or in-band tunneling mechanism in a variety of host environments and systems.
View Slot Signal Integrity Status
The ARC-1389 NVMe RAID adapter firmware can monitor and check the current attached NVMe device status. It includes slot control capabilities, slot link status, transaction error count reports and device information. User can use it to test new designs or watch over active systems to prevent problems. An error count refers to the number of bit errors detected by the physical layer transceivers within the PCIe switch. These errors can be correctable, where the system can recover without data loss or intervention, or uncorrectable, which negatively impact the interface's function and a high rate can indicate underlying signal integrity issues that may impact performance (latency, bandwidth) or system failures.
Effective Management Tool
• LAN Port: Out of Band Management (Without Disturb Host Access)
The ARC-1389-32I offers a on-board lan port for McRAID storage manager. User can access the built-in configuration without needing any agent software (such as ArcHTTP proxy server) on the host system. The ARC-1389-32I has an RJ- 45 connector out-of-band management port on the rear. You can monitor and manage an ARC-1389-32I switch adapter using this dedicated management channel to manage the ARC-1389-32I switch adapter without any host connection. It will also not disturb the host access when you monitor or manage the ARC-1389-32I switch adapter.
• PCIe Bus
You can configure PCIe interface management for communication to travel over the PCIe bus path between a data host and ARC-1389-32I switch adapter. In-band management uses a proxy agent HTTP management software (ArcHTTP) running on a data host to communicate with an ARC-1389-32I switch adapter.
Web Browser-Based Management
McRAID storage manager is firmware-based utility, which is accessible via the web browser installed on your operating system. The web browser-based McRAID storage manager is a HTML-based application, which utilizes the browser (Safari, Edge and Mozilla etc) installed on your monitor station. It can be accessed through the in-band PCIe bus. The in-band PCIe bus method can launch the web browser-based McRAID storage manager via ArcHTTP proxy server.
User-Friendly Graphical-Based Management
Areca Single Admin Portal (ArcSAP) quick manager is an alternative graphical-based device management program specifically designed for use in managing and configuring RAID unit implemented using any of Areca switch adapters. ArcSAP quick manager can scan for multiple switch adapters in the local and remote systems and provide an effective mechanism to monitor your switch adapters.
