RAID CONTROLLER Areca 1210

[Matteo05822]

I installed an Areca 1210 RAID controller in my Proxmox latest release server just created. I am having some problems.
To view the rebuild and array creation status I have to restart Proxmox and access the controller's nios (unfortunately this entry model does not have a dedicated NIC)
I found drivers and CLI on the Areca site but I can't install them or at least I can't view anything from the GUI.
Can you help me?
I am reporting the Areca link.
It is also essential to view any anomalies in the array

Thanks to anyone who can help me

 

[alexskysilk]

I found drivers and CLI on the Areca site but I can't install them or at least I can't view anything from the GUI.

have you tried to read the documentation for your controller?

 

[Matteo05822]

the controller is compatible. in any case I don't do a passthrough but I publish an array, so there shouldn't be any obstacles on the OD side

From the manufacturer's site everything is downloadable. I can't figure out how to install and use....

https://www.areca.com.tw/support/downloads.html

 

[guruevi]

The last release of that software was 15 years ago. You are unlikely to get that to work with any modern system. If it doesn’t have the built in NIC then you have to use the BIOS tool upon restart.

 

[Matteo05822]

yes clear. I know the controllers. I have used many. this for a proxmox server at home.....
anyway, even if it does not have the dedicated nic, with drivers and cli commands, I need to be able to query it.
and if the drivers exist for proxmox I assume I can receive the warnings.....

 

[Matteo05822]

the question is:
can someone help me install the drivers and tools so we can see if it works??

 

[guruevi]

You mean like remote support? The procedure is pretty simple, download the binary from the website (https://www.areca.us/support/downloads.html) and unzip it then try to run the binary (cli64) , see what error messages you get. You don’t need a driver (this isn’t Windows) to make it work, the drives should just show up, as you probably already saw.

The problem with the CLI tool is going to be whether it will run on your current kernel version.

 

[Matteo05822]

I tried to download and install the deb package again
this is the result

root@pve:/tmp# dpkg -i arcmsr_1.50.0X.14-2-Proxmox8.0-2-k6.2.16-3_amd64.deb
dpkg: warning: downgrading arcmsr from 1.51.0X.16-2 to 1.50.0X.14-2
(Reading database ... 54075 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack arcmsr_1.50.0X.14-2-Proxmox8.0-2-k6.2.16-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking arcmsr (1.50.0X.14-2) over (1.51.0X.16-2) ...
Setting up arcmsr (1.50.0X.14-2) ...



Proxmox 8.4.1

 

[guruevi]

I think you are mistaken. There is no Deb package necessary, arcmsr should
be in the base kernel but that only provides the driver, not the cli tool. For the cli tool go to the Areca website, go to deprecated models and download the Linux CLI (not firmware)