Areca FAQ System - Q50011106 - Can we mix 6G ARC-8026 and 3G ARC-8020 on one daisy chain?

Q50011106 - Can we mix 6G ARC-8026 and 3G ARC-8020 on one daisy chain?

SAS spec has one suggestion that you may need to disable the ARC-8026 self-discovery function on putting it after 3G ARC-8020. How to disable self-configuration function?

CLI> SCE off

We released SAS expander F/W to support SCE function since Nov 2011. Please make sure you have updated to new F/W.

Tags: ARC-8020, ARC-8026, daisy chain, firmware, SAS

Last update:: 2021-02-04 10:37
Author:: Simone
Revision:: 1.2

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