Important notice for installing Areca driver on Apple Silicon  

This utility contains the following version:
ArcHttp : V2.7.0-20220517
ArcCLI : V1.15.23-20220517
The Thunderbolt software has been notarized by Apple for macOS.
macOS High Sierra 10.14 introduces a new security feature that requires user approval before installing driver software. Go to your Mac System Preferences > Security & Privacy panel to allow the system extension so your driver will work properly.

For additional information on this update, please visit:
http://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459

This utility contains the following version:
ArcHttp : V2.7.0-20220517
ArcCLI : V1.15.23-20220517
The Thunderbolt software has been notarized by Apple for macOS.
macOS 10.13.x(High Sierra) and 10.14(Mojave) introduced a new security feature that requires user approval before installing driver software. Go to your Mac System Preferences > Security & Privacy panel to allow the system extension so your driver will work properly.

For additional information on this update, please visit:
http://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459

The ArcSAP quick manager is a Multilingual User Interface option graphical-based device management program specifically designed for using in managing and configuring RAID unit implemented using any of Areca RAID unit in local and network. The ArcSAP utility has been notarized by Apple for macOS.

Linux driver source code. Kernel buildin driver supports ARC-1880~3/12x3/12x5/12x6 series RAID controller since kernel version 2.6.36, ARC-1200/1201/12x4 series RAID adapters since kernel version 3.18 and ARC-1203 series RAID adapters since kernel version 4.5, ARC-1884ixl series RAID adapters since kernel version 4.16 and ARC-1886 series RAID adapters since kernel version 5.10.

This ArcHTTP utility is used for 32-bit or 64-bit operating system to launch the firmware embedded web browser McRAID storage manager.

This CLI utility is used for 32-bit or 64-bit operating system to manage the RAID controllers.

The SNMP agent version 4.1 provides the way to integrate with those codes, to create a sub agent for user easy to install it.

This ArcHTTP utility is used for 32-bit or 64-bit operating system to launch the firmware embedded web browser McRAID storage manager.

This CLI utility is used for 32-bit or 64-bit operating system to manage the RAID controllers.

The SNMP agent version 4.1 provides the way to integrate with those codes, to create a sub agent for user easy to install it.

unRAID 6.0 beta12 has upgrade kernel to linux 3.18.5 that has buildin driver to support all Areca RAID adapters.

From this driver or later version, it has started to support ARC-1884ixl.

The XenServer 7.0 has been updated to support ARC-12x4 series 6Gb/s SAS RAID controller. The XenServer 7.1 has been updated to support ARC-1203 series 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller.

The non-certification CIM Provider is only compatible with Areca ESXi 7.x VMware native driver only. The previous VMKlinux driver is not applicable any more.

The certification CIM Provider is only compatible with Areca ESXi 6.7 VMware native driver only. The previous VMKlinux driver is not applicable any more.

The certification CIM Provider and CIM client are workable with arcmsr-1.30.00.02 or 1.40.00.09 VMKlinux driver version for ESXi 6.x to manage the RAID controller.

Please download the CIM Provider for vmware system, and use Alc (Areca provider client utility) to access the infomation on the RAID controllers on ESXi server REMOTELY.

Download the Alc file as below, then starts with "alc.exe -h" or "./alc -h" to get further command info.
Alc for Windows
Alc for Linux