3Ware 9690SA Series Installation Manual

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Chapter 1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Contents of this Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9690SA RAID Controller Card Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

About this Guide Congratulations on your purchase of the 3ware® 9690SA SAS RAID Controller. This guide tells you how to install it. The following additional documentation is available for your 3ware RAID controller on the CD that came with your controller. It is also available through the 3ware web ...

Started The 3ware® 9690SA SAS RAID controller provides these features: „ Support for up to 128 SAS and/or SATA devices „ RAID 6 with simultaneous parity generation to maximize performance „ 9th-generation StorSwitch™ switch fabric for maximum controller output „ StreamFusion™ optimization of RAID 5 and RAID 6 disk ...

2 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller Installation Guide „ Appropriate cables for your 3ware 9690SA model. „ 9690SA-8E (two external SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cables) „ 9690SA-8I (two internal SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables) „ 9690SA-4I4E (one internal SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cable and one external SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cable) If you pur ...

Cables SFF-8087-to-SFF-8087 Multi-lane cables Use with an internal connector of the 9690SA-8I or 9690SA-4I4E 3ware RAID controller. These cables are for use with a multi-lane-enabled drive backplane that has the SFF-8087 mini SATA/SAS 4i connectors. These cables have multi- ...

4 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller Installation Guide SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 Multi-lane cables For use with the 9690SA-8E and 9690SA-4I4E 3ware RAID controller cards, the SFF-8088 cable connects the external card connector to an external enclosure or backplane. Figure 5. Multi-lane SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 SAS cable Other Available ...

by blinking an LED or notification of a rebuild, the enclosure needs to support SES (SCSI Enclosure Services). For a list of approved enclosures, see http://www.3ware.com/products/ sys_compatibility.asp. Internal backplane connector: 4x SFF-8087 Mini Mult ...

6 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Other Requirements „ Adequate air flow and cooling „ Adequate power supply for drives „ 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager), a browser-based application used to configure and maintain RAID units, requires one of the following browsers: „ Internet Explorer 5.5 and later „ Mozill ...