Chapter 1. Getting Started
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3ware 9650SE Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
1 cable is provided with the 4-port controller
2 cables are provided with the 8-port controller
3 cables are provided with the 12-port controller
4 cables are provided with the 16-port controller
System Requirements
Motherboard and Slot Requirements
A workstation-class or server-class motherboard with
PCI-Express® slot that supports the specific 9650SE model, as
shown in Table 1. A list of systems that have been tested is
available at
http://www.3ware.com/products/compatibility_sata2.asp
Drive Requirements
Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may
be connected to two, four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives
using the supplied interface cables.
Drives must meet SATA-1 (1.5 Gb/s) or SATA-2 (3.0 Gb/s)
standards. Drives may be of any capacity or physical form factor.
A list of tested drives is available at
http://www.3ware.com/products/
compatibility_sata2.asp
Note:
Double-ended multilane cables, for use with a multilane
backplane, can be purchased separately. For details about these
cables, see “Multilane Cables” on page 5.
Table 1: Required Slots for 3ware RAID Controller Models
Controller Model
PCI-E X1
PCI-E X4
PCI-E X8
PCI-E x16
9650SE-2LP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
9650SE-4LPML
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
9650SE-8LPML
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
9650SE-12LPML
No
No
Yes
Yes
9650SE-16LPML
No
No
Yes
Yes
