AMCC 3WARE 720-0138-00, Installation Manual

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About the 3ware RAID Controller
2 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
(OCE), RAID Level Migration (RLM) and Enclosure
Management Services.
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3ware's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2
(3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management via
a Web browser.
What’s New With the 3ware 9000
Series Controllers
Enhancements and changes from the 7000/8000 Series controllers
to the 9000-series controllers include the following:
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Single unit capacity scales to over 2 terabytes per controller
(64-bit LBA support)
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128MB of ECC protected SDRAM, user upgradeable
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Variable stripe size, for performance tuning by application
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Background initialization of redundant array for immediate
availability and data redundancy
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Support for legacy and SATA II OOB staggered drive spin-up
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Emergency flash recovery protects against power failure during
firmware upgrades
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RAID 50 support, which provides increased reliability
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Enhanced write cache strategy for higher performance.
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Support for drive-activity LED
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Single disk units will allow RAID Level Migration and Online
Capacity Expansion (OCE) in a future firmware release of the
9000 series. These units are recommended over using
individual unconfigured (JBOD) drives, and by default,
unconfigured individual drives are not seen by the operating
system.