AMCC 3WARE 720-0138-00, Installation Manual

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Installing the Hardware
14 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
Figure 1. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller
Figure 1 shows a 3ware Serial ATA RAID controller with twelve
ports. Up to twelve drives can be attached to this particular
controller, through serial interface cables.
Figure 2 shows a 3ware Serial ATA RAID controller with 8 ports.
(Notice that on the 8-port card, the LED connectors for individual
drives are only on J7 and J8.)
Your controller may look somewhat different, depending on the
number of ports. Controllers with fewer ports may be low profile,
such as the 9500S-4LP, which has only 4 ports.
LED indicators for
individual drives on
J7, J8, and J9
Overall LED drive status
indicator: the last two pins
of J9. The anode is the
lower of the two pins and
the cathode is the upper.
Ports 8
and 9
Serial
number
(on plate)
Ports:
6 and 7
4 and 5
2 and 3
0 and 1
Ports 10
and 11
Serial ports are double-
stacked connectors.
Odd-numbered ports 1
through 11 are located
below even-numbered ports
0 through 10.
LED connector details
J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to right)
J8 is for drives 4, 5, 6, 7 (left to right)
J9 is for drives 8, 9, 10, 11 (left to right)
For more details, see page 15.
SODIMM
(memory
module)
I
2
C
connector
The last two pins on
J7 and J8 are unused.
BBU (Battery
Backup Unit)
connector