AMCC 3ware 9000 Series, User Manual

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Introducing the 3ware 9000 Series Controller
6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
What’s New With the 3ware 9000 Series
Controller
Enhancements and changes in version 9.2 of the 9000-series controllers
include the following:
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MultiLUN support with auto-carving of units greater than 2 terabytes into
2 terabyte volumes
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RAID Level Migration (RLM) and Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
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Unit naming and unit serial number support
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Improved write performance in writes with multiple concurrent streams
using Stream Fusion technology.
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Extended drive and unit status information.
System Requirements
3ware RAID controllers require the following
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A workstation-class or server-class motherboard which meets the
following criteria:
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PCI slots that comply with PCI 2.2 or above standards.
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PCI slot that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications.
Note: For all 3ware 9000 series models, install the card in a 64-bit,
66 MHz PCI or PCI-X slot for best performance.
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Drives
Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be
connected to up to two, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the
supplied interface cables.
Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2)
Gb/s standards. Drives may be of any capacity or physical form factor.
The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed
1M (39”) for serial ATA controllers.
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Operating System
3ware RAID controllers may be used with:
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Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP (SP1 or newer),
Windows Server 2003, both 32-bit and 64-bit x64
„ Red Hat Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86
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SuSE Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x64