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Installation Guide - Page 3
... Guide v
About the 3ware RAID Controller 1 Product Features 1 What's New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers 2 System Requirements 2 Package Contents 4
Installation Overview 5
Installing the Hardware 7 Before You Begin 8
Installation Considerations 8 What You Need: Tools and Equipment 10 Safety Factors 10 Personal Safety 10 Protecting Equipment and Data 10 Installing a Serial ATA...
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... a 3ware Driver for Red Hat Linux 77 Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux 80 Creating a SuSE Linux Driver Diskette 80 Installing the 3ware Driver and SuSE
Linux with YaST2 on a New Unit 81 Installing the 3ware Driver on a SuSE Linux
System that Boots from a Different Device 81 Compiling a 3ware Driver for SuSE Linux 83
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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Conventions Used in This Guide
The following conventions are used interchangeably throughout this manual. „ Boldface is used throughout this Guide
This guide describes how to install the 3ware 9000 series RAID controller, configure arrays, and make the arrays available to the 3ware RAID controller, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. About...
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...PCI or PCI-X slot for best performance.
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Anticipated upgrades include Enclosure Management Services (EMS).
„ AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management via a Web browser. About the 3ware RAID Controller
„ An enhanced firmware platform allows future...
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide For details see "Configuring Units" on page 27. f Save your system BIOS guide for more details.
„ Configure RAID units.
figuration.
For details, see one of the following: „ "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53 „ "Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 65 „ "Driver Installation Under...
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... Considerations
Cable Length, Routing Space, and Air Flow
When you are installing multiple drives with 3.3V, install it in a 64bit slot to take full advantage of the controller's performance.
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Selecting the Slot in Which to Install the Controller
Consider these factors when deciding on the number of drives you will need...
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Figure 2. 8-Port 3ware 9500S-8 Serial ATA RAID Controller, Pchip v1.5 (BBU-compatible)
Additional Details About the LED Status Connectors
As shown in the lower left-hand corner of each 10-pin connector.
connector stacked connectors.
Pin 1 is located in Figures 1 through 6. Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
LED indicators for individual drives on J8 is for drives 4, 5, 6, 7 (...
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: : : : :
Orientation Horizontal
0 1 2 3 All
Port number/All (all activity indicator)
J8
: : : : :
Orientation Horizontal
4 5 6 7 NU
Port number / NU (Not Used)
k-cathode-minus is on the bottom
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Check with your chassis documentation before connecting.
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...stacked connectors. Figure 3. 8-Port 3ware 9500S-8 Serial ATA RAID Controller, Pchip v1.4 (Non-BBU Compatible)
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Odd-numbered ports 1
through 6. I2C
Serial ports are located
below even-numbered
ports 0 through 7 are double- Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
Table 1: LED Indicator Pin Positions
Controller
LED Header
Pin Pair
9500S-12 J7
: : : : :
0 1 2 3 NU...
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... 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller
To connect serial cables to the controller
1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller.
3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on the controller, matching the slotted key and carefully mate the connectors.
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Installing the Hardware...
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...'s instructions.
4 Find the PCI slot you will attach.)
To install the controller in the computer
1 If the computer is keyed to insert or remove the serial cable connector at an angle.
3 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each additional interface cable. (You will mate with the PCI slot pins when pushed into a full-sized PCI slot. Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller...
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... the staggered method (ATA-6 or SATA OOB) in step 5. Installing the Hardware
7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier. One edge of each drive, select the end of whether to make these connections, see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide.
5 Turn to...
Installation Guide - Page 27
... enclosure with a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors (SFF-8470), use the InfiniBand 4x cable, which can be installed in Figure 6. www.3ware.com
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The type of cable you need will depend on the type of J7. Figure 5. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller
Models 9500S-12MI and 9500S-8MI, have :
„ For use with a backplane.
User Guide - Page 1
User Guide
3ware®
Serial ATA RAID Controller
Supports the 9000 Series
PN 720-0104-00 April, 2004
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