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AMCC Storage 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller


Author:  Michael Bosse
Date:  2008.06.10
Topic:  Storage
Provider:  AMCC
Manufacturer:  3Ware






AMCC Storage 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller

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Introduction (continued)

    AMCC Storage 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller
  • 8th-generation StorSwitchâ„¢ non-blocking switched architecture
  • On-board I/O RISC processor and RAID offload provides true hardware RAID — SCSI device driver model to take advantage of SAS or inexpensive Serial ATA drives
  • Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance of your OS
  • Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application
  • Support for greater than 2TB volumes
  • 512MB DDR2 533 memory with ECC protection
  • 128 max disk drives via SAS expanders
  • Complete configuration management suite
    • 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) - easy to use BIOS configuration tool
    • 3ware Disk Manager 2 - browser-based management tool
    • Command Line Interface (CLI) - scriptable configuration tool
  • SNMP support
  • SMTP support for email/pager notification
  • Staggered drive spin-up support
  • Auto carving allows LUNs > 2TB to be divided into multiple units for legacy operating systems limited to 2TB max. per LUN
  • Battery Backup Unit (BBU) with remote battery support
  • Write journaling for improved performance and data protection against accidental drive removal
  • Multiple SAS/SATA RAID sets
  • Multiple logical unit sizes and RAID levels on one card
  • Hot-swap and hot-spare support for data availability
  • Dynamic sector repair for robust data protection
  • S.M.A.R.T. disk drive monitoring for reliability
  • Emergency Flash Recovery protects against failed firmware upgrade
  • Drive activity LED support
  • Array/Drive Status and drive identification LED support
  • Enclosure management via I2C and SES 2.0
  • Drive insertion and removal notification
  • Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration
  • RoHS 6 of 6 and WEEE compliant

AMCC Storage 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller

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