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3ware 9550SX Series Selection Guide

Model

9550SX-4LP 9550SX-8LP

9550SX-12 9550SX-12MI 9550SX-16ML

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Host Interface Speed 64-bit/133MHz 64-bit/133MHz 64-bit/133MHz 64-bit/133MHz 64-bit/133MHz

Onboard Memory 128 MB 128 MB 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB

Connector Type Discrete Discrete Discrete Multi-lane Multi-lane

RoHS Compliant Model 9550SXU-4LP 9550SXU-8LP 9550SXU-12 9550SXU-12MI 9550SXU-16ML

• Array/Drive Status and drive identification LED support

• Chassis Control Unit for enclosure management via I

• Low operating temperature at full utilization

Operating System Support

• Microsoft® Windows® 2003/XP/2000, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux,

Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel, FreeBSD, 32/64-bit support

For complete OS listing, go to:

www.3ware.com/support/OS-support

3ware 9550SX Specifications

• Low profile (4 and 8-port) and half-length form factors

• 4, 8, 12, and 16-port configurations

• PCI-X 1.0b (and PCI 2.3) compliant 64-bit/133/100/66MHz bus master

• Serial ATA 2.5 Specification support

• BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support

• Operating Temperature Without BBU: 0˚C to 50˚C

With BBU: 10˚C to 40˚C

• Power Requirements 3.5 –10 W @ 3.3 V (depending on configuration)

• Dimensions

9550SX-4LP 7.475”L x 2.536”H (18.987cm x 6.441cm)

9550SX

-8LP 7.475”L x 2.536”H (18.987cm x 6.441cm)

9550SX-12 6.875”L x 4.2”H (17.463cm x 10.668cm)

9550SX-12MI 6.875”L x 4.2”H (17.463cm x 10.668cm)

9550SX-16ML 6.875”L x 4.2”H (17.463cm x 10.668cm)

Service and Support

• 3-year warranty

• Support via the web at

www.3ware.com/support

• For latest motherboard and hard drive compatibility listing go to:

www.3ware.com/products/compatibility_sata.asp

Accessories

• BBU-9550SX-01 Battery Backup Unit

• RDC-400-SATA SATA internal drive cage

• RDE-400-XSATA SATA RAID drive enclosure

• CBL-SATA-39 1m Serial ATA cable

• CBL-IB-05M 0.5m Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) cable

• CBL-IB-10M 1m Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) cable

•

T-9550SX-SPARE Replacement battery for BBU-9950SX-01

3ware 9550SX Features

• 7th-generation StorSwitch

™

point-to-point, non-blocking switched

architecture

• On-board PowerPC RISC processor provides true hardware RAID

—

SCSI device driver model to take advantage of the benefits of

SCSI using inexpensive Serial ATA drives

• Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance

• Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application

• 64-bit LBA support

• ATA pass-through mode support

• Up to 256 MB DDR2 400 memory with ECC protection

• 32 pooled DMA channels

• Complete configuration management suite

—

3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM2) – easy to use BIOS configuration tool

— 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM

2) – browser-based management tool

* Features include: secure access via ssh or https, create unit, delete

unit, remove unit, import unit, migrate unit, verify unit rebuild unit

— Command Line Interface (CLI) – scriptable configuration tool

• SNMP support

• SMTP support for email/pager notification

• ATA/6 and Out of band (OOB) staggered drive spin-up support

• Auto carving allows logical units larger than 2 TB to be divided into

multiple units for legacy operating systems that are limited to a

maximum of 2 TB per logical unit

• StorSave platform for advanced performance tuning with the BBU

• Multiple logical unit sizes and RAID levels on one card

• Multiple card support within a system for large storage requirements

• 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

• Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration

• Battery Backup Unit (BBU) ready

• Enhanced data protection with write journaling for non-redundant

ys and accidental dr

e removal

• Drive insertion and removal notification

3ware 9550SX

AMCC reserves the right to make changes to its products, or to discontinue any product or service without notice, and advises its customers to

obtain the latest version of relevant information to verify, before placing orders, that the information being relied upon is current.

AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. 3ware, SwitchedRAID and 3DM are registered trademarks in the United

States and StorSwitch is a trademark in the United States, of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their

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