3Ware 3WARE 9650SE User manual

3ware® 9650SE

Serial ATA RAID

Controller

PN 720-0147-00

October 2006

Installation Guide

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About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv

Chapter 1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Contents of this Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

9650SE RAID Controller Card Models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 2. Installing Your 3ware RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . 13

Tools You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Before You Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Step 1 (9650SE-2LP). Connect the Cables to the Controller. . . . . . . . . . 14

Step 1 (Multilane Controllers). Connect the Cables to the Controller . . . 15

Step 2. Install the Controller in the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Step 3 (9650SE-2LP). Connect the Cables to the Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Step 3 (Multilane Controllers). Connect the Cables to the Drives or

Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Step 4. Connecting Drive Activity LED Indicators (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 20

Step 5. Finishing Up the RAID Controller Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Step 6. Configure Your RAID Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 3. Installing the Battery Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Tools and equipment required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Appendix: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Sales and ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Feedback on this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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iv 3ware 9650SE Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide

About this Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the 3ware® 9650SE Serial

ATA RAID Controller. This guide tells you how to install it.

The following additional documentation is available for your 3ware

RAID controller on the CD that came with your controller. It is also

available through the 3ware website:

3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide

3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide

3ware HTML Bookshelf is an HTML version of the

documentation, combining the User Guide and the CLI Guide.

Online help is also available when you are using 3DM 2 (3ware

Disk Manager).

Additional support information is available in the 3ware

Knowledgebase, at this website: http://www.3ware.com/KB

Chapter Description

1 Getting Started Overview of the 3ware RAID controller and

important safety factors to keep in mind during

installation

2 Installing Your 3ware

RAID Controller How to install your 3ware RAID controller

3 Installing the Battery

Backup Unit How to install a 3ware Battery Backup Unit

(BBU) on your 3ware RAID controller

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Chapter 1. Getting

Started

The 3ware® 9650SE RAID controller provides these features:

RAID 6 with simultaneous parity generation to maximize

performance

8th-generation StorSwitch non-blocking switch fabric for

maximum controller output

StreamFusion optimization of RAID 5 and RAID 6 disk

accesses to maximize application performance under heavy

loads

StorSave BBU with write journaling to optimizedata protection

and performance

RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, Single Disk, and JBOD

(RAID 6 and RAID 50 are available only with 3ware RAID

controller models that have 8 or more ports)

PCI Express® x1, x4, and x8 connectivity

Contents of this Package

This document, 3ware 9650SE Serial ATA RAID Controller

Installation Guide

3ware CD-ROM with driver, software, and additional

documentation

Appropriate cables for the 3ware 9650SE model

For the 2-port model, two SATA interface cables, one for

each port are provided.

For the 4-port, 8-port, 12-port, and 16-port models,

multilane break-out cables (SFF-8087) are provided, for

use with individual drives. Each of these cables supports up

to four serial ATA drives.

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1 cable is provided with the 4-port controller

2 cables are provided with the 8-port controller

3 cables are provided with the 12-port controller

4 cables are provided with the 16-port controller

System Requirements

Motherboard and Slot Requirements

A workstation-class or server-class motherboard with

PCI-Express® slot that supports the specific 9650SE model, as

shown in Table 1. A list of systems that have been tested is

available at http://www.3ware.com/products/compatibility_sata2.asp

Drive Requirements

Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may

be connected to two, four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives

using the supplied interface cables.

Drives must meet SATA-1 (1.5 Gb/s) or SATA-2 (3.0 Gb/s)

standards. Drives may be of any capacity or physical form factor.

A list of tested drives is available at

http://www.3ware.com/products/compatibility_sata2.asp

Note: Double-ended multilane cables, for use with a multilane

backplane, can be purchased separately. For details about these

cables, see “Multilane Cables” on page 5.

Table 1: Required Slots for 3ware RAID Controller Models

Controller Model PCI-E X1 PCI-EX4 PCI-E X8 PCI-E x16

9650SE-2LP Yes Yes Yes Yes

9650SE-4LPML No Yes Yes Yes

9650SE-8LPML No Yes Yes Yes

9650SE-12LPML No No Yes Yes

9650SE-16LPML No No Yes Yes

System Requirements

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Note: Shielded and unshielded interface cables for Serial ATA

controllers may not exceed 1M (39”) in length.

Operating System Requirements

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, both 32-

bit and 64-bit x86

Red Hat Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

SuSE Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

Fedora Core, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

Other versions of Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86, using the open

source Linux 2.4 or 2.6 kernel driver

FreeBSD, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

For the latest driver versions for all operating systems, see the

Release Notes.

Other Requirements

Adequate air flow and cooling

Adequate power supply for drives

3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager), a browser-based application

used to configure and maintain RAID units, requires one of the

following browsers:

Internet Explorer 5.5 and later

Mozilla Firefox 1.2 and later

Netscape 7 and later

In addition:

JavaScript must be enabled

Cookies must be enabled

For best viewing, screen resolution should be 1024 x 768 or

greater, with 16-bit color or greater.

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9650SE RAID Controller Card Models

Figure 1. 2-Port 3ware 9650SE-2LP Serial ATA RAID Controller

Figure 2. 4-Port 3ware 9650SE-4LPML Serial ATA RAID Controller

Ports:

0 (on top)

1 (on the

bottom)

Heat Sink

LED Connector

Ports:

0 thru 3

I2C connector

BBU connector and hole for postSlots for battery

holder

Heat Sink

LED Connector

9650SE RAID Controller Card Models

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Figure 3. 8-Port 3ware 9650SE-8LPML Serial ATA RAID Controller

Figure 4. 12-Port 3ware 9650SE-12ML Serial ATA RAID Controller

Ports:

4 thru 7

0 thru 3

I2C connector

BBU connector and hole for post

Slots for battery

Heat Sink

LED

Connectors

Ports:

8 thru 11

4 thru 7

0 thru 3

I2C connector

Holes for

battery holder BBU connector and hole for post

Heat sink

LED Connectors

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Figure 5. 16-Port 3ware 9650SE-16ML Serial ATA RAID Controller

Cables

SATA Cables

The 2-port 9650SE RAID controller uses standard SATA cables.

Multilane Cables

Three types of multilane cables can be used with the 4-port, 8-port,

12-port, and 16-port 3ware 9650SE RAID controllers.

Important: You should only use AMCC/3ware certified cables

with your 3ware RAID controller. Using an incorrect cable can

result in drives that are not detected. The appropriate cables are

included with your controller. If you must replace a cable, see

the list of available cables and associated part numbers at

http://3ware.com/products/cables.asp.

Ports:

12 thru 15

8 thru 11

4 thru 7

0 thru 3

I2C connector

BBU connector and hole for post

Heat sink

LED Connectors

Holes for

battery holder

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