SCSI (SAS) 9690SA Serial Attached SATA II 9650E RAID Controller SATA II PCI-X RAID Controllers SATA II PCI Express RAID Controllers 3Ware SideCar Parallel ATA RAID Controllers RAID Management Software Cables RAID Drive Cage 3ware Main High-Performance 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID Controllers Expand your Horizon AMCC builds on established 3ware SATA RAID leadership to introduce the 3ware 9690SA SAS controller, the new standard in Serial Attached SCSI RAID. As SATA and SAS technologies converge, users look to 3ware SATA for price and performance and to SAS for SAS/SATA connectivity with expansion up to 128 devices. The 3ware 9690SA delivers accelerated SAS performance and the flexibility of internal and external connectivity. Whether customers require SAS, SATA, or SAS/SATA connectivity, 3ware will provide the right tool for the job. Use the Right Tool The 3ware 9690SA offers configuration flexibility with three PCI Express low profile controller choices: eight internal ports, eight external ports, and four internal/external ports. AMCC now offers a highly scalable 3ware serial storage product portfolio that includes 2- to 24-ports of SATA connectivity with the 3ware 9650SE and maximized SAS expandability to up to 128 devices per controller with the 3ware 9690SA. Users will also enjoy a unified RAID management interface and software suite which assures a picture perfect configuration experience with every 3ware controller, irrespective of its storage interface. Data Protection and Performance Advanced 3ware RAID architecture, SAS and SATA II performance features, including 3Gb/s and NCQ, help rocket the 9690SA to RAID 5 and RAID 6 performance heights. An optional Battery Backup Unit with integrated write journaling and remote battery mounting capability provides added data protection in the event of a power outage. The 3ware 9690SA supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and Single Disk. 3ware 9690SA Series Selection Guide 9690SA-8I 9690SA-8E 9690SA-4I4E Form Factor Low Profiler Low Profile Low Profile SAS Count 8 Internal 8 Internal 4 Internal / 4 External PCI Express x8 x8 x8 Raid Levels 0,1,5,6,10,50,Single Disk 0,1,5,6,10,50,Single Disk 0,1,5,6,10,50,Single Disk Onboard Memory 512 MB DDR2 533 512 MB DDR2 533 512 MB DDR2 533 Connector Type SFF-8087mini-SAS SFF-8088 mini-SAS SFF-8087/SFF-8088 mini-SAS BBU with Remote Battery Support Yes Yes Yes   3ware 9650SE Features • 8th-generation StorSwitch™ 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 Operating System Support Microsoft® Windows® Vista/2003/XP/2000, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel, FreeBSD; 32/64-bit driver support for Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. 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