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Introducing the 3ware® 9000
Series Controller
3ware 9550SX and 9590SE controllers are part of the AMCC 3ware 9000
Series Serial ATA family of controllers.
This chapter introduces the features and concepts of the 9000 series as a
whole, and the 9550SX and 9590SE models in particular. It includes the
following sections:
• “Product Models and Features” on page 1
• “What’s New with 9550SX and 9590SE Models” on page 2
• “System Requirements” on page 3
• “Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels” on page 5
• “Determining What RAID Level to Use” on page 9
Product Models and Features
The 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family of controllers includes the models
shown in Table 2.
Table 2: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA Controller Models
Series 4-port 8-port 12-port 16-port
9500S
9500S-4LP
a
a. LP indicates a low-profile controller card
9500S-8
9500S-8MI
b
b. MI indicates a multilane SFF-8470 connector
9500S-12
9500S-12MI
9550SX 9550SX-4LP 9550SX-8LP 9550SX-12
9550SX-12MI
9550SX-
16ML
c
c. ML indicates a multilane SFF-8087 connector
9590SE 9590SE-8ML 9590SE-12ML 9590SE-16ML
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