LSI 3ware 9750 - Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3 Ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card; Whats New for the 10.2 Release

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Introducing the LSI 3ware
SATA+SAS RAID Controller
Card
LSI 3ware RAID controllers deliver full-featured, true hardware RAID to
servers and workstations. 3ware RAID controllers offer Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) interfaces. Combined with an advanced RAID
management feature-set that includes web-based, command-based, and API
(application programming interface) software components, LSI RAID
controllers provide compelling RAID solutions.
This section introduces the features and concepts of 3ware RAID controllers.
It is organized into the following topics:
• What’s New for the 10.2 Release
• Highlights of the 10.2 Release
• System Requirements
• Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
• 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management
• Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features
What’s New for the 10.2 Release
Version 10.2 of the 3ware RAID software and firmware has the following new
features and benefits to the 3ware 9750 model RAID controllers.
• Added external enclosure support with the following new 3ware
controllers: 9750-4i4e, 9750-8e, 9750-16i4e, 9750-24i4e.
• Added ability to upgrade storage enclosure processor (SEP) firmware.
Refer to the 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card CLI Guide, Version
10.2 for more information.
• Added support for the latest FreeBSD and Linux distributions. For details,
refer to the release notes at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads