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3 W A R E 9 6 9 0 S A S E R I E S S E L E C T I O N G U I D E
9690SA-8I
9690SA-8E
9690SA-4I4E
9690SA-4I
Form Factor
Low profile
Low profile
Low profile
Low profile
SAS Ports
8 Internal
8 External
4 Internal / 4 External
4 Internal
Drive Interface
SATA+SAS
SATA+SAS
SATA+SAS
SATA+SAS
PCI Express
x8
x8
x8
x8
RAID Levels
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
Single Disk
Single Disk
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
Single Disk
Single Disk
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
Single Disk
Single Disk
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
Single Disk
Single Disk
Onboard Memory
512MB DDR2 533
512MB DDR2 533
512MB DDR2 533
512MB DDR2 533
Connector Type
SFF-8087 mini-SAS
SFF-8088 mini-SAS
SFF-8087/SFF-8088 mini-SAS
SFF-8087 mini-SAS
BBU with Remote Battery Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
3ware 9690SA Features
n
8th-generation StorSwitch™ non-blocking switched architecture
n
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
hardware RAID
– SCSI device driver model to take advantage of
SAS or inexpensive Serial ATA drives
n
Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance of your OS
n
Variable stripe size for performance tuning
by application
by application
n
Support for greater than 2TB volumes
n
512MB DDR2 533 memory with ECC protection
n
128 max disk drives via SAS expanders
n
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
– 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
n
SNMP support
n
SMTP support for email/pager notification
n
Staggered drive spin-up support
n
Auto carving allows LUNs > 2TB to be divided into multiple units
for legacy operating systems limited to 2TB max. per LUN
for legacy operating systems limited to 2TB max. per LUN
n
Battery Backup Unit (BBU) with remote battery support
n
Write journaling for improved performance and data protection
against accidental drive removal
against accidental drive removal
n
Multiple SAS/SATA RAID sets
n
Multiple logical unit sizes and RAID levels on one card
n
Hot-swap and hot-spare support for data availability
n
Dynamic sector repair for robust data protection
n
S.M.A.R.T. disk drive monitoring for reliability
n
Emergency Flash Recovery protects against failed
firmware upgrade
firmware upgrade
n
Drive activity LED support
n
Array/Drive Status and drive identification LED support
n
Enclosure management support for SES 2.0 via I2C or
in-band signaling
in-band signaling
n
Drive insertion and removal notification
n
Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration
n
RoHS 6 of 6 and WEEE compliant
Operating System Support
n
Microsoft® Windows® Vista/2003/XP, Mac OSX, 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. For complete OS listing, go to:
www.3ware.com/support/OS-support
SuSE Linux, Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel,
FreeBSD; 32/64-bit driver support for Windows, Linux and
FreeBSD. For complete OS listing, go to:
www.3ware.com/support/OS-support
3ware 9690SA Specifications
n
Low profile form factor
n
PCI Express x8 configurations, PCI Express 1.1 compliant
n
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 1.1 specification support
n
SATA 2.6 specification support
n
BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS
(BIOS boot specification) support
(BIOS boot specification) support
n
Operating Temperature
Controller: 0°C to 50°C
BBU: 10°C to 40°C
Controller: 0°C to 50°C
BBU: 10°C to 40°C
n
Power Requirements: 18W maximum
n
Dimensions
9690SA-8I: 7.60”L x 2.73”H (19.30cm L x 6.93cm H)
9690SA-8E: 7.80”L x 2.73”H (19.80cm L x 6.93cm H)
9690SA-4I4E: 7.25”L x 2.73”H (19.30cm L x 6.93cm H)
9690SA-4I: 7.60”L x 2.73”H (19.30cm L x 6.93cm H)
9690SA-8I: 7.60”L x 2.73”H (19.30cm L x 6.93cm H)
9690SA-8E: 7.80”L x 2.73”H (19.80cm L x 6.93cm H)
9690SA-4I4E: 7.25”L x 2.73”H (19.30cm L x 6.93cm H)
9690SA-4I: 7.60”L x 2.73”H (19.30cm L x 6.93cm H)
Service and Support
n
3-year warranty
n
Support via the web at www.3ware.com/support
n
For latest motherboard and hard drive compatibility listing go to:
www.3ware.com/products//sys_compatibility.asp
www.3ware.com/products//sys_compatibility.asp
Accessories
n
BBU-MODULE-04 Battery Backup Unit
n
BATT-SPARE-02 Replacement battery for BBU-MODULE-04
n
CBL-SFF8087-05M (0.5m Multi-lane internal cable)
n
CBL-SFF8087-06M (0.6m Multi-lane internal cable)
n
CBL-SFF8088SAS-10M (Universal key external cable, 1m)
n
CBL-SFF8088SAS-20M (Universal key external cable, 2m)
3ware 9690SA Specifications
Applications for
3ware Controllers
Servers
Security/
Surveillance
Video
Editing
Super
Computing
NAS
Video
On-Demand
Pro Audio
Disk-to-Disk
Backup