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Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller with Multi-lane Internal Connectors

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Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller with Multi-lane Internal Connectors Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller with Multi-lane Internal Connectors I2C LED indicators for connector individual drives on J7, J8, and J9. The overall LED drive status indicator is on the last two pins of J7. Ports 8 to 11 Ports 4 to 7 Ports 0 to 3 Serial number (on plate) BBU (Battery Backup Unit) connector SODIMM (memory module) LED connector details J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (top to bottom) The last two J8 is for drives 4, 5, 6, 7 (top to bottom) pins on J8 and J9 is for drives 8, 9, 10, 11 (top to bottom) J9 are unused. For more details, see page 16. Figure 5. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller Models 9500S-12MI and 9500S-8MI, have multi-lane internal connectors, each of which can handle up to four drives. These controllers can be installed in an enclosure with a backplane. The type of cable you need will depend on the type of enclosure you have: „ For use with a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors (SFF-8470), use the InfiniBand 4x cable, which has multi-lane connectors on each end, as shown in Figure 6. www.3ware.com 19

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Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
with Multi-lane Internal Connectors
Figure 5. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller
Models 9500S-12MI and 9500S-8MI, have multi-lane internal
connectors, each of which can handle up to four drives. These
controllers can be installed in an enclosure with a backplane. The
type of cable you need will depend on the type of enclosure you
have:
For use with a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors
(SFF-8470), use the InfiniBand 4x cable, which has multi-lane
connectors on each end, as shown in Figure 6.
LED indicators for
individual drives on
J7, J8, and J9.
The overall LED drive status
indicator is on the last two
pins of J7.
LED connector details
J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (top to bottom)
J8 is for drives 4, 5, 6, 7 (top to bottom)
J9 is for drives 8, 9, 10, 11 (top to bottom)
For more details, see page 16.
SODIMM (memory
module)
Serial
number
(on plate)
Ports
8 to 11
Ports
4 to 7
Ports
0 to 3
I
2
C
connector
The last two
pins on J8 and
J9 are unused.
BBU (Battery
Backup Unit)
connector