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Installing the Hardware Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller Figure 1 shows a 3ware Serial ATA RAID controller with twelve ports. Up to twelve drives can be attached to this particular controller, through serial ATA cables. LED indicators for individual drives on J7, J8, and J9 Overall LED drive status indicator: the last two pins of J9. The anode is the lower of the two pins and the cathode is the upper. I2C Serial ports are double- connector stacked connectors. Odd-numbered ports 1 through 11 are located below even-numbered ports 0 through 10. Ports 10 and 11 Ports: 6 and 7 Ports 8 and 9 4 and 5 2 and 3 Serial number (on plate) 0 and 1 SODIMM (memory module) BBU (Battery Backup Unit) connector LED connector details J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to right) The last two pins on J8 is for drives 4, 5, 6, 7 (left to right) J7 and J8 are unused. J9 is for drives 8, 9, 10, 11 (left to right) For more details, see page 13. Figure 1. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller Figures 2 and 3 show 3ware Serial ATA RAID controllers with 8 ports (there are two versions of the 9500S-8 controller). The earlier models use Pchip v1.4 and are not BBU-compatible. The more recent models use Pchip v1.5 and are BBU-compatible. Although the controllers look very similar, the location of the overall LED drive status indicator is different on the two versions, as shown in the respective figures. If you are not certain which version you have, you can use the 3ware CLI to determine the Pchip version (tw_cli c0 show pchip). 12 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide

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Installing the Hardware
12
3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
Figure 1 shows a 3ware Serial ATA RAID controller with twelve
ports. Up to twelve drives can be attached to this particular
controller, through serial ATA cables.
Figure 1. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller
Figures 2 and 3 show 3ware Serial ATA RAID controllers with 8
ports (there are two versions of the 9500S-8 controller). The earlier
models use Pchip v1.4 and are not BBU-compatible. The more
recent models use Pchip v1.5 and are BBU-compatible. Although
the controllers look very similar, the location of the overall LED
drive status indicator is different on the two versions, as shown in
the respective figures. If you are not certain which version you
have, you can use the 3ware CLI to determine the Pchip version
(
tw_cli c0 show pchip
).
LED indicators for
individual drives on
J7, J8, and J9
Overall LED drive status
indicator: the last two pins
of J9. The anode is the
lower of the two pins and
the cathode is the upper.
Ports 8
and 9
Serial
number
(on plate)
Ports:
6 and 7
4 and 5
2 and 3
0 and 1
Ports 10
and 11
Serial ports are double-
stacked connectors.
Odd-numbered ports 1
through 11 are located
below even-numbered ports
0 through 10.
LED connector details
J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to right)
J8 is for drives 4, 5, 6, 7 (left to right)
J9 is for drives 8, 9, 10, 11 (left to right)
For more details, see page 13.
SODIMM
(memory
module)
I
2
C
connector
The last two pins on
J7 and J8 are unused.
BBU (Battery
Backup Unit)
connector