System Requirements

A workstation-class or server-class motherboard

Notes:
While the 3ware 9550SX RAID controller can be installed in both 64-bit PCI and PCI-X slots, not all slots give equal performance.

The 3ware 9550SX Controller performs best when installed in a PCI-X 133MHz 64-bit slot. However, it can also operate at 66MHz or 100MHz.

9590SE RAID controllers must be installed in a PCI Express slot (x4, x8, or x16).

Drives

Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives using the supplied interface cables.

Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. Drives may be of any capacity or physical form factor.

The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for Serial ATA controllers.

Operating System

3ware RAID controllers may be used with:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, both 32-bit and 64-bit x86

Red Hat Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

SuSE Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

Fedora Core

Other versions of Linux using the open source Linux driver (see the Release Notes for the latest versions)

FreeBSD, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

Other Requirements

Adequate air flow and cooling

Adequate power supply for drives

3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a browser. It requires the following:

One of these browsers:

Internet Explorer 5.5 and later

Mozilla 1.2 and later

Firefox 1.02 and later

Netscape 7 and later

JavaScript must be enabled

Cookies must be enabled

For best viewing, screen resolution should be 1024 x 768, with 16-bit color or more

For a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet or the 9590SE Series Datasheet, available from the website at
http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp.

System Requirements

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