MODEL- 9550SE-12MLKIT      VENDOR- 3WARE/AMCC STORAGE
    
FEATURES- Serial ATA II Hardware RAID Controller Kit
       AMCC's 3ware 9590SE SATA II RAID controllers deliver cutting-edge 
        performance, robust fault tolerance, and multi-terabyte capacities. 
        Combined with an advanced RAID management feature set that includes 
        web-based, command-based, and API software components, the 9590SE, 
        available in 8, 12, and 16-port configurations, is the industry's 
        most compelling PCI Express RAID solution. 
       3ware 9590SE Serial ATA II RAID controllers deliver over 800 MB/s 
        RAID 5 reads and exceed 380 MB/sec RAID 5 writes. PCI Express 
        connectivity, StorSwitch non-blocking switch fabric technology, and 
        sophisticated SATA II features including 3 Gb/s transfer speed and 
        Native Command Queuing (NCQ) drive this unmatched performance.
       The 9590SE's advanced RAID features and powerful performance 
        architecture make it the ideal controller for mid-range database 
        applications, print and file server applications, and vertical 
        applications including NAS storage, web servers, cluster servers, 
        supercomputing, near-line backup and archival, security systems, as 
        well as audio and video streaming applications.
* 7th-generation StorSwitch point-to-point, non-blocking switched 
  architecture.
* On-board PowerPC RISC processor provides true hardware RAID -- SCSI 
  device driver model to take advantage of the benefits of SCSI using 
  inexpensive Serial ATA drives.
* Bootable array support for greater fault tolerance 
* Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application 
* 64-bit LBA support 
* ATA pass-through mode support 
* Up to 256 MB DDR2 400 memory with ECC protection 
* 32 pooled DMA channels 
* Complete configuration management suite 
   - 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM2) -- easy to use BIOS configuration tool 
   - 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM2) -- browser-based management tool 
* Features include: secure access via ssh or https, create unit, delete 
  unit, remove unit, import unit, migrate unit, verify unit rebuild unit.
* Command Line Interface (CLI) -- scriptable configuration tool 
* SNMP support 
* SMTP support for email/pager notification 
* ATA/6 and Out of band (OOB) staggered drive spin-up support 
* Auto carving allows logical units larger than 2 TB to be divided into 
  multiple units for legacy operating systems that are limited to a maximum 
  of 2 TB per logical unit.
* StorSave platform for advanced performance tuning with the BBU 
* Multiple logical unit sizes and RAID levels on one card 
* Multiple card support within a system for large storage requirements 
* Hot-swap and hot-spare support for data availability 
* Dynamic sector repair for robust data protection 
* S.M.A.R.T. disk drive monitoring for reliability 
* Emergency Flash Recovery protects against failed firmware upgrade 
* Drive activity LED support 
* Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration 
* Battery Backup Unit (BBU) ready 
* Enhanced data protection with write journaling for non-redundant arrays 
  and accidental drive removal.
* Drive insertion and removal notification 
* RoHS compliant
     
  -- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------------------------
FORM FACTOR   - Half length/Full height
PORT COUNT    - 12 ports
HOST INTERFACE- PCI-Express x4
ONBOARD MEMORY- 256MB
CONNECTOR TYPE- Multi-Lane
O/S SUPPORT   - Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/2000, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, 
                  Fedora Linux, 2.4 Linux kernel, 2.6 Linux kernel, 
                  FreeBSD, 32/64-bit support.
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