MODEL- 9550SXU-16ML-SGL    VENDOR- 3WARE/AMCC STORAGE
    
FEATURES- Serial ATA II Hardware RAID Controller- Bulk Single
       Half-length/multi-lane SATA II RAID conroller, Supports up to 16
        Serial ATA Drives.
       The 3ware 9550SX PCI-X to SATA II RAID controller delivers over 
        800MB/sec RAID 5 reads and exceeds 380MB/sec RAID 5 writes, making 
        it 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID 
        controller. 
       7th generation StorSwitch non-blocking switch fabric technology and 
        sophisticated SATA II features including 3 Gbps transfer speed, 
        Native Command Queuing (NCQ), and Port Multiplier support drive 
        this unmatched performance.
       Combined with an advanced RAID management feature set that includes 
        web-based, command-based, and API software components, the 9550SX, 
        available in 4, 8, 12, and 16-port configurations, is the most 
        compelling RAID solution available.
       3ware offers a truly innovative SATA cabling solution for large-
        scale configurations, where space and airflow are at a premium. The 
        3ware 9500S Multi-lane (MI) controllers combine a highly reliable, 
        locking cable/connector system that combines four SATA ports into 
        one on the controller side. The 3ware 9500S-MI controllers increase 
        reliability, and simplify ease of installation and routing.  Multi-
        lane controllers require that you use a backplane with multi-lane 
        connectors. Vendors who supply these backplanes include: AIC, 
        Chenbro, Ci Designs and others. 
       Includes Controller Card, cable, drivers, manual.
* RoHS compliant
* 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 
     
  -- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------------------------
INTERFACE/BUS- 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X compliant
CONNECTOR    - Multi-lane type
DRIVES       - Supports up to 16 Serial ATA II drives
RAID LEVELS  - 0, 1, 10, 5, Single Disk (JBOD)
ONBOARD CACHE- 256 MB
O/S SUPPORT  - Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/2000, RedHat Linux, SuSE Linux, 
                 FreeBSD.
ACCESSORIES  - BBU9550SX01   Battery Backup Unit
               CBLIB05M      .05 meter Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) Cable
               CBLIB10M      1.0 meter Serial ATA Multi-lane (4x) Cable
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