AMCC 3WARE 720-0138-00 - Manual (Page 12)

4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5
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Introducing the 3ware®
9590SE-4ME RAID Controller
The 3ware 9590SE-4ME RAID controller is a 4-lane (x4) PCI Express® card.
It can be installed in any of the available x4 or x8 PCI Express slots on your
Power Mac® G5 (PowerPC™-based). (The x16 slot is normally reserved for
your graphics card.)
It features:
• Support for up to 4 SATA drives.
• AMCC’s remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2)
which simplifies storage configuration and management through a web
browser.
• An enhanced firmware platform that allows future upgrades.
• Advanced RAID features for greater data protection and management.
• PCI Express connectivity
• Transfer rate of up to 2.5Gbps per lane
• 7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology
• Support for 3Gbps and Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• StorSave profiles that let you set the desired level of protection versus
performance for a unit
• Drive Locate which allows you to easily identify a drive in the 3ware
Sidecar enclosure by blinking the LED associated with it
• The ability to define a carving size to be used when carving units into
volumes.
Note: The 9590SE-4ME is part of the 3ware Sidecar Kit, which includes the 3ware
Sidecar Enclosure. Information about setting up the 3ware Sidecar itself is included
in the 3ware Sidecar Kit with the 9590SE-ME: Installation Guide.