AMCC 3WARE 9690SA - Manual (Page 10)

Chapter 1. Getting Started
6 3ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
System Requirements
Motherboard and Slot Requirements
A workstation-class or server-class motherboard with an x8 or x16
PCI-Express® slot. A list of systems that have been tested is
available at
http://www.3ware.com/products/sys_compatibility.asp
Enclosure Requirements
In order to attach more than four drives per connector, enclosures
with expanders are required.
In order to use enclosure support services, such as locating a drive
by blinking an LED or notification of a rebuild, the enclosure needs
to support SES (SCSI Enclosure Services). For a list of approved
enclosures, see
http://www.3ware.com/products/
sys_compatibility.asp .
Internal backplane connector: 4x SFF-8087 Mini Multi-lane 4i
External enclosure backplane connector: Multi-lane SFF-8088
Note: Some older external enclosures may have an Infiniband
connector, which will require an SFF-8088-to-SFF-8470 cable.
Drive Requirements
SAS and/or SATA drives can be used with the 3ware 9690SA
RAID controller.
SATA Drives must meet SATA-1 (1.5 Gb/s) or SATA-2 (3.0 Gb/s)
standards. Drives may be of any capacity or physical form factor.
SAS (3.0 Gb/s) drives may be of any capacity or physical form
factor.
A list of tested drives is available at
http://www.3ware.com/products/sys_compatibility.asp .