- Lsi 3ware 9750 Raid Controller
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3Ware SAS 8-Port External SAS/SATA PCI-E X8 RAID Controller Card (9690SA-8E). High-Performance 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID Controllers. The 9690SA supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and Single Disk. 8-Port External SAS/SATA PCI-E X8 RAID Controller Card. One-Year through Advanced HPC. This pertains to contiguous United States only. Broadcom Inc. Connecting Everything.
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC), the recognized channel leader in serial RAID storage, announced that it will begin shipping the 3ware(R) 9690SA-4I Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller on April 14. The 9690SA-4I will provide customers a value-oriented SAS/SATA configuration option with four internal ports.
'SAS is the interface for the direct-attach server space, SCSI's former mainstay,' said Scott Cleland, Worldwide Director of Marketing for AMCC Storage. 'The 3ware 9690SA-4I will give IT managers a new cost-sensitive SAS/SATA RAID solution for mission critical applications that require higher levels of availability and native expansion.'
The 3ware 9690SA controller line will continue to feature low profile controller layouts: one with eight internal ports, another with eight external ports, a third with four internal and four external ports and now a fourth with four internal ports. The 3ware 9690SA-4I will be tailored for value-end 1U, 4-bay servers, departmental servers and professional workstations that typically employ four, direct-connect internal drives. Expandability to 128 SAS/SATA devices with all 9690SA controllers is achieved with standard SAS expanders.
Product Pricing and Availability
3ware 9690SA-4I controller kits will be available through AMCC's worldwide network of distributors, integrators and VARs. Suggested list price for the 3ware 9690SA-4I is $395; MSRP is $795 for the 9690SA-8I, 9690SA-8E and 9690SA-4I4E model numbers.
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About AMCC
AMCC blends system hardware and software expertise to provide the essential building blocks for the processing, moving and storing of data worldwide. AMCC's 3ware SAS and SATA RAID controllers deliver cost-effective, high-performance, high-capacity storage for enterprises and consumers worldwide in applications like disk-to-disk backup, near-line storage, network-attached storage (NAS), video, and high-performance computing. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and has offices throughout the world. Visit www.3ware.com or www.amcc.com for more information.
This driver CD release includes support for version 2.26.08.035vm40 of the AMCC 3w-9xxx driver on ESX 4.0. The 3w-9xxx driver supports products based on the AMCC 3ware 9650SE and 9690SA SAS and SATA RAID controllers.
For detailed information about ESX hardware compatibility, check the I/O Hardware Compatibility Guide Web application.
Driver CD for VMware ESX 4.0Driver version: 2.26.08.035vm40 | 2009-08-26 | Build: 179560 ISO File |
This document contains the following sections:
Creating the Driver CD
- Download the driver file.
- Check the md5sum of the downloaded file:
md5sum vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-3w-9xxx_400.2.26.08.035vm40-1.0.4.00000.179560.iso
The output should match the following:
40d7307fcaad1bb98dd55ec27ea14509 vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-3w-9xxx_400.2.26.08.035vm40-1.0.4.00000.179560.isoSee Verifying the integrity of downloaded installer files (KB 1537) for more information.
- Write the .iso image to a CD-ROM.
To install ESX software, refer the procedure detailed in the following section.
Using the Driver CD
The ESX driver CD allows you to install new or updated drivers on new or existing ESX software installations. You can use the driver CD in three ways:
- To install drivers as part of a new ESX software installation
- To update or add drivers by using vihostupdate
- To update or add drivers on existing ESX installations by using esxupdate
To install drivers for devices as part of a new ESX installation
Note: This procedure has changed since the ESX 3.5 driver-CD versions. You need the ESX installation DVD to begin driver installation.
- Place the ESX installation DVD in the DVD drive of the host.
- Accept the terms of the license agreement.
- Select a keyboard type.
- When prompted about custom drivers, select Yes to install custom drivers.
- Click Add to eject the ESX installation DVD.
- Place the driver CD in the DVD drive of the ESX host.
- Select driver module to import drivers to the ESX host.
- Click Next to continue.
A dialog box displays the following message: Load the system drivers. - Click Yes.
After loading the driver module, continue installing ESX. After the drivers are installed you are prompted to swap the driver CD with the ESX installation DVD.
To update or add drivers on existing ESX installations by using vihostupdate
- Start the ESX host.
- Place the driver CD in the CD-ROM drive of the host on which either the vSphere CLI package is installed or vMA is hosted.
- Mount the driver CD.
- Navigate to <cd mount point>/offline-bundle/ and locate the <offline-bundle>.zip file.
- Run the vihostupdate command to install drivers using the offline bundle.
vihostupdate <conn_options> --install --bundle <offline-bundle>.zip
For more details on vihostupdate, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide.
To update or add drivers on existing ESX installations by using esxupdate
3ware 9650se-4lpml Driver
- Start the ESX host and log in to ESX as root.
- Place the driver CD in the CD-ROM drive of the ESX host.
- Mount the driver CD.
- Navigate to <cd mount point>/offline-bundle/ and locate the <offline-bundle>.zip file.
- Run the esxupdate command to install drivers using the offline bundle.
esxupdate --bundle=<offline-bundle>.zip update
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For more information, refer to the ESX 4 Patch Management Guide Tech Note.