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<div class="Chapter-Title"><a name="1588347">System Requirements</a></div>
<div class="BodyAfterHead"><a name="1482327">This section describes the requirements for the 3ware 9750 model RAID </a>controllers: </div>
<div class="Heading3"><a name="1484414">Motherboard and Slot Requirements</a></div>
<div class="BodyAfterHead"><a name="1484415">The 3ware 9750 RAID controller uses workstation-class or server-class </a>motherboards, with an available PCI Express x8 or x16 slot that complies with PCIe Gen 2.0 (recommended for best performance) or PCIe 1.1. </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1514200">A list of motherboards that have been tested is available at </a><br /><span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources</a></span>, through the Data &amp; Interoperability tab.</div>
<div class="Heading3"><a name="1451966">Drive Requirements </a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1505234">The 3ware 9750 RAID controller may be connected to up to </a>62 SAS and/or SATA dual-ported drives, or 127 SAS and/or SATA single-ported drives, when using one or more enclosures. A maximum of 32 drives are allowed per RAID unit and up to 32 active RAID units per controller. </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1536686">3ware 9750 RAID controller is designed for use with drive capacities up to </a>2&nbsp;TB and over.</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1459281">You cannot mix SAS and SATA drives in the same unit.</a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1543595">A mix of 3 Gbps and 6 Gbps hard drives are allowed.</a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1510576">D</a>rives and drive enclosures must meet SAS or SATA (3.0 Gbps and 6.0&nbsp;Gbps) standards.</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1510577">A list of drives that have been tested is available at </a><br /><span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources</a></span>, through the Data &amp; Interoperability tab.<span class="link"> </span> </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1471477">Drives may be of any capacity or physical form factor. </a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1505246">The length of internal unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1 meter </a>(39&nbsp;inches).</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1556928">The length of external cables for SAS 1.1 at 3 Gpbs supports lengths of up to </a>8 meters and for SAS 2.0 at 6 Gpbs supports external cable length to 10&nbsp;meters.</div>
<div class="Heading3"><a name="1424031">Enclosure Management Requirements</a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1504973">For 9750 RAID controllers and release 10.2, enclosure management features </a>in 3ware software are available for supported chassis that provide SCSI Enclosure Services 2 (SES-2) through an internal sideband connection, or via an expander. </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1514116">When chassis enclosures are cascaded, expanders of the same type are </a>recommended. A limit of 4 cascaded expanders is supported.</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1543606">Chassis and enclosures may be cascaded up to 4 deep, per wide port. </a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1543580">Must support both SAS1 and SAS2, and desirable to allow both within the </a>same domain.</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1543607">CLI supports in-band firmware downloads to the enclosure processor.</a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1504974">A list of supported enclosures is available at </a><br /><span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources</a></span>, through the Data &amp; Interoperability tab.<span class="link"> </span></div>
<div class="Heading3"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a name="1484473"> </a></span>Operating System</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1489497">3ware 9750 RAID controllers may be used with the following operating </a>systems for Intel and AMD 32-bit and 64-bit x86 based motherboards:</div>
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<div class="Body"><a name="1515726">For the latest supported operating systems, see the current Release Notes at </a><span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads/" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads</a></span> or the file versions.txt, available on the 3ware CD.</div>
<div class="Heading3"><a name="1403518">Other Requirements</a></div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1051614">3</a>DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) displays information in a browser. It requires one of the following browsers:</div>
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<div class="Body"><a name="1383893">For a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 3ware </a>SATA+SAS RAID Controller datasheets, available from the website at <br /><span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/megaraid/sassata/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/megaraid/sassata/index.html</a></span>. </div>
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