3Ware 9590SE Series Quick Install Manual - page 20

Chapter 1. Installing an AMCC 3ware 9590SE RAID Controller

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3ware 9590SE Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide

Connecting Drive Activity LED 

Indicators

Connecting drive activity LED indicators is optional. For a 

discussion of whether to make these connections, see “Deciding 

Whether to Use the LED Status Connector” on page 4.

Figure 10, 11, and 12 show the location of LED indicators on the 

different 9590SE controllers. 

Additional detail about these connectors starts on page 18.

Figure 10.   8-Port 3ware 9590SE-8ML Serial ATA RAID Controller

Overall LED drive status indicator is the 

right-most LED header pin pair on each 

LED connector (J7 and J8). The anode is 

the lower of the two pins and the cathode 

is the upper.

LED indicators for individual drives 

J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to right)

J8 is for drives 4, 5, 6, 7 (left to right)