RAID_PM Five (5) SATA RAID / JBOD Bridge Board Silicon Image SiI-4626

Description

Hardware RAID Port Multiplier is 1-to-5 SATA Port Multiplier designed to provide a high performance link between a single SATA host port and 5 SATA device ports. With its unique data aggregation capability and 3Gbps serial link capability, the product is able to take full advantage of 3Gbps host link bandwidth and FISbased switching host controllers by bundling together data from device ports and sending it over the 3Gbps host link. Additionally, the product chipset contains a SATA enclosure management bridge (SEMB) to pass in-band enclosure management information between the host and an enclosure management device. Other important features include programmable high drive capability for backplane and external applications, asynchronous notification to eliminate the need for host polling to determine if a device has been added or removed.
Features
Hot Plug support
Supports Asynchronous Notification
SATA Port Multiplier spec. compliance.
Supports PM aware hosts and non-PM aware
eSATA signal level support (1m and 2m PH compliant)
Compatible with NCQ SATA drive
Advanced data aggregation architecture for ultra-fast read and write operations with FIS-based switching controllers
1.5Gpbs or 3Gpbs link rate with auto-negotiation
System Requirements
An available eSATA port support PM
Operating System Support : Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / VISTA and later, MAC OS X.x and Linux