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Incorporating the latest SATA Multilane connector, this Addonics family of controllers not only provides the fast SATA performance but also support connecting 4 SATA ports externally via a single Infiniband cable. Choice of PCI-X with RAID5/JBOD or PCI with RAID, an external Disk Array storage system such as the Addonics Storage Tower can now be connected to a system with a reliable and clean cable management system.

Product Feature

• 4X Multilane connector with thumb screw for secure connection. Connect up to 4 external SATA devices to system via 1 Infiniband cable
• Maximum data transfer up to 1.5Gbits/sec per port on PCI slot and up to 3 Gbits/sec per port on PCI-X slot
• Fits standard height or low profile PC
• PCI-X model
  • Silicon Image chip set SiI 3124
  • Built in firmware RAID support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 and JBOD
  • JBOD can combine multiple hard drives into one large drive or set to run as individual drive
  • Backward compatible to PCI slot
• PCI-model
  • Silicon Image Chip set Sil 3114
  • Built in firmware RAID support for RAID 0, 1, 10 or 1 + S
  • Can be set up as 4 independent ports with no RAID

Part number and Pricing

Model	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
ADSA4R-ML	Package content: 4X SATA Multilane PCI RAID/Non RAID controller on standard height bracket, low profile bracket, Driver CD, User guide	$49.99
ADS3GX4R5-ML	Package content: 4X SATA Multilane PCI-X RAID5/JBOD controller on standard height bracket, low profile bracket, Driver CD, User guide	$99.99

Specifications

PCI-X model

• Compliant with PCI-X Specification, revision 1.0a
• Supports 133 MHz PCI-X with 64-bit data
• All registers appear in unified memory space
• Full-chip command completion status accessible with single PCI-X burst access
• I/O port access to register space
• Low Profile PCI form Factor
• Serial ATA (SATA) – 3.0 Gbps (300MB/s) and 1.5 Gbps (150MB/s)
• 48-bit LBA support
• Built in firmware RAID support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 and JBOD (JBOD can combine multiple hard drives into one large drive or set to run as individual drive with no RAID)
• Compliant with SATA 1.0, and ATA, SATA II Extensions to SATA 1.0:
• Port Multiplier with FIS-based switching
• Native Command Queuing with non-zero offsets
• Four independent DMA channels with 2KB FIFO per channel
• Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• Multimaster I2C interface
• Supports ATAPI devices: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.
• Supports hot-plug of SATA devices
• Supports spread spectrum clocking to reduce EMI
• JTAG Boundary Scan compliant with IEEE std 1149.1
• Supports First-party DMA commands for Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Plesiochronous, Single PLL architecture, 1 PLL for 4 ports
• Output Swing Control
• Supports four independent Serial ATA channels
• Independent Link, Transport, data FIFO, command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution
• 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port
• Four Pin header on board for Device LED connection
• Protocol Override per Command 
• Staggered Spin-up Control  
• Drivers for Windows 2000 ,XP and 2003 Server

PCI model

• Serial ATA (SATA) – 1.5 Gbps (150MB/s)
• Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification
• 48-bit LBA support
• Four independent DMA channels with 256B FIFO per channel
• Virtual DMA in PCI with serial link in legacy PIO mode
• Supports command buffering for ATA TF shadow registers
• Supports ATAPI devices: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.
• Hot-Plug capable
• Supports SATA active signal for 4 separate LEDs
• Built-in firmware RAID support for RAID 0, 1, 10 or 1+S
• Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver
• Independent 256-byte FIFOs (32 bit * 64 deep) per Serial ATA channel for host reads and writes
• Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2
• Low Profile PCI form factor
• Integrated PCI DMA engines
• Four Pin header on board for LED connection
• 32 bit, 33/66MHz fully compliant PCI host interface
• Supports Windows 98, Millennium, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, Linux
• Acts as NON-RAID when BIOS not configured RAID