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Home > Products > Host Controller > Multilane 4X PCI-X Controller For Mac

Incorporating the latest SATA Multilane connector, the Multilane 4X PCI-X Controller for Mac not only provides the fast SATA performance but also supports connecting up to 4 SATA ports externally via a single Infiniband cable. Drives connected to this controller can be easily configured as 4 individual ports with no RAID or with RAID 0 or RAID 1 using the Mac OS Disk Utility.

With the Multilane 4x PCI-X Controller for Mac, an external Disk Array storage system such as the Addonics Storage Tower or Mini 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 3 Gbits/sec per port on PCI-X slot
  • SATAI and SATA II compliant
  • Use as a non-RAID or RAID controller. Create RAID 0 or 1 using the Mac OS Disk Utility.
  • Fits standard height or low profile PC
  • Silicon Image chip set SiI 3124
  • Hot swap support - drive can be removed and added without system shut down or restart*
  • Backwards compatible to PCI slot
  • Port Multiplier compatible
  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.x using Power G4 & G5, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server

*Hot swapping hard drive has been tested on Windows OS only. When drives are configured as RAID 0 and certain RAID combination, the removal of the hard drive will result in breaking the RAID set and result in data loss.


Part number and Pricing

Model
Description and Package Content
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ADS3GX4R5-MLM

Package content:
4X SATA Multilane PCI-X controller for Mac, standard height bracket, low profile bracket, Driver CD, User guide

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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
  • Use as a non-RAID or RAID controller. Create RAID 0 or 1 using the Mac OS Disk Utility.
  • 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 Mac OS X 10.4.x, Windows 2000, XP and 2003 Server



System Requirement

    • PC/AT or Compatible System
    • One free PCI or PCI-X slot
    • Pentium or greater
    • Minimum 32 MB RAM
    • 10 MB minimum free hard disk space
    • One of the following operating systems: Mac OS X 10.4.x using Power G4 & G5, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server
 

 
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Product Review
01/24/07 .. The Addonics ADS3GX4R5-MLM host adapter provides PowerMac users with the ability to easily support multilane enclosures.
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