4-Channel Serial ATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3) AHCI 2-Lane PCI Express (x2) Card (4-Internal) (with both Regular & Low-Profile brackets)
Specifications:
- Fully compliant with two-lane PCI Express specifications (PCIe x2 slot)
- Compliant with 10 Gbps x2 PCI Express 2.0
- Fully compliant with Serial ATA specifications 3.0
- Four (4) channels - Four (4) 6.0Gbps SATA III ports
- Four (4) internal SATA III connectors
- Supports PCI Express 1.0 and PCI Express 2.0 specifications
- Supports all SATA I, SATA II, SATA III devices at 1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps
- Supports max of seven (7) connected drives
- Supports max one (1) SATA FIS-based or Command-based Port Multiplier and max four (4) drives connected to PM (Port Multiplier)
- Supports Hardware RAID-0 (Stripping), RAID-1 (Mirroring), and HybridDrive modes by GUI or BIOS setting in Windows, but Non-RAID only for drives attached to PM
- Supports SATA I & SATA II & SATA III HDD, SSD, Optical Drives and Blu-Ray Drives
- Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- Comes with both regular height & low-profile brackets for maximum compatibility
- Supports Hot-Plug (*2)
- Pin headers on board for HDD LED connection
- Supports Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7/Windows 8/Server 2012 (*1)
- Supports Mac 10.x and Linux (*1)
*1 Supports both 32-bit & 64-bit OSes
*2 Hot-Plug supported mobile rack or backplane is required
PC Requirements:
- One (1) available PCI Express x2/x4/x8/x16 slot
- Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7/Windows 8/Server 2012 or Linux
Mac Requirements:
- One (1) available PCI Express x2/x4/x8/x16 slot
- Mac OS 10.5 or later
Package Contents:
- One (1) PCI Express card
- One (1) low-profile bracket
- Software CD drivers
- Quick user guide