Product Info
The Promise SATA300 TX2plus 2+1 SATA/PATA PCI adapter offers the premier solution for combining the latest, high-performance SATA 3.0 Gb/s Serial ATA disk drives with existing Parallel (Ultra) ATA drives using the same controller. With the SATA300 TX2plus, users can connect up to two SATA drives and 2 PATA drives, offering users a cost-effective solution for upgrading their existing storage system with SATA 3Gb/s drives.
Features
- 2 SATA 3Gb/s Ports plus 1 Ultra ATA/133 Channel for support of up to 4 drives
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- SATA Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ)
- Supports Serial ATAPI devices
- Flexible future-proof upgrade for users with motherboards that only have a PCI interface
Specifications
Device Support
• 2 Serial ATA ports plus 1 Ultra/133 ATA channel for up to 4 devices (2 Serial ATA 3G devices and 2 Parallel ATA devices) PCI Support
• 66 MHz PCI bus supports up to 266MB/sec burst data transfer rate
• PCI 2.3 compliant
Serial ATA Support
• Supports up to 2 Serial ATA devices
• Supports up to 300 MB/sec* transfers with CRC error-checking
• Compliant to Serial ATA Rev. 1.0a
• Compliant to Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a including
Native Command Queuing
Staggered Drive Spin-Up
HDD Activity Indication
• Supports Serial ATA Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ)
• Serial ATAPI Support
Parallel ATA Support
• Supports up to 2 Ultra ATA devices
• Up to 133MB/sec data transfer rate in Ultra ATA DMA mode
• Supports ATAPI devices
• Supports CRC error-checking for Ultra ATA drives
• Separate timing control for two devices attached to one ATA channel
• Supports ATA specification 18" maximum cable length
Large LBA Support
• Supports drives larger than 137GB
Onboard BIOS
• Auto-identifies and configures drive and device types; BBS Compliant; Flash-Upgradable
Operating System Support
•Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
• Red Hat Linux
• SuSE Linux
• Linux open source code
Physical and Environmental
• Low-profile form factor (HW): 2.25 x 4.69 inches (57 x 119 mm)
• Cables in kit
- 2 x 25" (650mm) Serial ATA Cables
- 1 x 18" (450mm) Parallel ATA Cable
• Operating temperature: 32 to 122 F (0 to 50 C)
• Relative humidity: 5%-95% non-condensing
Agency Certifications
• UL, cUL, CE, FCC Class B, BSMI, MIC, C-tick, VCCI