User Guide

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Features Benets

Two SATA2 Ports (eSATA) Easily add two external SATA (eSATA II) ports to your desktop

computer for external hard drive connections

48 bits LBA breaks capacity-Limit to

support HDD larger than 137GB

Works with large capacity Serial ATA hard disks

Cross Platform Compatible Works with both PC & Mac

Hot-plug capability Supports hot swapping SATA hard drives

Supports SATA II transfer rate of

3.0Gbps

This allows for lighting fast data transfer speeds

Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0

specications

Compatible with all eSATA devices

Supports two independent Serial ATA

channels

No reduction in data transfer rates when two drives are plugged in

at the same time

Windows & Mac drivers provided Drivers CD provided for easy installation

Two LEDs indicate for HDD access Give visual indication of hard drive activity

Specications

Additional Technical Feature Independent Link, Transport, and data FIFO

Additional Technical Feature Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ

Additional Technical Feature 31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port

Additional Technical Feature Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers

Additional Technical Feature Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ

Additional Technical Feature Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command

execution

Additional Technical Feature Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ)

Additional Technical Feature Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Warranty 1 year limited

Approvals FCC, CE

System Requirements Hardware:

PCI Express enabled system with an available PCI Express slot

Operating Systems:

Mac: Mac OS X 10.4.6 or newer

PC: Windows XP or Vista

Ordering Information Apricorn Part Number: AESATA-2P-PCIe