Additionally, the SPMH3726 contains a SATA enclosure management bridge (SEMB) to pass in-band enclosure management information between the host and an enclosure management device. The SPMH3726 supports host and device link rates of 1.5Gbps and 3Gbps with auto-negotiation allowing system designers to utilize 3Gbps host links with today?s 1.5Gbps hard drives, and to futureproof designs for the emergence of 3Gbps SATA hard drives.
Additionally, the feature-rich SPMH3726 supports all the port multiplier related SATA II extensions allowing system designers to exploit the full potential of SATA in their storage solutions.
With its unique data aggregation capability and 3Gbps serial link capability, the SPMH3726 is able to take full advantage of 3Gbps host link bandwidth and FIS-based switching host controllers by bundling together data from device ports and sending it over the 3Gbps host link. SPMH3726 is 1-to-5 SATA Port Multiplier designed to provide a high performance link between a single SATA host port and 5 SATA device ports. Supports host control of hard disk drive staggered spin-upĪll ports support hot plug and extended (48 bit LBA) drive capability.įeatures independent 8 KByte FIFO per Device Serial ATA channel for reads and writesĬoupling with SATA2-PCIE02 or SATA2-PCIX01 to support RAID Function (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, Concatenated and JBOD). Supports host and device link rates of 1.5Gbps and 3Gbps with auto-negotiation One to Five SATA Port Multiplier (SCSI I 50pin Low Density Centronics Connector Form Factor)įull support for FIS-based switching and command-based switching SATA host controllers