AXAGON PCES-SA4

The AXAGON PCES-SA4 PCI-Express controller extends your desktop PC with high-speed SATA III ports with a transmission rate up to 6 Gb/sec.
The output of two independent SATA channels can be set using jumpers either to a pair of external eSATA connectors or to internal SATA connectors, or possibly to set a combination of one external and one internal connector.
The card equipped with ASMedia (subsidiary of ASUS) chipset not only supports SATA 3.0 specification, but also other SATA technologies such as Hot-Plug, Native Command Queue (NCQ), TRIM, or Port Multiplier.

Input:
PCI-Express 2.0 interface, PCI-Express 1.0a / 1.1 / 2.1 / 3.0 compatible.
 Number of 1-Lane (x1) lines compatible with x1 / x4 / x8 / x16 PCIe slots.
Bandwidth of 1-Lane PCI-Express 2.0 bus 5 Gb/sec.

Output:
2x independent Serial ATA port, SATA III 6G standard.
Output to any combination of two external eSATA connectors and two internal SATA connectors.
Supports all SATA I / SATA II / SATA III optical drives, SSDs and hard disks of all capacities.
Properties:
Full Plug and Play support.
Customised configuration of SATA output connectors using jumpers on the controller.
Compliant with Serial ATA 3.1 specification (SATA/600), transmission rates of up to 6Gb/sec (600MB/sec).
Compliant with Serial ATA 2.0 specification (SATA/300), transmission rates of up to 3Gb/sec (300MB/sec).
Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification (SATA/150), transmission rates of up to 1.5Gb/sec (150MB/sec).
Compliant with Serial ATA AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) specification of 1.3 revision.
Hot Plug support for connecting and disconnecting SATA devices while running.
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) support.
TRIM feature support for SSD disks.
Supports Port Multiplier with FIS-based switching.
The controller has its own BIOS - it supports booting from connected disks.
Two 2-pin sockets for connecting HDD LED indicator light of the case.
ASMedia ASM1061 chipset is used.

Supported operating systems:
 MS Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 and later, Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / 2012 and later (supports all 32- and 64-bit Windows OS versions), Linux with kernel 2.6.x and above.

Package contains:
PCI-Express controller, cable for connection to the HDD LED on the case, printed installation guide in English, Czech, Slovak and Polish, packed in a cardboard box.