Sonnet Tempo
SATA E2P, PCI Express eSATA SATA II Host Controller
The Sonnet Tempo SATA E2P features two external 300 MB/s SATA (eSATA) ports and supports SATA drive enclosures with port multipliers (like Sonnet’s Fusion 500P), which enable the use of up to 10 disk drives. Perfect for connecting mass storage, this card offers an affordable way to add external SATA connections. Tempo SATA E2P may be installed in any PCI Express slot, and is RoHS compliant.
Use the Sonnet Tempo SATA E2P to connect up to two external eSATA hard drives to your
PCI Express equipped computer. Or through its support of port multipliers on the
eSATA ports—the two ports can handle up to ten hard drives*! Used with high-performance drive enclosures like
the Sonnet Fusion 500P Enclosure or this 5-Bay
SATA Port Multiplier Enclosure, this card can manage the data flow of up to five drives in one enclosure through a single cable. Using
high capacity 500GB drives, you can connect an astounding 5 Terabytes (5,000 Gigabytes!) of striped RAID storage!
Features:
Two eSATA ports
3 Gb/s per port SATA II controller
FIS-based port multiplier-aware to support up to 10 hard disk drives*
Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) support for compatibility with all SATA hard drives
Hot-swap drive support
Compatible with Mac Pro, Xserve, and PCI Express models of Power Mac G5 and Windows PCs
Desktop computer with available PCI Express (PCI-e) slot
Windows XP SP2
Mac
Pro, Power Mac G5 Dual-Core
with Mac OS X 10.4.x or later Not compatible with G5s having PCI-X slots. If you are not sure what type of slots you have, check your manual.
