XRS10L120 Datasheet (Exar Corporation) - SERIAL ATA II: 1:2 PORT MULTIPLIER

XRS10L120, SERIAL ATA II: 1:2 PORT MULTIPLIER

The EXAR XRS10L120 is a Serial ATA port multiplier designed for next generation enterprise class disk array systems that use SATA mid-planes.

The device is targeted at low cost storage applications.

This function is used when one active host has to communicate with multiple SATA drives.

The XRS10L12

XRS10L120 Features

* such as staggered HDD spin-up, power management control, hot plug capability and support for legacy software. The XRS10L120 acts as a retimer, maintaining independent signaling domains between the drives themselves and the external interconnect. The high-speed serial input features selectable equali