The DX5-ANT is a XMC style mezzanine card, equipped with a quad-channel PCI Express® to SATA 6Gbps controller, and three on-board sockets for SATA based M.2 module solid state drives (SSD). M.2 (formerly known as NGFF) is a fast growing storage module form factor, with scalable dimensions, typically 22x42mm2 up to 22x80mm2. The Marvell® SATA 3.0 on-board controller allows RAID or non RAID operation. A front bezel eSATA connector is provided for attachment of an external SATA storage device.
The DX5-ANT connects up to four SATA III (6G) devices to a PCIe 2.0 host, delivering up to 1 Gigabyte-per-second (GBps) bandwidth when a two-lane 5.0 Gbps interface is available. In addition, hardware RAID level 0/1/10 operation is supported, enabled by an integrated ARM-based processor to offload the host CPU. With multiple M.2 SSD modules populated on the DX5-ANT, a fast and reliable Terabyte RAID or JBOD system can be configured, suitable e.g. for industrial mass storage applications.
Features
- Form factor XMC single-width mezzanine card 139mm x 74mm
- Stack height 10mm XMC to host (module PCB to carrier card PCB)
- Host I/F Connector P15 XMC (Option XMC 2.0)
- x 1 or x 2 PCI Express® 2.0 (5.0 Gbps), single or dual lane
- SATA RAID Controller
- Marvell® PCI Express® 2.0 to SATA III host controller
- Four SATA 6Gbps interface ports (backward support 3Gbps and 1.5Gbps)
- Native Command Queuing
- Hardware RAID 0/1/10
- On-the-fly AES encryption 128/256-bit
- AHCI driver support
- Marvell HyperDuo technology for automated SSD/HDD tiering
- eSATA Connector
- Front bezel eSATA connector for attachment of an external device
- eSATA is limited to 3Gbps by SATA specification
- eSATA is limited to 2m external cable length by SATA specification
- 6Gbps data rate and/or 5m eSATA cable length with suitable peripheral eSATA devices
- M.2 SATA Module Sockets
- Up to three on-board M.2 (NGFF) SATA SSD modules
- 2230 - 2242 - 2260 - 2280 module size, single- or double-sided, B-key
- Various brands of M.2 SSDs available (e.g. Intel, Micron, Samsung)
- RAID option for dual or triple device configuration
Ordering Options
| Manuf. Part No | | Part Description |
| DX5-1-ANT | | XMC Module, SATA 6Gbps quad channel controller, 3 x M.2 SSD module sockets Type2230/2242/2260/2280-D2-B 1 x eSATA F/P, hardware RAID 0/1/10, PCIe 2.0 dual-lane interface |
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