MPC8536-RDK Freescale Semiconductor, MPC8536-RDK Datasheet - Page 1231

Manufacturer Part Number

BOARD REF COMEXPRESS MPC8536

Manufacturer

Freescale Semiconductor

PowerQUICC ™r

CSB1880, CSB1801, Cables, Documentation, Enclosure, Power Supply with cord

For Use With/related Products

Lead Free Status / RoHS Status

Lead free / RoHS Compliant

SATA Controller

The serial ATA controller is a high-performance SATA solution incorporating some of the latest SATA-IO

extensions. The SATA may also be referred to as a host bus adapter (HBA). The SATA controller is

designed to operate in a system that supports command queuing and, in particular, a switching scheme

based on a frame information structure (FIS) using port multipliers.

FIS-based switching requires the SATA controller to maintain in hardware a context for each command it

has queued at the devices that are attached to it. FIS-based switching also requires the SATA controller to

maintain a queue per attached device ensuring that the command issue order for each device is maintained.

It can be used in SATA controllers, as well as storage area network (SAN), network attached storage

(NAS), and RAID (redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks) devices.

SATA controller has the following features:

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Designed to comply with Serial ATA 2.5 Specification

Supports speeds: 1.5 Gbps (first-generation SATA), 3 Gbps (second-generation SATA and eSATA)

Supports advanced technology attachment packet interface (ATAPI) devices

Contains high-speed descriptor-based DMA controller

Supports native command queuing (NCQ) commands

Supports port multiplier operation

Supports hot plug including asynchronous signal recovery

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