SUPER MICRO Computer P4SCT User Manual
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UPER P4SCT/P4SCT+/P4SCT+II User’s Manual
Marvell's 88SX5041 Host Controller
(*For the P4SCT+/P4SCT+II only)
The Marvell 88SX5080 device is a PCI/PCI-X to Serial ATA (SATA)
host controller with expansion ROM interface. Based upon the SATA
interface specification, the 88SX5080 device provides solutions for
designs based on chipsets that do not integrate a SATA host controller.
With the expansion ROM interface, the 88SX5080device enables the
88SX5080 add-in cards to boot from the host controller.
Serial ATA(SATA) Interface
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4-port 1.5 Gbps SATA
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Compliant with SATA rev. 1.0 specifications
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Compliant with ATA-6 specifications
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Up to 32 Outstanding commands
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Supports device 48-bit addressing
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Supports SATA Power Saving Mode
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With Hot-swap capability
64-bit PCI/PCI-X Interface
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PCI 2.2 Compliant 32/64-bit bus, up to 66 MHz
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PCI-X Rev. 1.0 Compliant 32/64-bit bus, up to 66 MHz
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Supports 64-bit addressing via Dual Address Cycle (DAC) Transactions
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Compliant with PCI Power Management (PMG)
Features
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Supports up to two outstanding delayed read transactions (PCI 2.2)
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Supports up to four split transactions (PCI-X)
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Supports UP TO 4 MB expansion ROM for add-in cards
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Serial EPROM initialization interface
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Enhanced-DMA (EDMA) per SATA port
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Automatic command execution without host intervention