Apple Promise SANLink Thunderbolt interface cards/adapter

Promise SANLink Thunderbolt to 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel Adapter The PROMISE SANLink Thunderbolt to Fibre Channel adapter offers unrivaled expansion capability for a new generation of systems featuring Thunderbolt I/O technology. For the first time, SANLink* allows portables and desktop systems previously unable to join a Fibre Channel SAN to now connect at native Fibre Channel speeds. SANLink offers two 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports enabling up to 800MB/s worth of bandwidth, plus it provides two Thunderbolt ports for daisy-chaining Thunderbolt enabled devices.

- Dual 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports
- Dual Thunderbolt enabled ports
- No software installation required
- Qualified with Xsan and StorNext
- Whisper-quiet, fanless design

SANLink* offers dual 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports that auto negotiate 1-, 2- or 4-Gbit/s FC connectivity and is compatible with Apple 4Gbit/s SFP-SFP cables as well as optical SFPs with optical cabling. The SANLink adapter runs at full-duplex bandwidth over a single Thunderbolt connection and delivers full native FC speeds. Dual Thunderbolt I/O ports allow SANLink to daisychain up to a total of six Thunderbolt devices, including products such as PROMISE Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID storage systems, Apple Thunderbolt Displays, and Mini DisplayPort devices.

SANLink enables any system with Thunderbolt I/O technology—such as the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, or Mac mini—to connect to the Fibre Channel SAN. SANLink is a fully qualified solution for Mac OS X and Xsan. Now, any system can connect or act as Xsan server without system type limitations. SANLink is the perfect qualified companion for use with PROMISE VTrak x10 and x30 series Fibre Channel RAID subsystems, as well as other industry-standard Fibre Channel enabled storage devices.

Simple and elegant in design, SANLink delivers an out-of-the-box solution, requiring zero software install and working simply by plugging SANLink into a Thunderbolt port and power adapter.

<b>Highlights</b>

- Dual 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports
- Dual Thunderbolt enabled ports
- No software installation required
- Qualified with Mac OS X v10.6.8 and v10.7 with Thunderbolt Software Update 1.0 or greater
- Qualified with Xsan and StorNext
- Whisper-quiet, fanless design