
eSATA-Based
Capacity
Expansion
With eSATA-based Capacity
Expansion, the capacity of a
SiI5734 enabled external enclo-
sure can easily be expanded by
adding additional SteelVine
enabled devices in a cascaded
topology. When in BIG mode,
these additional devices will
dynamically appear to the
host system as increased
storage capacity in the exist-
ing SteelVine volume.
SiI5734
Features
Serial ATA Host Interface Features
Serial ATA Gen2m compliance
eSATA and 2-meter cable support
3 Gbps (auto-negotiates to 1.5 Gbps)
Compatible with PM aware and non-PM
aware hosts
Allows multiple drives to be accessed by non-
PM aware drive hosts
Supports NCQ
USB Host Interface Features
Complies with USB 2.0 specification
480 Mb/s (can auto-negotiate to 12 Mb/s)
Compatible with OHCI / UHCI / EHCI hosts
Supports up to four LUNs
Supports Mass Storage Class
Device Interface Features
Serial ATA Gen2m compliance
eSATA and 2-meter cable support
3 Gbps (auto-negotiates to 1.5 Gbps)
Independent 8 KB FIFO / Port
Power management capabilities
Supports hot plug
Supports ATAPI & asynchronous notification
Electrical Specifications
GPIO pins: 9 GPI, 6 GPO
3.3V IO supply, 1.8V core supply
1.02 watts (typical)
Environmental
Operating temperature: 0oC to 70oC
Operating relative humidity: 5% to 80%
Non-operating relative humidity: 5% to 95%
Physical Specifications
88-pin QFN
10mm x 10mm
Additional SteelVine features
No driver, BIOS or software required
User API interface through I
2
C
No drive reformatting on RAID change
Email Notification
Optional XML API
Optional SteelVine Manager GUI
Mandatory SMART commands available
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Part Number: SiI5734
SiI PB-61 rev1 8/06
Silicon Image, Inc.
1060 E. Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
T 408.616.4000
F 408.830.9530
www.siliconimage.com
Capacity Expansion Diagram
Block Diagram