Our new POWERLINK extends your SCSI bus up to 10Km while supporting a maximum SCSI data rate of 40 MBytes per second. Now you can fully utilize Ultra Wide SCSI performance, available in the latest generation of computers and peripheral devices, without needing to collectively locate their system resources. POWERLINK provides real time access to remote peripheral devices such as RAID arrays, tape libraries, optical jukeboxes and CD-ROM towers that are located up to 10Km from the host computer.
POWERLINK conforms to ANSI X3.131 and X3T9.2 specifications and is SCSI-1, SCSI-2, and SCSI-3 compatible. To support the full range of SCSI peripherals available in the marketplace, POWERLINK comes equipped with both narrow and wide SCSI connectors and is available in single-ended or differential SCSI versions. The single-ended version can operate with a differential unit to provide conversion from one SCSI bus type to another. POWERLINK supports any combination of asynchronous and synchronous SCSI devices on the bus. Because it does not occupy a SCSI bus ID, POWERLINK is completely transparent to the rest of the system. Featuring three flexible extension interfaces, POWERLINK supports low cost coax for extensions up to 30 metres, high performance coax to 100 meters, and fibre optic interfaces for distances from 300 meters to 10Km. POWERLINK’s fibre optic interface incorporates industry-standard SC optical connectors. SCSI data is converted into a proprietary high speed 1.06 Gbps serial data stream and is transmitted to another POWERLINK which converts the serial data stream back to the proper SCSI signals. Fibre optic open loop protection is also provided. POWERLINK electronically disconnects the SCSI bus in the event of a fibre optic link failure.

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