Rocket 1204 PCIe 3.0 x8 4-Port M.2 NVMe Switch AIC R1204 Features: Up to 4 NVMe SSDs PCle 3.0 x8 Host Interface Fully compliant with Industry standard PCle 3.0 Slots; no-Bifurcation dependency or need for a specific brand/model of motherboard Integrated, High-Performance, Intelligent PCle Switch technology can allocate up to x4 dedicated lanes to each M.2 Slot Native, in-box NVMe driver support for all major OS platforms Broad Compatibility with current computing platforms: HP, Dell, Alienware, Legacy Mac Pro, 2019 Mac Pro, Apple M1 Platforms Silent, Fan-less Cooling System Specifications: Bus Interface PCI-Express 3.0 x8 Number of Channel / Port 4x M.2 NVMe port (Dedicated PCIe 3.0 x4 per port) Data Transfer Rate 8 GT/s Number of device 4x M.2 NVMe SSD SSD Form Factor 2242/2260/2280/22110 (supports single & double sided) Form Factor Full-Height Card Dimensions 7.68" (W) x 4.41" (H) x 0.71" (D) Warranty 1 Year Card Weight 1.39 lbs. Supported Operating Systems OS Microsoft Windows; VMware vSphere/ESXi; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; SuSE Linux; Ubuntu Linux; Citrix XenServer; CentOS Linux; Debian Linux; Oracle Enterprise Linux; Fedora; FreeBSD; macOS; (All operating systems with native NVMe driver can be supported.) System Requirements Mac Platforms: Apple Mac Pro Systems: 2012 and later Intel & Apple M1 & Apple M2 Platform compatible Thunderbolt™ 3 Connectivity via Thunderbolt™ Expansion chassis: RocketStor6661B PC Platforms: Any PC Systems or Motherboard with an industry standard PCIe x8 or x16 physical Slot (Bifurcation is not required) Thunderbolt™ 3 Connectivity (requires a PC platform with a Thunderbolt 3 port) & Thunderbolt™ Expansion chassis: RocketStor6661B Cooling System Fan-less, Full-length anodized aluminum Heat sink Operating Environment Work Temp +5°C ~ + 55°C Storage Temp -20°C ~ +80°C Operating Voltage PCI-e: 12V, 3.3V Power Typical: 7.65W MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) 920,585 Hours Certification / Approval CE, FCC, RoHS, REACH, WEEE Kit Contents 1x R1204 1x Quick Installation Guide