The hot swap automation test tools and related test kits from Quarch can be used to test the following protocols -

Hot Swap of all kinds of HDD/SDDs, including the following

• 12G SAS SSD/HDD
• 6G SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
• PCIe Gen 3 x16 expansion card
• PCIe SFF 8638 SSD
• SBB 2.x compliant controller blade
• USB 3.0

Cable Pull of all kinds of interface for cable hot plug, like

• 12G SAS (mini-sas-hd interface)
• 6G SAS/SATA (mini-sas)
• e-SATA
• USB 3.0
• QSFP+ interface
• Ethernet interface, 10/100/1000 Bate-T and 1G Base-T links

Physical Layer Switch (Mux) used to swtich the high speed differential signals between initiator (host) and target (device) - THIS IS NOT THE PACKET SWITCH.

• 12 port 12G SAS switch, compatible to 6G SAS/SATA signal switching
• 8 port 6G SATA switch
• 8 port USB 3.0 switch
• 8 port Display port 1.2 switch

Please access Quarch web page for more detailed product information.