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Product Specifications

See also Chapter 1 on page 23 for a general overview of the key features.

18.1 Physical Features

These are the main external physical features.

Table 117 Physical Features

USB Ports

3 USB (version 2) ports.

 

Copy or sync files directly from the NSA to compatible USB

 

devices like card readers, MP3 players, mass storage

 

devices, and digital cameras without using a computer. Copy

 

or sync files directly from a USB device to the NSA.

 

Expand the NSA’s storage capacity with compatible USB

 

devices (like hard drives).

 

 

Gigabit Ethernet Port

The 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-negotiating Ethernet port

 

allows the NSA to detect the speed of incoming

 

transmissions and adjust appropriately without manual

 

intervention. It allows data transfer of either 100 Mbps or

 

1000 Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode

 

depending on your Ethernet network. Use an 8-wire

 

Ethernet cable for Gigabit connections. The port is also auto-

 

crossover (MDI/MDI-X) meaning it automatically adjusts to

 

either a crossover or straight-through Ethernet cable.

 

Actual data throughput varies depending on the network

 

conditions and environmental factors, including volume of

 

network traffic, network overhead and building materials.

 

 

SATA Interface

The NSA supports two SATA II interfaces (backwards

 

compatible to SATA). Serial ATA is a low cost interface

 

technology that allows high speed data transfer. Serial ATA

 

also allows more efficient internal airflow and smaller

 

chassis design.

 

 

 

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