The Mini-SAS HD Active Optical Cable is SAS 2.1 and SAS 3.0 compliant industry standards as well as the SFF-8636 interface standard. The four-channel cable features a 3.3V power supply voltage, a 12Gb/s data rate per lane, and a durability rating of 270 cycles. Used primarily for external enterprise storage applications (box-to-box, server to storage, server to switch).