Thunderlink

ThunderLink is a legacy expansion adapter for the Thunderbolt computer bus interface, which added support for SAS, SATA, fibre optic and Ethernet interfaces. The adapter could support throughput speeds of up to 10Gb/s.^[1]

ATTO Technology ThunderLink devices were a purpose built Thunderbolt product designed to connect virtualized Mac hardware to 16Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel storage solutions within VMware VSphere environments.

This provided a solution for Apple technologies application development and testing environments, virtual desktop infrastructure and cloud hosting or shared private cloud.^[2]

References

↑ "ATTO Introduces Thunderlink Adapters for Thunderbolt Users". http://www.syntechsa.co.za/atto-thunderlink-adapters/.
↑ "ATTO ThunderLink® enables VMware® ESXi™ for Mac Pro®". 24 August 2017. https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/08/24/1100021/0/en/ATTO-ThunderLink-enables-VMware-ESXi-for-Mac-Pro.html.

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[1] "ATTO Introduces Thunderlink Adapters for Thunderbolt Users". http://www.syntechsa.co.za/atto-thunderlink-adapters/.

[2] "ATTO ThunderLink® enables VMware® ESXi™ for Mac Pro®". 24 August 2017. https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/08/24/1100021/0/en/ATTO-ThunderLink-enables-VMware-ESXi-for-Mac-Pro.html.