Promise Technology EX4650A, EX8650A user manual Compatibility Features Benefits

	Chapter 1: Introduction
Advanced Hardware Design
Features	Benefits
Displays status and error	Notifies user of possible errors and allows for
checking messages during	recovery of mirrored drive logical drives directly
bootup	from SuperBuild™.
Supports S.M.A.R.T.	Polls status at set intervals, reports through
monitoring and reporting	WebPAM PRO.
Employs the latest Promise	Fully supports Serial ATA specifications with 150
PCI Express SATA/SAS ASIC	and 300 MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking
technology	at high speeds.
Mirror supports automatic	Fault tolerance can be restored automatically
background rebuilds	without rebooting.
DOS based flash upgrade of	Verifies proper file, option to backup existing file.
BIOS and Firmware	Download files from Promise website.
Capacity coercion	Supports four schemes of capacity coercion.
System reboot not required	System boot process continues without
after create, delete, migrate or	restarting.
expand logical drive
	Compatibility
Features	Benefits
Complies with PCI v2.3 Local	Provides highest level of hardware compatibility.
Bus standard
Complies with PCI Express	Provides highest level of hardware compatibility
Specification 1.0a
Complies with SATA	Provides full compatibility with first generation
Specification 1.0a	SATA hard drives.
Complies with SATA II:	Provides enclosure and drive monitoring
Extensions to SATA 1.0a	compatibility.
Specification
Complies with SAS	Provides full compatibility with SAS hard drives.
Specification 1.1
Compliant with PCI Bus	Provides 32-bit I/O and, Bus Master, and Serial
Master standard. PCI Bus	ATA performance for optimal system
Master support	performance.

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