Promise Technology EX4650, EX8658, EX8654, EX8650 manual Advanced Hardware Design Features Benefits

	Chapter 1: Introduction
Advanced Hardware Design
Features	Benefits
Supports online logical drive	Add disk drives to the array without affecting
expansion	data availability.
Supports online logical drive	Change RAID level without affecting data
migration	availability.
Utilizes SuperBuild™	Has “Auto Setup” option for quick and easy
automenu from the SuperTrak	logical drive builds.
onboard BIOS
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.
Automatic background	Fault tolerance can be restored automatically
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 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

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