Promise Technology SuperTrack EX8658 STEX8658 Dépliant

Milpitas, USA
Tel: +1 408 228 1400
E-mail: sales

@

promise.com

Beijing, China/Shanghai, China
Tel: +86 10 8857 8085/8095 (Beijing)
Tel: +86 21 6249 4192/93/99(Shanghai)
E-mail: sales

@

promisechina.com

Wokingham, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 0 870 112 59 77
E-mail: sales

@

promise-emea.com

Dortmund, Germany
Tel: +49 0 2 31 56 76 48 0
E-mail: sales-de

@

promise-emea.com

Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0 6 367 126 26
E-mail: sales-it

@

promise-emea.com

Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
Tel: +886 3 578 2395
E-mail: sales

@

promise.com.tw

Son, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 0 40 235 2600
E-mail: sales

@

promise-emea.com

Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 3 5333 3631
E-mail: sales-jp

@

promise.com.tw

DSPN: G61300000000023-1     09/03/2008

Controller 
Configuration

•  Four internal SAS/SATA ports at 3Gb/s 
•  Four external SAS/SATA ports at 3Gb/s 

— One SAS SFF-8088 connector
— One SAS SFF-8087 connector

•  1.2Ghz Intel 81348 XScale I/O processor
•  Onboard 512MB ECC DDR II memory

•  Eight external SAS/SATA ports at 3Gb/s

— Two SAS SFF-8088 connectors

•  1.2Ghz Intel 81348 XScale I/O processor
•  Onboard 512MB ECC DDR II memory

Hardware  
Features

•  PCI-Express x8 host bus interface
•  Hardware XOR engine to offload parity calculation
•  Hardware RAID 6 accelerator
•  Low-profile MD2 form factor
•  Optional on-board battery backup unit for data retention up to 72 hours

Supported RAID 
Levels    

•  RAID 0 – Data striped across 1-16 drives for increased performance, but no data protection
•  RAID 1 – Mirrored pair of drives for data protection with increased read performance
•  RAID 1E – Data mirroring extended to maximize balanced performance. Allows odd number drive mirroring
•  RAID 5 – Striped parity on 3-16 drives, ultimate data protection, capacity and performance balance
•  RAID 6 – Double parity for maximum data protection on 4-16 drives; allows double drive failures 

without downtime or data loss

•  RAID 10 – Mirrored pair of RAID 0 for double drive failure protection; can be split into two RAID 0 sets
•  RAID 50 – Striped multiple RAID 5 sets to improve performance and provide additional data protection
•  RAID 60 – Striped multiple RAID 6 sets to allow multiple drive failures to achieve high-data availability

RAID Fault 
Tolerance and 
Robustness 
Features

•  Multiple logical drive support enables combining different RAID levels on one set of disks
•  Read Check table to avoid data read errors
•  PerfectRAID™ technology for error handling and recovery of fatal, media and disk errors
•  Support hot swap of failed drives and hot spares
•  Automatic/Manual rebuild of hot spare drive
•  Background initialization for instant drive availability
•  Supports bad sector remapping
•   Variable stripe block size support to meet various application requirements
•   Synchronization can be scheduled periodically for RAID data consistency

Web-based Promise 
Array Manager

•   Creates, deletes, expands, and converts disk arrays remotely
•   Media Patrol and Redundancy Check scheduling
•   Monitors drive, array, and enclosure status and provides online event logging
•   Email notification of drive, array, controller or enclosure events (e.g. error or degrade conditions)
•   Remote management based on industry standard CIM/WBEM
•   Interface displays in 10 languages
•   CLI support
•   Remote firmware update

Operating System 
Support   

•   Microsoft Windows Vista, 2000, XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
•   Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Miracle Linux, Fedora Core, Linux open source driver (32/64-bit)
•   FreeBSD, VMware 3.0.1/3.0.2

Platform Support

•   Intel IA32, EM64T, and AMD64

SuperBuild™ BIOS   

•   Array configuration utility at the BIOS level
•   BIOS Boot specification support: boot system from any array
•   Flash-upgradeable BIOS for future upgrades

Enclosure 
Management              

•   SES-2 
•   SGPIO 
•   I

2

C 

Cable in Kit

STEX8654
One 0.5-meter cable 

STEX8658
(No cables in kit)

Accessories

Battery Backup Unit PN: STEXBBUIII

Operating 
Temperature

0 to 50°C (40°C w/ BBU) 
Relative humidity: 5%-95% non-condensing

Physical Dimensions

16.7 cm x 6.8 cm (6.6

 x 2.7

) 

Agency Certifications

UL, cUL, CE, FCC Class B, BSMI, VCCI, MIC, C-tick

Limited Warranty

3 Years

Web-based Promise Array Manage- 
ment  (WebPAM  PRO)  software  
offers  professional  management  
tools in a simple-to-use, straight-
forward  format.  Array  configu-
rations,  management  and  moni-
toring  features  are  available  via  
the  web-based  interface.    More- 
over,  the  SuperTrak  EX  family  
supports industry standard SNMP  
and  CIM/WBEM  so  third  party  
management application integrati-
on is simplified.

Promise  Technolog y  is  the  
origina tor  of ATA  RAID  and  is  
a worldwide leader in SAS/SATA 
RAID  with  over  15  million  con-
trollers  shipped.  Using  SAS  and 
SATA  technology  to  design 
and  manuf acture  fast,  reliable,  
cost-effective  data  protection, 
Promise  is  the  preferred  choice 
for SAS/SATA host bus adapters, 
RAID controllers and SAS/SATA 
external storage systems.

With  a  long  history  of  innovation,  Promise Technology  develops  and  manufactures  sophisticated  RAID  solutions  recognized 

worldwide, ranging from a complete line of RAID controller cards to SAS/SATA RAID subsystems. Catering to enterprise, mid-

range and entry-level data protection needs, Promise products are distinguished by their common RAID code, unified management 

interface and unparalleled support. Known as the originator of SATA/ATA RAID products, Promise’s comprehensive product base 

includes  high  available  (HA)  standalone  RAID  subsystems  with  standards-based  management  interfaces,  host-based  (internal) 

RAID controllers, NAS appliances for SOHO, and SATA ASICs integrated into an extensive list of industry-leading motherboards. 

Headquartered  in  Milpitas,  Calif.,  Promise  has  operations  throughout  Asia  and  Europe.  For  more  information,  visit  Promise 

Technology’s website at