Promise Technology EX8650 Manuale Utente

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Displays status and error 
checking messages during 
bootup

Notifies user of possible errors and allows for 
recovery of mirrored drive logical drives directly 
from SuperBuild™.

Supports S.M.A.R.T. 
monitoring and reporting

Polls status at set intervals, reports through 
WebPAM PRO.

Employs the latest Promise 
PCI Express SATA/SAS ASIC 
technology

Fully supports Serial ATA specifications with 150 
and 300 MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking 
at high speeds.

Mirror supports automatic 
background rebuilds

Fault tolerance can be restored automatically 
without rebooting.

DOS based flash upgrade of 
BIOS and Firmware

Verifies proper file, option to backup existing file. 
Download files from Promise website.

Capacity coercion

Supports four schemes of capacity coercion.

System reboot not required 
after create, delete, migrate or 
expand logical drive

System boot process continues without 
restarting.

Complies with PCI v2.3 Local 
Bus standard

Provides highest level of hardware compatibility.

Complies with PCI Express 
Specification 1.0a

Provides highest level of hardware compatibility

Complies with SATA 
Specification 1.0a

Provides full compatibility with first generation 
SATA hard drives.

Complies with SATA II: 
Extensions to SATA 1.0a 
Specification

Provides enclosure and drive monitoring 
compatibility.

Complies with SAS 
Specification 1.1

Provides full compatibility with SAS hard drives.

Compliant with PCI Bus 
Master standard. PCI Bus 
Master support 

Provides 32-bit I/O and, Bus Master, and Serial 
ATA performance for optimal system 
performance.