SATA ports
The Embedded Server RAID Technology can support up to four ports.
BIOS Features
The BIOS features include
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RAID support before the operating system loads
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automatic detection and configuration of disk drives
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ability to handle configuration changes
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support for Interrupt 13 and Enhanced Disk Drive Specification
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support for RAID levels 0, and 1
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special handling of error log and rebuilding
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ROM option size of 64 Kbyte
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automatic resume of rebuilding and check consistency
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support for BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) (If available in system
BIOS, this allows the user to select the adaptor from which to boot.
Specification v1.01, January 11, 1996)
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co-existence with SCSI and CD devices
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48-bit LBA support for read, write, and cache flush functions
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independent stripe size configuration on each logical drive
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ability to select a logical drive as boot device
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support for power-on self test (POST) Memory Management
(PMM) for the BIOS memory requirement (Specification v1.01,
November 21, 1997)
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enhanced disk drive support (Specification 2.9, revision 08, March
12, 1998)
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Industry-standard EBDA
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Self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
notification at POST
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run-time BIOS support for device insertion or removal
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independent support for WC, RC, and UDMA (direct memory
access)
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support for Stop On Error during bootup
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support to disable/enable BIOS state
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