Promise Technology 66 Pro - Manual

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – SuperTrak66TM User's Manual; Copyright; IMPORTANT DATA PROTECTION INFO; Notice
  • Page 3 – Table of Contents
  • Page 10 – Manual Conventions; Supplementary note containing important information
  • Page 11 – NOTES
  • Page 12 – Introduction; What is SuperTrak66?; O architecture and employs Intel’s i960RD
  • Page 13 – Key Features
  • Page 14 – Windows NT
  • Page 16 – Getting Started; . Users should record their current CMOS; Unpacking SuperTrak66; NOTE
  • Page 18 – Quick Installation Checklist; Hardware Installation; At least one drive is cabled and attached to the controller.; Software Installation; Promise SuperTrak66 BIOS is loading correctly at system boot
  • Page 20 – BIOS Utility; Please note that this is NOT
  • Page 22 – Driver Installation for Existing Windows NT 4.0 System
  • Page 23 – Driver Installation During New Install of Windows NT 4.0
  • Page 24 – SuperCheck Installation; O device driver is installed as detailed on p. 9 before moving on to
  • Page 26 – SuperBuildTM; This chapter contains a; Setup Task Quick Reference; Setup Checklist; Restart the system for the changes to take effect.; Common Tasks
  • Page 28 – SuperTrak BIOS Reference; Figure 5: SuperTrak66 BIOS startup
  • Page 29 – Main Menu; Figure 6: SuperBuild Array Utility Main Menu
  • Page 31 – Auto Setup Configuration; Mode
  • Page 32 – View Drive Assignments; Drive Model
  • Page 34 – Define Array Definition Menu; Figure 10: Define Array Definition Menu screen
  • Page 35 – Creating a RAID 0 Array
  • Page 36 – Creating a Mirroring Array with an Existing Data Drive; Figure 12: Source Disk Window for Mirroring Existing Data
  • Page 37 – Assigning Four Drives to a Mirroring Array; Assigning Drives to a RAID 3 Array
  • Page 38 – Creating a RAID 5 Array; Assigning Drives to a RAID 5 Array
  • Page 39 – Assigning Drives to a Spanning Array
  • Page 40 – Disk Array Recognition Order; Saved Disk Array Information
  • Page 41 – Controller Configuration
  • Page 43 – SuperCheckTM Setup; O driver, and the SuperCheck Monitoring Utility.
  • Page 45 – SuperCheck Installation; “Installation; Installation Scenarios; “SuperCheck Administration.”
  • Page 47 – Common Component Installation
  • Page 52 – SuperCheck Administration; Creating Message Servers & Agents
  • Page 53 – Array Administration; Setting Up Email Notification
  • Page 54 – Identifying Problems
  • Page 55 – SuperCheck Quick Reference; To Create A New Message Server; Users
  • Page 58 – Removing an User From an Email Receiver List; Email receiver list; Adding/Removing Events to/from Email Alert Notification
  • Page 59 – Using SuperCheckTM; Tree View
  • Page 60 – Using Tree View; Figure 24: Using Tree View
  • Page 61 – Console & Server level rights; : no special user or administrative rights; Array & User level rights; Refreshing SuperTrak Monitoring
  • Page 62 – Using Object View; Figure 25: Using Object View; Using Information View; Figure 26: Using Information View
  • Page 63 – Using Status Bar; Figure 27: Using Status Bar; Using Pull-Down Menu Items
  • Page 64 – Using View Pull-Down Menu; Figure 30: Using Connection Pull-Down Menu
  • Page 65 – Using Preference Pull-Down Menu; Figure 31: Using Preference Pull-Down Menu; Using Help Pull-Down Menu; About SuperCheck
  • Page 66 – Using Help Topics; Contents
  • Page 70 – Console Functions; Creating A New Message Server; Figure 36: Creating New Message Server pull-downs
  • Page 71 – Viewing Console Object icons; Figure 38: Console Object View
  • Page 72 – Message Server Functions; Deleting A Message Server; Figure 39: Deleting Message Server pull-down; Disconnecting A Message Server; ) Right-click on the “Message Server” icon in the Tree View area of the
  • Page 73 – Connecting The Message Server
  • Page 74 – Switching to Another Server
  • Page 75 – Viewing Message Server Object icons; Figure 42: Message Server Information View; Viewing Message Server Information; Label
  • Page 77 – Message Agent Functions; Accessing Message Agent; Save password; Creating A New User
  • Page 79 – Setting Up E-mail Alert Notification; Email alert on error; Adding an User to an Email Receiver List
  • Page 81 – Scheduling Array Synchronization; Figure 50: Scheduling Array Synchronization
  • Page 84 – Email ID; Alert Reci pients Email Address List
  • Page 86 – User Management Functions; Creating A New User; Deleting an Existing User
  • Page 87 – Changing Passwords
  • Page 88 – User Information View; User Name
  • Page 90 – O RAID Functions; Viewing I; Type
  • Page 91 – Creating a New Array; New
  • Page 92 – Reading/Clearing Events from SuperTrak Memory Buff e r
  • Page 93 – Using The Event Viewer; and click “Close” button.; Changing Flush Memory Timing
  • Page 94 – Changing Dirty Threshold Flush Start Setting; Figure 64: IOPx Object View icons
  • Page 95 – IOPx Information View; System Information
  • Page 97 – Viewing Channel Object icons
  • Page 98 – Hard Drive Functions; Hard Drive Information View; Disk Model Name
  • Page 99 – Enclosure Functions; The “Enclosure; Enabling Rebuild/Synchronization Beeper; Figure 68: Enclosure Object View
  • Page 100 – Enclosure Information View; Figure 69: Enclosure Information View
  • Page 101 – Array Functions; turn on/off read and write back cache, and view cache statistics.; Deleting an Existing Array; to back up any needed data before deletion.
  • Page 102 – Rebuilding An Array; the same capacity or larger.
  • Page 103 – Using Rebuild Wizard; Figure 72: Rebuild Wizard Step 1
  • Page 104 – Step 2; Figure 73: Rebuild Wizard Step 2
  • Page 105 – To Stop Rebuild; mirrored Array in Tree View.
  • Page 106 – Halting Synchronization
  • Page 107 – Turning On Read Cache
  • Page 108 – Viewing Cache Memory Statistics; area. A description of the statistics is provided on p. 98.; Viewing Array Object icons; Figure 78: Array Object View
  • Page 109 – Information View; Figure 79: Array Information View
  • Page 113 – RAID Setup
  • Page 114 – Application Scenarios; High Performance Desktop PCs Working With Large Files
  • Page 115 – Mid-Sized Windows NT Application Server
  • Page 116 – Largest Storage Capacity Required; Spanning; RAID Implementation
  • Page 117 – Data striping with dedicated parity drive (RAID 3)
  • Page 119 – RAID Management & Operation; Critical & Offline Arrays
  • Page 120 – Configuration Ideas; Fault Tolerance; could
  • Page 121 – Troubleshooting; Buzzer Alarms; the monitor will not turn on.; Check to ensure that the memory module is properly seated.; by some error messages.
  • Page 122 – LED Display Codes; Event: LEDs on the card backplane turn on a few seconds after system
  • Page 123 – SuperTrak66 BIOS Error Messages; No Array is defined...
  • Page 124 – Installation & Runtime Problems; Event: SuperTrak66 BIOS does not show up
  • Page 125 – Technology Background; Introduction to RAID; NOTE: Promise recommends to use a block size smaller than
  • Page 133 – O technology
  • Page 135 – SuperTrak66 Technical Specifications; Data Protection Features
  • Page 137 – Frequently Asked Questions; Q: What kind of hard drives can I use for a SuperTrak66 array?; can; Q: Can I use ATAPI devices on the SuperTrak66 controller?
  • Page 138 – Drive Issues
  • Page 140 – Q: How can I change the IRQ setting for the SuperTrak66 controller?
  • Page 141 – Q: How can I be sure that write -back cache has flushed before I reboot; NOTE: powering off before a proper shutdown is; Q: Why can’t I see the drives on the SuperTrak66 under FDISK?
  • Page 143 – Contacting Technical Support; Technical Support Services
  • Page 146 – Limited Warranty; under normal use and service.; Disclaimer of other warranties
  • Page 148 – Returning Product For Repair
  • Page 149 – Your Responsibilities
  • Page 150 – Glossary of Terms
  • Page 156 – INDEX; Bootable
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Page 2 - SuperTrak66TM User's Manual; Copyright; IMPORTANT DATA PROTECTION INFO; Notice

SuperTrak66™ User's Manual i Copyright Copyright by Promise Technology, Inc. (“Promise”), 2000. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of Promise. Trademarks All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. IMPORTANT ...

Page 3 - Table of Contents

SuperTrak66™ User's Manual ii Table of Contents Introduction ________________________________ _________ 1 1.1 Promise Technology, Inc.________________________________1 1.2 What is SuperTrak66?___________________________________1 1.3 Key Features __________________________________________2 1.4 System...

Page 10 - Manual Conventions; Supplementary note containing important information

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