Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM - Manual

Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – All trademarks are the property of their respective holders.; Important data protection information
  • Page 3 – FastTrak100 User Manual; Table of Contents; CMOS S
  • Page 4 – RAID L
  • Page 5 – Introduction; Getting Started; What is the FastTrak100 RAID Card?
  • Page 6 – single
  • Page 7 – Keys Features and Benefits; Advanced Hardware Design; coexists; automenu from the
  • Page 9 – NOTES
  • Page 10 – Unpacking Your FastTrak100; FastTrak100 User’s Manual
  • Page 11 – Installing The Card; Figure 1
  • Page 12 – Installing The Hard Drives; WARNING; Jumper Settings; IDE Channel 1
  • Page 13 – NOTE
  • Page 14 – Checking CMOS Settings; automatically
  • Page 15 – Creating Your Disk Array
  • Page 18 – Optimize Array for
  • Page 19 – progress screen will appear.; Installing Driver; chapter on page 34 to install the FastTrak100
  • Page 21 – Using FastBuildTM Configuration Utility; The FastBuild; Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and; Viewing FastTrak100 BIOS Screen; The array status consists of three possible conditions:; Functional; Setup utility, and then replace the problem drive.; Offline
  • Page 22 – Navigating the FastBuildTM Setup Menu; Using the Main Menu; This is the first option screen when entering the FastBuild; To rebuild a mirrored array, see “Rebuilding an Array” on page 30.; : After installing the FastTrak100 card and configuring an array
  • Page 23 – Auto Setup Options Menu; Optimize Array For
  • Page 25 – Viewing Drive Assignments
  • Page 26 – Manually Creating an Array; disk array creation.
  • Page 27 – Selecting Stripe Block; drive to the disk array.
  • Page 28 – Press “N” for the Create Only option.; Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive
  • Page 29 – your selection. The window below will appear.
  • Page 30 – Array has been created.; Making a FastTrak100 Disk Array Bootable; system will now recognize this array as the first array seen; Creating a “Hot” Spare Drive for Mirrored Arrays
  • Page 31 – How FastTrak100 Saves Array Information
  • Page 32 – Deleting An Array; are assigned to this array.; continue array deletion:
  • Page 33 – Define Array menu from the FastBuild Main Menu.
  • Page 34 – Rebuilding A Mirrored Array
  • Page 35 – Please Wait While Duplicating The Image
  • Page 36 – Viewing Controller Settings; Halting FastTrak BIOS On Bootup Errors
  • Page 38 – Installing Drivers; Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation; Press “O” to select “Other” and press the “Enter” key.
  • Page 39 – Confirming Windows 2000 Installation; Choose the “Hardware” tab, then click the “Device Manager” tab.
  • Page 40 – Microsoft Millennium; Installing Drivers During Millennium Installation
  • Page 41 – Confirming Driver Installation in Millennium
  • Page 43 – Choose the “Driver” tab in the “P roperties” window, and then press the
  • Page 45 – Choose “Settings” from the “Start” menu.
  • Page 47 – Removing the Driver from Windows NT 4.0
  • Page 48 – Using The FastCheckTM Monitoring Utility; Installing FastCheck; From the Start Button on the Windows Taskbar, choose Run.
  • Page 49 – Running FastCheck
  • Page 50 – Using FastC heck Array Window; Viewing Array Information; heads, and sectors of the array’s “virtual” drive as seen by the system
  • Page 54 – Synchronizing An Array
  • Page 55 – Click OK button or close the window to proceed.
  • Page 56 – Rebuilding An Array; Using Rebuild Wizard
  • Page 58 – Once Array Rebuild has begun, users are returned to the FastCheck
  • Page 59 – Using Controller Window; Viewing Controller Card Information
  • Page 62 – on type of drive and cable used.; Using Options Window
  • Page 66 – Enable Write Cache; checkbox allows user to enable/disable write caching for
  • Page 67 – checkbox allows user to have FastChec k appear on the; Always on Top; checkbox tells the Utility to appear above all programs until; Enable Password; checkbox in the Preferences section turns on/off use of a
  • Page 68 – Changing Password
  • Page 69 – Understanding Disk Array Concepts; About FastTrak100 Disk Array Adapter; setup to select from menu; FastBuild
  • Page 70 – Disk Array Terms; matched performance
  • Page 71 – About RAID Levels; Stripe Size
  • Page 72 – Fault Tolerance; utility will display an error in the array and
  • Page 73 – About Dual Data Redundancy
  • Page 75 – Troubleshooting & Tips; PromiseOnline; services listed in Appendix A.; Motherboard Issues; Freeing additional IRQ resources
  • Page 79 – Your choices are as follows:; Fix the Error Block; : FastTrak100 will take a good data block from either; Skip the Error Block; : FastTrak100 will log the event error and continue the
  • Page 80 – Operating System-Related Errors; Different drive lettering under Windows NT
  • Page 85 – Frequently Asked Questions; Q: What kind of hard drives can I use for a FastTrak100 array?; can; Q: Can I use ATAPI devices on the FastTrak100 controller?; ATAPI packet messages.; Q: Will the FastTrak/100 work with a 37Mhz or 41Mhz PCI bus speed?; A: The current PCI 2.1 specification is for a 33Mhz PCI bus speed. The; Q: How can I change the resources that the FastTrak uses?
  • Page 87 – Drive Issues
  • Page 88 – Installation Issues; A: Some hard drive models are shipped with a jumper that reduces the
  • Page 91 – Appendix A; Contacting Promise Support; Technical Support Services
  • Page 93 – Appendix B; Limited Warranty; under normal use and service.; Disclaimer of other warranties
  • Page 95 – Appendix C; Returning Product For Repair
  • Page 96 – Your Responsibilities
  • Page 97 – INDEX; Defining; Drive status
  • Page 98 – Reserved Sectors, 61
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Page 2 - All trademarks are the property of their respective holders.; Important data protection information

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 data protection information Y...

Page 3 - FastTrak100 User Manual; Table of Contents; CMOS S

FastTrak100 User Manual Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................1 W HAT IS THE F AST T RAK 100 RAID C ARD ? ..........................................................1 K EYS F EATURES AND B ENEFITS .....................

Page 4 - RAID L

FastTrak100 User Manual D ISK A RRAY T ERMS ...................................................................................... 66 A BOUT RAID L EVELS ....................................................................................67 TROUBLESHOOTING & TIPS ...................................

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