Promise Technology FastTrak TX2300 - Manual (Page 15)

Chapter 2: Installation
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3. Fasten the controller card bracket to the system’s frame.
4. Attach your system case’s 2- or 4-pin LED cable to the LED connector on the
FastTrak card (see Install the Disk below).
Install the Disk Drives
The FastTrak TX2200 and TX2300 Controller cards support only SATA disk
drives. For optimal performance, install disk drives of the same model and
capacity. The drives’ matched performance allows the logical drive to function
better as a single drive.
The table above shows the number of drives required for each RAID level. If you
plan to create a mirror (RAID 1) for protection, you can use two new drives OR
use an existing drive and a new drive. The new drive must be the same size or
larger than the existing drive.
1. Install the disk drives into the open drive bays of your system.
Important
If you wish to include your current bootable SATA drive using the
Windows operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID
1) logical drive on your FastTrak card, do NOT connect the disk
drive to the FastTrak yet. You MUST install the Windows driver
software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing
disk drive controller.
Level Number of Drives
RAID 0 any number
RAID 1 2 only
JBOD 1 only
Caution
Use of removable physical (disk) drive enclosures other than
Promise Technology’s SuperSwap is not supported and may
result in performance loss or other undesired results.