Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM - Manual (Page 21)

FastTrak100 User Manual
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Using FastBuild™ Configuration Utility
The FastBuild T M Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and
manage the drive array on the Promise FastTrak100 adapter. For purposes of this
manual, it is assumed you have already created an array in the previous chapter
and now wish to make a change to the array or view other options.
Viewing FastTrak100 BIOS Screen
When you boot your system with the FastTrak100 card and drives installed, the
Promise onboard BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following
screen.
FastTrak100 (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Scanning IDE drives . . . . .
If an array exists already, the BIOS will display the following screen showing the
card’s BIOS version and status of the array.
FastTrak100 (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ID MODE SIZE TRACK-MAPPING STATUS
1 * 2+0 Stripe
16126M 611/128/32 Functional
Press to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility....
The array status consists of three possible conditions: Functional, Critical, Offline.
Functional - The array is operational.
Critical - A mirrored array contains a drive that has failed or disconnected. The
remaining drive member in the array is functional. However, the array has
temporarily lost its ability to provide fault tolerance. The user should identify the
failed drive through the FastBuild
 Setup utility, and then replace the problem drive.
Offline - A mirrored array has 2 drives that have failed/disconnected or a striped
array has 1 drive that has failed or been disconnected. When the array condition is
“offline,” the user must replace the failed drive(s), then restore data from a backup
source.