Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM - Manual (Page 3)

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 .........................................................................3
GETTING STARTED .......................................................................................6
U NPACKING Y OUR F AST T RAK 100 ......................................................................6
I NSTALLING T HE C ARD .....................................................................................7
I NSTALLING T HE H ARD D RIVES ...........................................................................8
C HECKING CMOS S ETTINGS ........................................................................... 10
C REATING Y OUR D ISK A RRAY ......................................................................... 11
USING FASTBUILD™ CONFIGURATION UTILITY........................................... 17
V IEWING F AST T RAK 100 BIOS S CREEN .............................................................17
N AVIGATING THE F AST B UILD ™ S ETUP M ENU ....................................................... 18
C REATING A RRAYS A UTOMATICALLY ................................................................ 19
V IEWING D RIVE A SSIGNMENTS ......................................................................... 21
M ANUALLY C REATING AN A RRAY ....................................................................22
D ELETING A N A RRAY .....................................................................................28
R EBUILDING A M IRRORED A RRAY .....................................................................30
V IEWING C ONTROLLER S ETTINGS ...................................................................... 32
INSTALLING DRIVERS................................................................................. 34
W INDOWS 2000 ........................................................................................... 34
M ICROSOFT M ILLENNIUM ................................................................................. 36
W INDOWS 95/98 .......................................................................................... 38
DOS/W INDOWS 3.1 X ....................................................................................41
W INDOWS NT4 ............................................................................................42
USING THE FASTCHECK™ MONITORING UTILITY......................................... 44
I NSTALLING F AST C HECK ................................................................................ 44
R UNNING F AST C HECK ....................................................................................45
C LOSING F AST C HECK ....................................................................................45
U SING F AST C HECK A RRAY W INDOW ................................................................ 46
S YNCHRONIZING A N A RRAY ............................................................................50
R EBUILDING A N A RRAY .................................................................................. 52
U SING C ONTROLLER W INDOW ......................................................................... 55
U SING O PTIONS W INDOW ............................................................................... 58
UNDERSTANDING DISK ARRAY CONCEPTS ................................................ 65
A BOUT F AST T RAK 100 D ISK A RRAY A DAPTER ....................................................65
A BOUT A DAPTER BIOS.................................................................................. 65
F AST B UILD ™ A UTO M ENU S ETUP .....................................................................65
R ESERVED S ECTOR ....................................................................................... 65