Promise Technology FastTrak TX4000 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................ 1
What is the FastTrak TX4000 RAID Card? .................................................. 1
Promise Array Management Utility (PAM).................................................... 2
Keys Features and Benefits ......................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Quick Start......................................................................................... 5
Installing the FastTrak TX4000 Card............................................................ 6
Installing the Hard Drives ............................................................................. 7
Creating Your Disk Array.............................................................................. 9
Creating an Array for Performance ............................................................ 10
Creating a Security Array with New Drives................................................. 11
Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive .............................. 12
Chapter 3: Using FastBuild Configuration Utility........................................... 15
Viewing FastTrak TX4000 BIOS Screen .................................................... 15
Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu ........................................................ 16
Using the Main Menu .......................................................................... 16
Creating Arrays Automatically .................................................................... 17
Optimize Array for ............................................................................... 18
Defining Typical Application Usage..................................................... 18
Using a Hot Spare Drive ..................................................................... 19
Creating Multiple Disk Arrays.............................................................. 19
Viewing Drive Assignments........................................................................ 20
Manually Creating an Array........................................................................ 21
Selecting Array Type........................................................................... 22
Selecting Stripe Block ......................................................................... 22
Gigabyte Boundary ............................................................................. 23
Assigning Drive(s) to Array ................................................................. 23
Creating a Mirrored Array Using New Drives ...................................... 24
Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive ....................................... 25
Making a FastTrak TX4000 Disk Array Bootable ................................ 27
Creating a Hot Spare Drive for Mirrored Arrays .................................. 28
How FastTrak TX4000 Orders Arrays ................................................. 28
How FastTrak TX4000 Saves Array Information................................. 28
Deleting an Array ....................................................................................... 29
Rebuilding a Mirrored Array ....................................................................... 31
Chapter 4: Installing Software Drivers ............................................................... 33
New Windows Server 2003 Installation...................................................... 34
Existing Windows Server 2003 Installation................................................. 35
Confirming Windows Server 2003 Driver Installation ................................. 35
New Windows XP Installation..................................................................... 36
Existing Windows XP Installation ............................................................... 37
Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation................................................ 37
New Windows 2000 Installation ................................................................. 38