Promise Technology FASTTRAK SX4300 - Manual (Page 19)

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Chapter 3: FastBuild™ Utility
FastTrak BIOS
This section explains the information that you can obtain from the FastTrak BIOS.
When the FastTrak BIOS loads during bootup, it displays pertinent information
about the RAID logical drives that it finds. At this point, you can press Ctrl-F to
enter the FastBuild Configuration Utility.
The BIOS Startup screen for FastTrak SX4300 is shown above. The FastTrak
SX8300 screen is similar. T
When the FastTrak BIOS screen appears, press Ctrl-F to enter the FastBuild
Utility.
The FastTrak BIOS screen displays the following information:
ID – An identification number assigned to each logical drive by the BIOS.
Mode – The RAID mode (level) configuration of the logical drive
Size – The data capacity of the logical drive in MB (Megabytes).
Track-Mapping – This is the CHS (Cylinder/Head/Sector) equivalent of the
logical drive geometry as hosted by the FastTrak BIOS int 13h disk services.
Status – Shows one of three logical drive conditions:
Functional – The logical drive is fully operational, and no problems are
present.
Critical – The logical drive is operational, but has lost its fault tolerance. For
RAID levels 1, 5, 10 and 50, the logical drive contains a failed drive. If there
• FastTrak BIOS (below)
• Main Menu (page 14)
• View Drive Assignments (page 15)
• Create a Logical Drive (page 16)
• Delete Logical Drive (page 21)
• Controller Configuration (page 22)
• Logical Drive Problems (page 23)