User`s manual

Viewing Drive Assignments

The View Drive Assignments <2> option in the Main Menu displays whether drives are assigned to a disk

arrays or are unassigned.

The menu also displays the data transfer mode that relates to speed used by each drive (U6 refers to

133MB/sec transfers, U5 refers to 100MB/sec transfers, U4 refers to 66MB/sec transfers, etc...)

[ View Drive Assignments ]

Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity(MB) Assignment Mode

1 : Master QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063 Array 1 U5

2 : Master QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063 Array 1 U5

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How MBFastTrak133 Lite Orders Arrays

During startup, the disk arrays on the MBFastTrak133 Lite are recognized in this order: 1) The array set to

bootable in the FastBuild

Setup, and 2) the Array number (i.e. Array 0, Array 1…). This would be

involved in determining which drive letters will be assigned to each disk array.

How MBFastTrak133 Lite Saves Array Information

All disk array data is saved into the reserved sector on each array member. Promise suggests that users

record their disk array information for future reference.

Another feature of the MBFastTrak133 Lite disk array system is to recognize drive members even if drives

are moved between different MBFastTrak133 Lite card connectors. Since each drive’s array data identifies

itself to the array, it is possible to move or swap drives without modifying the array setup. This is valuable

when adding drives, or during a rebuild.