User`s manual

Getting Started

This section is designed to get you started for installation of your MBFastTrak133 Lite.

WARNING: Before installing the driver into an existing system, backup any necessary data.

Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss.

Installing The Hard Drives

WARNING: If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT 4.x or

Windows 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your

MBFastTrak133 Lite, do NOT connect the hard drive to the MBFastTrak133 Lite controller

yet. You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first (see page 15) to this

drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.

Hard drives must be Ultra ATA/133, Ultra ATA/100, Ultra ATA/66, Ultra ATA/33 to operate with the

MBFastTrak133 Lite RAID Adapter. For optimal performance, install all identical drives of the same model

and capacity. The drives’ matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive.

1. Promise recommends using identical drive as part of MBFastTrak133 Lite array. If striping for

performance, use two new drives. If mirroring for protection, you can use two new drives OR use an

existing drive and a new drive (the new drive must be the same size or larger than the existing drive).

2. Configure the jumpers of the hard drive you’re preparing to connect to the MBFastTrak133 Lite using the

correct “Master / Slave” or “Cable-Select” settings in the positions described in the table below.

NOTE: Sometimes the Master drive with no slave attached is called “Single.” The master slave setting

differentiates two drives chained on the same connector.

Jumper Settings

# of Drives IDE Channel 1 IDE Channel 2

1 M ----

2 M M

M = Master

3. Install the hard drives into the hard drive bays of your system, including the power cables.

4. Attach one Ultra ATA cable to each hard drive. Then attach one cable to each of the IDE connectors on

the MBFastTrak133 Lite controller. The colored edge of the cable(s) indicates pin 1 (see below), and the

blue cable connector must be attached to the MBFastTrak133 Lite connector.

NOTE

: You must use an 80-wire, 40-pin cable when connecting an Ultra ATA/133

hard drive to the MBFastTrak133 Lite controller.