FASTTRAK S150 TX4 QUICK START GUIDE Version 1.
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Quick Start Guide Step 1: Unpack Your FastTrak Card When you receive the FastTrak S150 TX4 card, the package should contain the items listed below: • • • • • • FastTrak S150 TX4 RAID Controller Card Quick Start Guide FastTrak S150 TX4 driver diskette Four internal 4-wire Serial ATA hard drive data cables One Y power splitter cable CD with Drivers, Promise Array Management (PAM) utility, PAM User Manual and FastTrak S150 TX4 User Manual If ANY of the contents are missing or appear to be damaged, please c
FastTrak S150 TX4 Step 2: Install the FastTrak Card The FastTrak TX4 Serial ATA RAID card fits into any available PCI slot on your PC’s motherboard (see Figure 1, below): • • 1. 32-bit PCI slot (must be PCI 2.2 or 2.3 compliant) The 32-bit portion of a 64-bit PCI slot Remove the cover of your system. 2. Remove the inside slot cover of an available 32-bit PCI slot on the motherboard. 3. Install the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card into the open slot (see Figure 1 below).
Quick Start Guide Step 3: Install the Hard Drives Important If you wish to include your current bootable Serial ATA drive using the Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card, do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak yet. You MUST install the Windows NT4, 2000, or XP driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.
FastTrak S150 TX4 Port 4 FastTrak Port 2 Port 1 TX4 150 for future use Figure 2. 3. Port 3 LED Pins FastTrak S150 TX4 card Attach the Y-cable power splitters to the Serial ATA hard drives. Note The FastTrak S150 TX4 RAID controller is a PCI Plug-n-Play (PnP) device. No changes are necessary in the Motherboard CMOS Setup for resources or drive types in most applications.
Quick Start Guide Step 4: Create Your Disk Array You will now use the onboard FastBuild™ BIOS utility to create your array using the attached drives. There are three different scenarios in creating this array. You can create an array for: • • • • Performance 1. Boot your system. If this is the first time you have booted with the FastTrak S150 TX4 card and drives installed, the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen.
FastTrak S150 TX4 FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc. [Auto Setup Options Menu] Optimize Array for: Performance [ Auto Setup Configuration ] Mode ....................................................................... Stripe Spare Drive ............................................................. 0 Drives used in Array ................................................ 2 Array Disk Capacity.................................................
Quick Start Guide Creating a Security Array with New Drives Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX4 permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup. Note When creating a Security array with new drives, a feature called Gigabyte Boundary will automatically be set to ON. For a description of this feature, see page 23 of the User Manual on the software CD.
FastTrak S150 TX4 Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX4 permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup. You would use this method if you wish to use a drive that already contains data and/or is the bootable system drive in your system. You will need another drive of identical or larger storage capacity.
Quick Start Guide Channel:ID ----Channel:ID ----Channel:ID 1: 2: Source Disk Drive Model ----Target Disk Drive Model ----[Please Select A Source Disk] Drive Model SEAGATE S380023AS SEAGATE S380023AS Capacity (MB) ----Capacity (MB) ----Capacity (MB) 80024 80024 [↑] Up [↓] Down [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save 4. 5. Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied. Press Ctrl-Y to Save selection and start duplication. The following progress screen will appear.
FastTrak S150 TX4 Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX4 permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup. You would use this method if you wish to create a mirrored array and erase the early block from your existing drives. Warning Using the Quick Initialization option on existing drives will result in the loss of all data on those drives.
Quick Start Guide 6. Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive. 7. Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Chapter 4 of the User Manual on the software CD to install your operating system and/or FastTrak driver.
FastTrak S150 TX4 Step 5: Install Software Drivers Drivers for the Windows operating systems are included on the software CD and driver diskette that came with your FastTrak S150 TX4 Controller. Windows systems usually recognize the FastTrak Controller, prompt you for the CD or diskette and perform the driver installation automatically.