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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.
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 and 10, the logical drive contains a failed drive. If there is a
hot spare drive, the logical drive will rebuild automatically. You must identify
and replace the failed disk drive.
• FastTrak BIOS (below)
• Main Menu (page 12)
• View Drive Assignments (page 13)
• Create a Logical Drive (page 14)
• Delete Logical Drive (page 19)
• Controller Configuration (page 20)
• Logical Drive Problems (page 21)