User manual

FastTrak SX4100 User Manual

How can I change the resources that the FastTrak uses?

The FastTrak SX4100 is fully PnP. This means all the resources that it uses

are given to it by the PnP BIOS on the motherboard.

The FastTrak Controller supports IRQ sharing, but this feature only works

when ALL the concerned devices support it. If your motherboard allows you

to control the assignment of these resources, you may be able to remedy the

problem by:

• Changing the IRQ assignments to the PCI slots in the motherboard

BIOS during boot up.

• Reset the configuration data in your CMOS. This is usually an option in

the PnP section of your CMOS.

• Otherwise, switch the FastTrak Controller card to a different PCI slot.

How do the FastTrak SX4100 RAID Controllers provide storage and data

protection with their arrays?

The FastTrak SX4100 implements four RAID levels plus JBOD as follows:

• RAID 0 – Stripe

• RAID 1 – Mirror

• RAID 5 – Block Striping with Distributed Parity

• RAID 10 – Mirroring / Striping

• JBOD – Single disk drives

See “Introduction to RAID” on page 33 for more information.

Drive Issues

Can I add a drive to a FastTrak SX4100 logical drive via hot-swap and

dynamically adjust the array size/configuration?

Yes. The FastTrak Controller supports online logical drive expansion and

migration. You must use the WebPAM software to expand or migrate an

existing logical drive.

Do the HDDs on the FastTrak SX4100 have to be the same size?

The disk drives that you use with the FastTrak SX4100 do not have to be the

same size. If the sizes differ, the FastTrak Controller will truncate the large

drive so the capacities match. The resulting difference in drive space is

unusable, so avoid using disk drives of significantly different capacities.