User manual

FastTrak TX2000™ User Manual
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................1
WHAT IS THE FASTTRAK TX2000 RAID CARD?............................................................1
PROMISE ARRAY MANAGEMENT UTILITY (PAM)............................................................2
KEYS FEATURES AND BENEFITS ..................................................................................3
QUICK START .............................................................................................................5
UNPACKING YOUR FASTTRAK TX2000 ........................................................................5
INSTALLING THE CARD................................................................................................6
INSTALLING THE HARD DRIVES....................................................................................7
CHECKING CMOS SETTINGS ......................................................................................9
CREATING YOUR DISK ARRAY ...................................................................................10
USING FASTBUILD™ CONFIGURATION UTILITY................................................... 14
VIEWING FASTTRAK TX2000 BIOS SCREEN ..............................................................14
NAVIGATING THE FASTBUILD™ SETUP MENU ............................................................. 15
CREATING ARRAYS AUTOMATICALLY..........................................................................16
VIEWING DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS ..................................................................................18
MANUALLY CREATING AN ARRAY ...............................................................................19
DELETING AN ARRAY................................................................................................26
REBUILDING A MIRRORED ARRAY..............................................................................27
VIEWING CONTROLLER SETTINGS..............................................................................29
INSTALLING DRIVERS ............................................................................................. 30
WINDOWS XP ..........................................................................................................30
WINDOWS 2000 ....................................................................................................... 32
WINDOWS NT4 ........................................................................................................34
WINDOWS ME.......................................................................................................... 36
WINDOWS 95/98......................................................................................................38
DOS/WINDOWS 3.1X................................................................................................41
UNDERSTANDING DISK ARRAY CONCEPTS......................................................... 43
ABOUT FASTTRAK TX2000 DISK ARRAY ADAPTER .....................................................43
ABOUT ADAPTER BIOS.............................................................................................43
FASTBUILD
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AUTO MENU SETUP .............................................................................43
RESERVED SECTOR .................................................................................................43
DISK ARRAY TERMS ................................................................................................. 44
ABOUT RAID LEVELS ...............................................................................................45
TROUBLESHOOTING & TIPS ................................................................................... 49
MOTHERBOARD ISSUES ............................................................................................49
SYSTEM CMOS ISSUES............................................................................................50
DRIVE-RELATED ERRORS ......................................................................................... 50
OPERATING SYSTEM-RELATED ISSUES ......................................................................52
PERFORMANCE TIPS.................................................................................................54
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................57
PRE-INSTALLATION...................................................................................................57
DRIVE ISSUES ..........................................................................................................59