User manual

Chapter 3: FastBuild™ Configuration Utility

• Viewing the FastTrak BIOS Screen, below

• Navigate the FastBuild Setup Menu, page 20

• Create Logical Disks Automatically, page 21

• View Drive Assignments, page 22

• Create Logical Disks Manually, page 25

• Delete a Logical Disk, page 34

• Rebuild a Mirrored Logical Disk, page 36

The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and

manage a logical disk on the FastTrak TX2200 andTX4200 RAID Controller

cards. For purposes of this manual, it is assumed you have already created a

logical disk in the previous chapter and now wish to make a change to the logical

disk or view other options.

Viewing the FastTrak BIOS Screen

When you boot your system with the FastTrak card and drives installed, the

Promise onboard BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following

screen.

If a logical disk exists already, the BIOS will display the following above screen

showing the card's BIOS version and status of the logical disk.

The logical disk status consists of five possible conditions: Functional,

Synchronizing, Rebuilding, Critical, and Offline.

Functional – The logical disk is operational.

Synchronizing – The process of verifying data integrity by recalculating

redundant data and matching the data on the disk drives

FastTrak TX4200 (tm) BIOS Version 2.00.0.22

Updated in 2004

ID MODE SIZE STATUS Exp/Converting

1 1x2 Mirror 120000M Functional

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility...

Press <ESC> to continue booting...