User manual

Fast Trak TX2200 / TX4200 User Manual
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PCI Plug-n-Play, PCI Interrupt
sharing and coexists with
motherboard IDE and SCSI
controllers
Easy to install; supports up to 4 Serial ATA
drives on the FastTrak RAID Controller card
while still supporting 4 devices on motherboard
ATA controller.
Supports multiple logical disks TX2200 supports up to 2 logical disks, TX4200
supports up to 4 logical disks.
Supports online logical disk
expansion
Add disk drives to the logical disk without
affecting data availability.
Supports online logical disk
conversion
Change RAID level without affecting data
availability.
Supports Hot Spare drive Uses any free disk to replace a failing disk in a
logical disk automatically.
Utilizes FastBuild™ automenu
from the FastTrak onboard
BIOS
Has “Auto Setup” option for quick and easy
logical disk builds
Displays status and error
checking messages during
bootup
Notifies user of possible errors and allows for
recovery of mirrored drive logical disks directly
from FastBuild™.
Supports S.M.A.R.T.
monitoring and reporting
Polls status every 15 minutes, reports through
PAM and Linux CLI.
Employs the latest Promise
PCI Serial ATA ASIC
technology
Fully supports Serial ATA specifications with 150
MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking at high
speeds.
Mirror supports automatic
background rebuilds
Fault tolerance can be restored automatically
without rebooting.
DOS based flash upgrade of
BIOS and Firmware
Verifies proper file, option to backup existing file.
Download files from Promise website
Gigabyte Rounding Allows easier interchangeability among disk
drive vendors
System reboot not required
after create, delete, migrate or
expand logical disk
System boot process continues without
restarting.
Advanced Hardware Design
Features Benefits