FASTTRAK TX4000 QUICK START GUIDE Version 1.
FastTrak TX4000 Copyright © 2002 Promise Technology, Inc. Copyright by Promise Technology, Inc. (Promise Technology). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of Promise Technology. Trademarks Promise, and the Promise logo are registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Quick Start Guide Step 1: Unpacking Your FastTrak TX4000 When you receive the FastTrak TX4000 Series Controller Card, the package should contain the items listed below: • FastTrak TX4000 Ultra ATA/133 RAID Controller Card • Quick Start Guide • FastTrak TX4000 Driver Diskette • Two Y-cable Power Splitters • Four internal 80-wire/40-pin Ultra ATA/133 hard drive cables (18 inches or 45 cm in length) • CD with Promise Array Management (PAM) utility, PAM User Manual and FastTrak TX4000 User Manual.
FastTrak TX4000 Step 2: Installing the FastTrak TX4000 Card The FastTrak TX4000 Controller card fits into any available 32-bit PCI slot (must be PCI 2.1 or 2.2 compliant). It also fits the 32-bit portion of a 64-bit PCI slot, on the system’s motherboard (see figure below). 1. Remove the cover of your system. 2. Remove the inside slot cover of an available 32-bit PCI slot on the motherboard. 3. Install the FastTrak TX4000 Controller card into the open slot (see Figure 1 below).
Quick Start Guide Step 3: Installing the Hard Drives Important If you wish to include your current bootable ATA drive using the Windows NT4.x, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system on your FastTrak TX4000 Controller card, do NOT connect the hard drive to the card yet. You MUST install the Windows NT4, 2000, or XP driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.
FastTrak TX4000 IDE 2 IDE 1 IDE 4 Figure 2. IDE 3 LED Pin 1 TX4000 card You must use an 80-wire, 40-pin cable when connecting a hard drive to the FastTrak TX4000 controller card. The FastTrak TX4000 package contains four 80-wire, 40-pin cables. Notes The FastTrak TX4000 Controller card is a PCI Plug-n-Play (PnP) device. No changes are necessary in the Motherboard CMOS Setup for resources or drive types in most applications.
Quick Start Guide Step 4: Creating Your Disk Array The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and manage the drive array on the Promise FastTrak TX4000 adapter. Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu When using the menus, these are some of the basic navigation tips: Arrow keys highlights through choices; the Space bar allows to cycle through options; Enter selects an option; Esc aborts or exits the current menu. This is the first option screen when entering the FastBuild Setup.
FastTrak TX4000 Creating Arrays Automatically The Auto Setup (1) selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array. It will assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating. After making all selections, press Ctrl-Y to Save selections. FastBuild will automatically build the array. FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2002 Promise Technology, Inc.
Quick Start Guide Optimize Array for Select whether you want Performance (RAID 0), Security (RAID 1 or RAID 0+1) under the Optimize Array for setting. Performance RAID 0 (Striping) supports the high performance. The storage capacity equals the number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array. Note FastTrak TX4000 permits striped arrays using 1, 2, 3, or 4 drives attached in Auto Setup mode.
FastTrak TX4000 Defining Typical Application Usage Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how FastTrak TX4000 handles data blocks to enhance performance. Your choice will determine the block size used. You may choose from: A/V Editing (for audio/video applications, or any similar application that requires large file transfers), Server (for numerous small file transfers), or Desktop (a combination of large and small file sizes).
Quick Start Guide Step 5: Installing Software Drivers Following are driver installation procedures for the Windows operating systems that support the FastTrak TX4000 Controller. The FastTrak TX4000 software drivers for Windows are included on the driver diskette. Drivers and installation instructions for Linux and Novell operating systems are downloadable from the Promise website at www.promise.com. Important If you wish to include your current bootable ATA drive using the Windows NT4.
FastTrak TX4000 New Windows XP Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows XP. 1. Start the installation: • Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. • CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 after the message “Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver” appears. 2. When the Windows XP Text Setup is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). 3.
Quick Start Guide Existing Windows XP Installation After installing the FastTrak TX4000 card and rebooting your system, Windows XP setup will show a “Found New Hardware” dialog box. Under Windows XP, “Mass Storage Controller” will be displayed. 1. Insert the FastTrak TX4000 driver diskette into the A:\ drive. 2. Choose Install the software automatically and press the Enter key. 3. Choose WinXP Promise FastTrak TX4000 Controller from the list that appears on screen, and then press the Enter key. 4.
FastTrak TX4000 New Windows 2000 Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows 2000. 1. Start the installation: • Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes. • CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 after the message “Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver” appears. 2. When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). 3.
Quick Start Guide Existing Windows 2000 After installing the FastTrak TX4000 card and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a “New Hardware Found” dialog box. Under Windows 2000, “PCI Mass Storage Controller” will be displayed. 1. Choose Add New Hardware Wizard from the list, and then press Enter. 2. Choose Add/Troubleshoot a device and click Next. The new hardware wizard will show device list 3. Choose Mass Storage controller and click Next. At the following screen click Finish. 4.
FastTrak TX4000 New Windows ME Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows ME. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Install the FastTrak TX4000 controller card into your system. Install Windows ME fully. After installation, go to the Start menu and choose Settings. From the Settings menu, choose Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon. In the System window, choose the Device Manager tab.
Quick Start Guide Existing Windows ME Installation The following section details the installation of FastTrak TX4000 drivers on a system that has Windows ME already installed and running. 1. After installing the FastTrak TX4000 controller card and configuring the hard drives, power up the system and boot. 2. The Add New Hardware Wizard will appear, informing you that it has found a PCI Mass Storage Controller. 3.
FastTrak TX4000 New Windows NT4.x Installation The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows NT4.x. 1. Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk: • Floppy install: boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes. • CD-ROM disk install: boot from the CD-ROM disk and press F6 when the message “Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware configuration…” appears. 2.
Quick Start Guide Existing Windows NT4.x Installation The following section details the installation of FastTrak TX4000 drivers on a system that has Windows NT4.x already installed and running. NOTE: Do not attach the boot drive or any other hard drive to the FastTrak TX4000 controller card before completing this step. 1. From the Start menu, choose Settings. 2. From the Settings menu, choose Control Panel. 3. Double-click the SCSI Adapters icon. The SCSI Adapters dialog box appears. 4.
FastTrak TX4000 New Windows 98 Installation The following section details the installation of the FastTrak TX4000 drivers while installing Windows 98. 1. Install the FastTrak TX4000 controller card and configure the hard drive(s), partition and format your hard drive(s), if necessary. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Install Windows 98 normally. After installation, go the Start menu and choose Settings. From the Settings menu, choose Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon.
Quick Start Guide Existing Windows 98 Installation The following section details the installation of FastTrak TX4000 drivers on a system that has Windows 98 already installed and running. 1. After installing the FastTrak TX4000 controller card and configuring the hard drives, power up the system and boot Windows. 2. The “Add New Hardware Wizard” will appear, informing you that it has found a “PCI Mass Storage Controller.” 3. Click Next.
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