User`s manual

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................2
WHAT IS THE PROMISE 20276 RAID CONTROLLER?........................................2
KEYS FEATURES AND BENEFITS .....................................................................3
GETTING STARTED.....................................................................................5
INSTALLING THE HARD DRIVES ......................................................................5
CHECKING CMOS SETTINGS ........................................................................6
CREATING YOUR DISK ARRAY........................................................................7
USING FASTBUILD™ CONFIGURATION UTILITY...................................11
VIEWING THE BIOS SCREEN.......................................................................11
NAVIGATING THE FASTBUILD™ SETUP MENU................................................12
CREATING ARRAYS AUTOMATICALLY.............................................................13
VIEWING DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS.....................................................................14
DELETING AN ARRAY ..................................................................................15
REBUILDING A MIRRORED ARRAY ................................................................16
VIEWING CONTROLLER SETTINGS ................................................................18
INSTALLING DRIVERS..............................................................................19
WINDOWS 2000/XP...................................................................................19
WINDOWS 95/98/ME..................................................................................21
DOS/WINDOWS 3.1X .................................................................................24
WINDOWS NT4..........................................................................................25
USING THE FASTCHECK™ MONITORING UTILITY................................27
INSTALLING FASTCHECK .............................................................................27
RUNNING FASTCHECK ................................................................................28
CLOSING FASTCHECK.................................................................................28
USING FASTCHECK ARRAY WINDOW............................................................29
SYNCHRONIZING AN ARRAY.........................................................................32
REBUILDING AN ARRAY ...............................................................................34
USING CONTROLLER WINDOW .....................................................................36
USING OPTIONS WINDOW ...........................................................................39
UNDERSTANDING DISK ARRAY CONCEPTS .........................................44
ABOUT THE BIOS ......................................................................................44
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AUTO MENU SETUP ...............................................................44
RESERVED SECTOR....................................................................................44
DISK ARRAY TERMS....................................................................................45
ABOUT RAID LEVELS .................................................................................46
TROUBLESHOOTING & TIPS....................................................................48
DRIVE-RELATED ERRORS............................................................................48
OPERATING SYSTEM-RELATED ERRORS .......................................................52
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.........................................................54
PRE-INSTALLATION .....................................................................................54
DRIVE ISSUES ............................................................................................54
INSTALLATION ISSUES .................................................................................55
POST-INSTALLATION ...................................................................................56