User`s manual

FastTrak100 TX/LP™ Series User Manual
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................1
WHAT IS THE FASTTRAK100 TX/LP SERIES RAID CARD?............................................1
KEYS FEATURES AND BENEFITS.................................................................................3
QUICK START ...............................................................................................................5
UNPACKING YOUR FASTTRAK100...............................................................................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 FASTTRAK100 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 2000........................................................................................................30
WINDOWS NT4 .........................................................................................................32
WINDOWS ME...........................................................................................................34
WINDOWS 95/98.......................................................................................................36
DOS/WINDOWS 3.1X.................................................................................................39
NETWARE 3.12..........................................................................................................40
NETWARE 4.11..........................................................................................................42
NETWARE 5...............................................................................................................44
NETWARE ERROR AND INFORMATIONAL MESSAGES..................................................45
LINUX........................................................................................................................46
USING THE FASTCHECK™ MONITORING UTILITY...................................................47
INSTALLING FASTCHECK............................................................................................47
RUNNING FASTCHECK..............................................................................................48
CLOSING FASTCHECK...............................................................................................48
USING FASTCHECK ARRAY WINDOW .......................................................................49
SYNCHRONIZING AN ARRAY ...................................................................................53
REBUILDING AN ARRAY ...........................................................................................55
USING CONTROLLER WINDOW..................................................................................58
USING OPTIONS WINDOW.........................................................................................62