User manual
I. Hard Drive Requirements
a. minimum of 3 drives required for a Raid 5 configuration.
b. All drives connected must be set to a Master or Single jumper
position..
c. The UltraTrak100 TX4 uses up to four IDE drives.
d. The UltraTrak 100TX8 uses up to eight IDE drives.
II. Configuring a Raid 5 with your UltraTrak LCD screen
a. Power on the UltraTrak100 .
b. When the UltraTrak100 has completed booting, you will see a
screen that says “No array is defined”.
c. Press the select key.
d. After pressing the select key you will scroll down (using the
arrows) to the Configure Array option, once at this option you
will press the select key.
e. After pressing the select key you will notice a new menu.
f. You will scroll down to the View Drive Assignments option and
press on the select button.
g. Once in the View Drive Assignments you will verify that all the
drives inserted in the enclosures are being identified and
recognized. Note: if a drive is not identified you must go back and
make sure that the drive in question is jumpered and connected
correctly.
h. After pressing the button you will find your self in a different
menu, It will display a screen “*RAID Level” you will then press
the Select button .
i. In the new screen you will scroll down to the bottom will you will
select the *Raid5.
j. After selecting Raid 5 a message will display the following:
“Press SEL to create, Press Exit to cancel” You will press SEL.
k. After pressing SEL the following message will be displayed
“Array has been created Please Restart UltraTrak”.
l. follow the displayed message.
m. After restarting the UltraTrak100 your array should boot and the
LCD screen will display the following message “Array
Functional”.
4. Preparing the new created Array
a. Boot into your choice of OS with your UltraTrak connected to a
Ultra2 SCSI LVD or Ultra 3 Host adapter.
b. At the command prompt you must execute FDISK and FORMAT
commands to prepare the drive.
c. NOTE: Be aware of OS / DOS limitations that apply.
d. Once the array has been prepared it will boot and access be done with
your Ultra2 SCSI / SCSI 3 supported Operating System.