User manual

SuperTrak SX6000™ User Manual
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Creating a RAID 0 Array 20
Creating a RAID 1 Array 21
Creating a RAID 0+1 Array 22
Creating a RAID 3 Array 23
Creating a RAID 5 Array 24
Creating a Spanning Array 25
Creating a Single Drive Array 25
Hot Spare Drives 25
Setting a Disk Array As Bootable 26
Disk Array Recognition Order 26
Saved Disk Array Information 26
3.5 Delete Array............................................................................................. 27
3.6 Controller Configuration ........................................................................ 28
4 Installing Drivers 29
4.1 Windows NT 4.0 ...................................................................................... 29
Installing Driver in Existing Windows NT 4.0 System 29
Installing Driver During New Install of Windows NT 4.0 29
4.2 Windows 2000 ......................................................................................... 31
Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000 System 31
Confirming Windows 2000 Installation 31
Installing Driver During New Windows 2000 Installation 31
4.3 Promise Array Management Installation............................................... 32
5 RAID Setup 33
5.1 RAID Management and Operation ......................................................... 33
Critical and Offline Arrays 33
Rebuilding/Synchronizing Fault Tolerant Arrays 34
Partitioning & Formatting Arrays 34
5.2 Configuration Ideas .............................................................................. 34 ..
Fault Tolerance 34
Hot Spare Drive(s) 34
6 Troubleshooting 37
6.1 Buzzer Alarms ......................................................................................... 37
6.2 LED Display Codes ................................................................................. 38
6.3 SuperTrak SX6000 BIOS Error Messages............................................. 39
6.4 Installation & Runtime Problems........................................................... 39
A. SuperTrak SX6000 Technical Specifications A1