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FastTrak S150 TX4  

 

 

Copyright 

© 2003 Promise Technology, Inc. No part of this manual may be reproduced or 
transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of Promise 
Technology. 

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Important Data Protection Information 

You should back up all data before installing any drive controller or storage 
peripheral. Promise Technology is not responsible for any loss of data resulting 
from the use, disuse or misuse of this or any other Promise Technology product. 

Notice 

Although Promise Technology has attempted to ensure the accuracy of the 
content of this manual, it is possible that this document may contain technical 
inaccuracies, typographical, or other errors. Promise Technology assumes no 
liability for any error in this publication, and for damages, whether direct, indirect, 
incidental, consequential or otherwise, that may result from such error, including, 
but not limited to loss of data or profits. 

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Contents

 

Step 1: Unpack Your FastTrak Card ................................................................... 3

 

Step 2: Install the FastTrak Card......................................................................... 4

 

Step 3: Install the Hard Drives............................................................................. 5

 

Step 4: Create Your Disk Array ........................................................................... 7

 

Creating a Performance Array .............................................................. 8

 

Creating a Security Array with New Drives ........................................... 9

 

Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive ........................ 10

 

Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization............................... 12

 

Step 5: Install Software Drivers ......................................................................... 13

 

Содержание FASTTRAK S150 TX4

Страница 1: ...FASTTRAK S150TX4 QUICK START GUIDE Version 1 2...

Страница 2: ...ical or other errors Promise Technology assumes no liability for any error in this publication and for damages whether direct indirect incidental consequential or otherwise that may result from such e...

Страница 3: ...r Manual If ANY of the contents are missing or appear to be damaged please contact your dealer or distributor immediately Warning Before installing the adapter into an existing system backup any impor...

Страница 4: ...e slot cover of an available 32 bit PCI slot on the motherboard 3 Install the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card into the open slot see Figure 1 below Secure the bracket to the system s frame 4 Attach your...

Страница 5: ...l Serial ATA drives and two identical Ultra ATA drives of the same model and capacity The drives matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive If you are striping RAID 0 fo...

Страница 6: ...cable power splitters to the Serial ATA hard drives Note The FastTrak S150 TX4 RAID controller is a PCI Plug n Play PnP device No changes are necessary in the Motherboard CMOS Setup for resources or d...

Страница 7: ...es After that follow the steps for the array you want to create 1 Boot your system If this is the first time you have booted with the FastTrak S150 TX4 card and drives installed the Promise onboard BI...

Страница 8: ...ables you to create striped or mirrored arrays with 1 2 3 or 4 drives To create an array for best performance follow these steps 1 Press the Spacebar to choose Performance under the Optimize Array for...

Страница 9: ...ar to choose Security under the Optimize Array for section 2 Press Ctrl Y to Save your selection 3 The window below will appear Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do quick initi...

Страница 10: ...Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored RAID 1 array on your FastTrak S150 TX4 do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak yet You MUST install the Windows NT4 200...

Страница 11: ...election and start duplication The following progress screen will appear Start to duplicate the image Do you want to continue Yes No Y Continue N Abort 6 Select Y to continue If you choose N you will...

Страница 12: ...ed Gigabyte Boundary will automatically be set to ON For a description of this feature see page 23 of the User Manual on the software CD To create an array for data protection using new hard drives fo...

Страница 13: ...mal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive 7 Once the arrayed drives have been formatted proceed to Chapter 4 of the User Manual on the software CD to install your o...

Страница 14: ...nize the FastTrak Controller prompt you for the CD or diskette and perform the driver installation automatically If you are installing the FastTrak Controller at the same time as your operating system...

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