Fastbuild™ Configuration Utility; View The Fasttrak Bios Screen - TYAN TOMCAT I915 User Manual

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4.5 FastBuild™ Configuration Utility
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View the FastTrak BIOS Screen

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Navigate the FastBuild Menus
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Create Arrays Automatically
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View Drive Assignments
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Create Arrays Manually
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Delete an Array
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Rebuild a Mirrored Array
The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and manage an array
on the FastTrak 579 RAID controller. For purposes of this manual, it is assumed you have
already created an array in the previous chapter and now wish to make a change to the array
or view other options.
4.5.1 View the FastTrak BIOS Screen
When you boot your system with the FastTrak controller and drives installed, the Promise
onboard BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen.
If an array exists already, the BIOS will display the following above screen showing the
controller's BIOS version and status of the array.
The array status consists of five possible conditions: Functional, Synchronizing, Rebuilding,
Critical, and Offline.
Functional – The array is operational.
Synchronizing – The process of verifying data integrity by recalculating redundant data and
matching the data on the disk drives.
Rebuilding – The process of reconstructing an array in Critical mode by placing redundant
data on a replacement disk drive.
Critical – Degraded array condition due to a failed or removed disk drive. Applies to mirrored
(RAID 1) arrays only. Fault tolerance is lost but the data is still accessible. Triggers
automatic rebuilding.
Offline – Striped arrays (RAID 0): Degraded array condition due to one failed or removed disk
drive. The data is not accessible.
Mirrored (RAID 1) arrays: Degraded array condition due to two failed or removed disk drives.
Fault tolerance is lost. The data is not accessible.
If your array goes Offline, contact Promise Technical Support for assistance.
Chapter 4: SATA/RAID Setup (for SATA RAID model)
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