Chapter 4: Fastbuild™ Utility; Fasttrak Bios - Promise Technology FastTrak TX2200 User Manual

Chapter 4: FastBuild™ Utility
• FastTrak BIOS (below)
• Main Menu (page 32)
• View Drive Assignments (page 33)
• Create a Logical Drive (page 34)

FastTrak BIOS

The FastTrak BIOS is a built-in component of the FastTrak TX Series RAID
Controller card.
When the FastTrak BIOS loads during bootup, it displays pertinent information
about the RAID logical drives that it finds. At this point, you can press Ctrl-F to
enter the FastBuild Configuration Utility.
When the FastTrak BIOS screen appears, press Ctrl-F to enter the FastBuild
Utility.
The FastTrak BIOS screen displays the following information:
ID – An identification number assigned to each logical drive by the BIOS.
Mode – The RAID mode (level) configuration of the logical drive
Size – The data capacity of the logical drive in MB (Megabytes).
Track-Mapping – This is the CHS (Cylinder/Head/Sector) equivalent of the
logical drive geometry as hosted by the FastTrak BIOS int 13h disk services.
Status – Shows one of three logical drive conditions:
Functional – The logical drive is fully operational, and no problems are
present.
Critical – The logical drive is operational, but has lost its fault tolerance. For
RAID 1, the logical drive contains a failed drive. You must identify and
replace the failed disk drive.
• Delete Logical Drive (page 39)
• Controller Configuration (page 41)
• Logical Drive Problems (page 42)
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