Promise Technology FastTrak TX4650 User Manual page 20

FastTrak TX4650, TX2650 User Manual
6. Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choices depend on
the RAID Level you selected.
• Fast Init erases the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the physical drives
when this feature is set to ON. ON is recommended.
• Gigabyte Boundary enables replacement of a failed physical drive with a
slightly smaller physical drive when this feature is set to ON. ON is
recommended.
• Stripe Block Size. Set to 16 KB with no options. Applies to RAID but not
to JBOD.
7. Press the arrow keys to move to Disk Assignments. Press the spacebar to
toggle between N and Y for each available drive. Y means this physical drive
will be assigned to the logical drive.
Assign the appropriate number of physical drives to your logical drive.
8. Press Ctrl-Y to save your logical drive configuration.
If you set Fast Init to ON, the following message displays:
• Press Ctrl-Y to continue logical drive creation and perform the Fast
Initialization.
• Press any other key to cancel logical drive creation.
The Modify Array Capacity message displays:
9. Press any key to continue.
See "Creating a Logical Drive" on page 40 for information about this option.
10. Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility.
11. Press Y to restart your computer.
You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive.
You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you
can use it. Use the same method of partitioning and formatting a
logical drive as you would any other fixed disk added to your
computer system.
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