Chapter 4: Fastbuild™ Utility; Using The Fasttrak Bios - Promise Technology FastTrak TX4650 User Manual

Chapter 4: FastBuild™ Utility
• Using the FastTrak BIOS (below)
• Navigating the Main Menu
(page 38)
• Viewing Drive Assignments
(page 39)
• Creating a Logical Drive (page 40)

Using the FastTrak BIOS

The FastTrak BIOS is a built-in component of the FastTrak TX Series SAS/SATA
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 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:
• Creating Two Logical Drives
(page 43)
• Deleting a Logical Drive (page 49)
• Viewing the Controller
Configuration (page 51)
• Responding to Logical Drive
Problems (page 52)
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