Creating Your Disk Array - VIA Technologies P4PB ULTRA-URL User Manual

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ored edge of the cables indicates pin 1 and the blue cable connector must be

attached to the MBFastTrak 133 Lite connector.

Note: You must use an 80-wire, 40-pin cable when connecting an Ultra ATA/

133 hard drive to the MBFastTrak 133 Lite controller.

Creating Your Disk Array

You will now use the FastBuild BIOS utility to create your array using the

attached disks. There are three different scenarios in creating this array. You

can create an array for performance, you can create a Security array using

new hard drives (recommended), or you can create a Security array using an

existing hard drive and a new hard disk.

1. Boot your system. If this is the first time you have booted with the

MBFastTrak 133 Lite and drives installed, the Promise onboard BIOS will

display the following screen.

MBFastTrak133 Lite (tm) BIOS Version 2.00.0.XX

No array defined . . .

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility

Or press <ESC> key to continue booting the system.

2. Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild (tm) Utility Main Menu.

3. Press "1" to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and

easiest method to creating your first array.

Optimize Array for:

Typical Application usage: A/V Editing

Mode ..........................................Stripe

Drives used in Array.......................... 2

Array Disk Capacity .................. 16126

[↑] Up [↓] Down [←, →, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Performance

[ Auto Setup Configuration ]

[ Keys Available ]

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