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Promise Technology FASTTRAK S150 TX2PLUS Quick Start Manual

Promise Technology FASTTRAK S150 TX2PLUS Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 S150 TX2 PLUS UICK TART UIDE Version 1.2...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    FastTrak S150 TX2plus Copyright © 2003 Promise Technology, Inc. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of Promise Technology. Trademarks Promise, and the Promise logo are registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

  • Page 3: Step 1: Unpack Your Fasttrak Card

    Quick Start Guide Step 1: Unpack Your FastTrak Card When you receive the FastTrak S150 TX2plus card, the package should contain the items listed below: • FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID Controller Card • Quick Start Guide • FastTrak S150 TX2plus driver diskette •...

  • Page 4: Step 2: Install The Fasttrak Card

    Attach your system case’s 2- or 4-pin LED cable to the LED connector on the FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID card (see Figure 2, on page 6). Make sure that pin 1 on the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the cable.

  • Page 5: Step 3: Install The Hard Drives

    Attach a black connector of the Ultra ATA cable to each Parallel ATA hard drive. Attach the blue cable connector to the Port 3 Parallel connector on the FastTrak S150 TX2plus controller card. The colored edge of the cable(s) indicates pin 1 (see Figure 2).
  • Page 6 Use existing power cables for the Parallel ATA hard drives. Note The FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID controller is a PCI Plug-n-Play (PnP) device. No changes are necessary in the Motherboard CMOS Setup for resources or drive types in most applications.

  • Page 7: Step 4: Create Your Disk Array

    S150 TX2plus card and drives installed, the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen. FastTrak S150 TXx (tm) BIOS Version 1.aa (Build xxxx) (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved No array defined . . . Press <Ctrl-F> to ender FastBuild (tm) Utility Or press <ESC>...

  • Page 8: Creating A Performance Array

    [↑] Up [↓] Down [←, →, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save Creating a Performance Array FastTrak S150 TX2plus enables you to create striped or mirrored arrays with 1, 2, 3, or 4 drives. To create an array for best performance, follow these steps: Press the Spacebar to choose Performance under the Optimize Array for section.

  • Page 9: Creating A Security Array With New Drives

    Channels 2 and 3 (one Serial, one Parallel) • Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX2plus permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup.
  • Page 10 FastTrak S150 TX2plus A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system. Array has been created. <Press Any Key to Reboot> Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive.

  • Page 11: Creating A Security Array With An Existing Data Drive

    Channels 2 and 3 (one Serial, one Parallel) • Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX2plus permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup.
  • Page 12 FastTrak S150 TX2plus Press Ctrl-Y to Save your selection. The window below will appear. Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do quick initialize or create only? Y - Create and Duplicate N - Create Only I - Create and Quick Initialize Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option.
  • Page 13 Quick Start Guide Once complete, the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system. Array has been created. <Press Any Key to Reboot> Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Chapter 4 of this Manual to install your operating system and/or FastTrak driver.

  • Page 14: Creating A Security Array With Quick Initialization

    • Channels 2 and 3 (one Serial, one Parallel) Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX2plus permits two drives to be used for a single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup.
  • Page 15 Quick Start Guide Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do quick initialize or create only? Y - Create and Duplicate N - Create Only I - Create and Quick Initialize Press I for the Create and Quick Initialize A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created.

  • Page 16: Step 5: Install Software Drivers

    Step 5: Install Software Drivers Drivers for the Windows operating systems are included on the software CD and driver diskette that came with your FastTrak S150 TX2plus Controller. Windows systems usually recognize the FastTrak Controller, prompt you for the CD or diskette and perform the driver installation automatically.

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