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- Page 1 S150 TX4 UICK TART UIDE Version 1.2...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
FastTrak S150 TX4 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 TX4 card, the package should contain the items listed below: • FastTrak S150 TX4 RAID Controller Card • Quick Start Guide • FastTrak S150 TX4 driver diskette •... -
Page 4: Step 2: Install The Fasttrak Card
FastTrak S150 TX4 Step 2: Install the FastTrak Card The FastTrak TX4 Serial ATA RAID card fits into any available PCI slot on your PC’s motherboard (see Figure 1, below): • 32-bit PCI slot (must be PCI 2.2 or 2.3 compliant) •... -
Page 5: Step 3: Install The Hard Drives
Quick Start Guide Step 3: Install the Hard Drives Important If you wish to include your current bootable Serial ATA drive using the Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card, do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak yet. - Page 6 FastTrak S150 TX4 Port 4 Port 2 Port 1 Port 3 FastTrak for future LED Pins Figure 2. FastTrak S150 TX4 card Attach the Y-cable power splitters to the Serial ATA hard drives. Note The FastTrak S150 TX4 RAID controller is a PCI Plug-n-Play (PnP) device.
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Page 7: Step 4: Create Your Disk Array
Quick Start Guide Step 4: Create Your Disk Array You will now use the onboard FastBuild™ BIOS utility to create your array using the attached drives. There are three different scenarios in creating this array. You can create an array for: •... -
Page 8: Creating A Performance Array
FastTrak S150 TX4 FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc. [Auto Setup Options Menu] Optimize Array for: Performance [ Auto Setup Configuration ] Mode ............... Stripe Spare Drive ............. 0 Drives used in Array ..........2 Array Disk Capacity..........160048 [ Keys Available ] [↑] Up [↓] Down [←, →, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save Creating a Performance Array... -
Page 9: Creating A Security Array With New Drives
Quick Start Guide Creating a Security Array with New Drives Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX4 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. Note When creating a Security array with new drives, a feature called Gigabyte Boundary will automatically be set to ON. -
Page 10: Creating A Security Array With An Existing Data Drive
FastTrak S150 TX4 Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX4 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 11 Quick Start Guide Source Disk Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) ----- ----- ----- Target Disk Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) ----- ----- ----- [Please Select A Source Disk] Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) SEAGATE S380023AS 80024 SEAGATE S380023AS 80024 [↑] Up [↓] Down [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied.
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Page 12: Creating A Security Array With Quick Initialization
FastTrak S150 TX4 Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization Under the Security setting, FastTrak S150 TX4 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. You would use this method if you wish to create a mirrored array and erase the early block from your existing drives. - Page 13 Quick Start Guide Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive. Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Chapter 4 of the User Manual on the software CD to install your operating system and/or FastTrak driver.
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Page 14: Step 5: Install Software Drivers
FastTrak S150 TX4 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 TX4 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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