Installing The Hard Drives - Promise Technology FASTtrak100 TX User Manual

Installing The Hard Drives

(see page 30) to this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive
controller.
Hard drives must be Ultra ATA/100, Ultra ATA/66, Ultra ATA/33, EIDE and/or Fast
ATA-2 compatible to operate with the FastTrak100 RAID Adapter. For optimal
performance, install all identical drives of the same model and capacity. The drives'
matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive.
1. Promise recommends using identical drives as part of a FastTrak100 array.
If striping for performance, use up to four new drives. If mirroring for
protection, you can use two new drives OR use an existing drive and a
new drive (the new drive must be the same size or larger than the existing
drive).
a.
b.
NOTE: Sometimes the Master drive with no slave attached is called "Single."
The master slave setting differentiates two drives chained on the same
connector.
# of Drives
1
2
3
4
2. Install the hard drives into the hard drive bays of your system, including the
power cables.
FastTrak100 TX/LP™ Series User Manual
WARNING: If you wish to include your current bootable drive
using the Windows NT 4.x or Windows 2000 operating system as
part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your FastTrak100,
do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak100 controller yet.
You MUST install the Windows NT4 or 2000 driver software first
For TX4 model users, set the jumpers of each hard drive to
"Master" only. Attach 1 drive only to each of the TX4's data
channels (do not use a Master/Slave configuration).
For TX2 or LP model users, configure the jumpers of the hard
drive you're preparing to connect to the FastTrak100 TX2 or LP
models using the correct "Master" or "Cable -Select" settings in the
positions described in the table below.
Jumper Settings
IDE Channel 1
M = Master, S = Slave
M
M
M & S
M & S
7
IDE Channel 2
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M
M
M & S