Promise Technology SX8300, FASTTRAK SX4300 user manual FastBuild Utility, FastTrak Bios

Chapter 3: FastBuild™ Utility

•	FastTrak BIOS (below)	•	Delete Logical Drive (page 21)
•	Main Menu (page 14)	•	Controller Configuration (page 22)
•	View Drive Assignments (page 15)	•	Logical Drive Problems (page 23)

•Create a Logical Drive (page 16)

FastTrak BIOS

This section explains the information that you can obtain from the FastTrak BIOS.

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 Configuration Utility.

The BIOS Startup screen for FastTrak SX4300 is shown above. The FastTrak SX8300 screen is similar. T

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:

Functional – The logical drive is fully operational, and no problems are present.

Critical – The logical drive is operational, but has lost its fault tolerance. For RAID levels 1, 5, 10 and 50, the logical drive contains a failed drive. If there

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