Chapter 3: Using FastBuild Configuration Utility
The FastBuild Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to create and manage the drive array on the Promise FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID Controller card. For purposes of this manual, it is assumed you have already created an array in the previous chapter and now wish to make a change to the array or view other options.
Viewing FastTrak S150 TX2plus BIOS Screen
When you boot your system with the FastTrak S150 TX2plus card and drives installed, the Promise onboard BIOS will detect the drives attached and show the following screen.
FastTrak S150 TXx (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c)
If an array exists already, the BIOS will display the following screen showing the card’s BIOS version and status of the array.
FastTrak S150 TXx (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c)
ID | MODE | SIZE |
| STATUS |
1 * | 2+0 Stripe | 160048M | 611/128/32 | Functional |
Press
The array status consists of five possible conditions: Functional, Synchronizing, Rebuilding, Critical, and Offline.
Functional – The array is operational.
Synchronizing – The process of verifying data integrity by recalculating redundant data and matching the data on the disk drives
Rebuilding – The process of reconstructing an array in Critical mode by placing redundant data on a replacement disk drive.
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