Promise Technology EX4350 quick start Install the Disk Drives, Jbod

Step 3: Install the Disk Drives

Step 3: Install the Disk Drives

Important

If you wish to include your current bootable SATA drive using the Windows operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID

1)logical drive on your SuperTrak card, do NOT connect the disk drive to the SuperTrak yet. You MUST install the Windows driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing disk drive controller.

The SuperTrak EX4350 RAID Controller card supports 1.5-Gb/s and 3.0-Gb/s SATA disk drives. For optimal performance, install disk drives of the same model and capacity. The drives’ matched performance allows the logical drive to function better as a single drive.

Level	Number of Drives
RAID 0	1 or more
RAID 1	2 only
RAID 5	3 or 4
RAID 6	3 or 4
RAID 10	4 only
JBOD	1 only

The table above shows the number of drives required for each RAID level.

1.Install the disk drives into the disk drive bays of your system.

If you are using SuperSwap Enclosures, the Port ID of each disk drive must match the Channel number.

Caution

If you plan to use a removable disk drive enclosures other than Promise Technology’s SuperSwap, be sure it meets the SAF-TE standard. Other enclosures are not supported and may result in performance loss or other undesired results.

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