FastTrak100 User Manual
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Selecting Notification Options
This section of the Options windows allows users to select how they are notified of
a system event. A System Event includes driver-initiated Rebuilds (automatic
rebuild using a “hot” spare standby drive), user-initiated manual Rebuilds or
manual Synchronization, and Error-Handling reporting for these processes.
Enable audible prompt checkbox turns on/off an audible alarm of an event
(typically a drive failure, or completion of rebuild or synchronization).
Popup message box checkbox turns on/off the appearance of an event
message box that would typically indicates a drive failure, or completion of
rebuild or synchronization.
Use log file checkbox allows writing operating event logs of the array activity
(alerts and status reports) to a given file name and directory. If a file name
is used but the path left blank, the default directory is the same as the
FastCheck Utility (typically C:\Program Files\Promise\FastTrak100).
Use NT system event log checkbox is greyed out under Windows
95/98/2000/Millennium automatically. Under Windows NT4.0 and Windows
2000, it permits user to write array logging to NT’s own event log.
1. To view FastCheck events under Windows NT, go to
Start/Programs/Adminstrative Tools/Event Viewer.
2. In the Event Viewer, choose “Log” from the menu bar, then check
“System.” Any events generated by FastCheck will appear under the
Source column as “FastCheck.”
On Errors section offers four radio button choices for the user to select what
procedure they would like to perform if an Error is detected during
automatic/manual Rebuilds or manual Synchronization. There are three
types of errors that FastTrak100 detects -- a data mismatch between the
primary and secondary drive, a physical media error on source or target
drive, or a total disk failure. The options for handling Errors are as follows:
Abort: stops any Synchronization or Rebuild process if an error is
encountered.