Promise Technology TX4000 user manual Manually Creating an Array

Chapter 3: FastBuild Configuration Utility

Manually Creating an Array

The Define Array (3) option from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays attached to FastTrak TX4000.

Users will commonly create one or two drive arrays with FastTrak TX4000, though the card will support a maximum of four arrays. You may use a single drive in striping mode with FastTrak TX4000. In this rare scenario, the card will create an individual array ID but will offer conventional controller performance depending on the drive type. At a later time, you can add a second drive to the array and recreate the array to support RAID 1 mirroring.

Note

For most installations, Promise recommends the (1) Auto

Setup for easy disk array creation.

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[Define Array Menu]

Array No	RAID Mode	Total Drv	Capacity(MB)	Status
Array 1	Stripe	2	16126	Functional
Array 2	——	——	——	——
Array 3	——	——	——	——
Array 4	——	——	——	——

[ Keys Available ]

Note: * — Bootable Array

[↑ ] Up [↓ ] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select [Space] Change Boot Drive

To manually create an array from the Define Array Menu:

1.Press the arrow keys to highlight the array number you wish to define, and press Enter to select.

2.The Define Array Definition Menu will next appear that allows drive assignments to the disk array (see next page).

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