Contents

 

Chapter 1: Introduction

1

What is the FastTrak TX4000 RAID Card?

1

Promise Array Management Utility (PAM)

2

Keys Features and Benefits

3

Chapter 2: Quick Start

5

Installing the FastTrak TX4000 Card

6

Installing the Hard Drives

7

Creating Your Disk Array

9

Creating an Array for Performance

10

Creating a Security Array with New Drives

11

Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive

12

Chapter 3: Using FastBuild Configuration Utility

15

Viewing FastTrak TX4000 BIOS Screen

15

Navigating the FastBuild Setup Menu

16

Using the Main Menu

16

Creating Arrays Automatically

17

Optimize Array for

18

Defining Typical Application Usage

18

Using a Hot Spare Drive

19

Creating Multiple Disk Arrays

19

Viewing Drive Assignments

20

Manually Creating an Array

21

Selecting Array Type

22

Selecting Stripe Block

22

Gigabyte Boundary

23

Assigning Drive(s) to Array

23

Creating a Mirrored Array Using New Drives

24

Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive

25

Making a FastTrak TX4000 Disk Array Bootable

27

Creating a Hot Spare Drive for Mirrored Arrays

28

How FastTrak TX4000 Orders Arrays

28

How FastTrak TX4000 Saves Array Information

28

Deleting an Array

29

Rebuilding a Mirrored Array

31

Chapter 4: Installing Software Drivers

33

New Windows Server 2003 Installation

34

Existing Windows Server 2003 Installation

35

Confirming Windows Server 2003 Driver Installation

35

New Windows XP Installation

36

Existing Windows XP Installation

37

Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation

37

New Windows 2000 Installation

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