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FastTrak SX4000 Lite Quick Start Guide Version 3.4.
FastTrak SX 4000 Lit e 2 Copyright © 2003, Pr omise Tec hnology, Inc. Copyright by Promise T echnology , Inc. (Promise T echnology ). No part of t his manual may be repro duced or transmitt ed in any form witho ut the ex pressed, wr itten permission of Pr omise Technology .
Quick S tart Gu ide 3 S tep 1 : Unp ack Y our FastT rak C ard W hen you receive th e FastTrak SX 4000 Lite, the p ackage sh ou l d con tain th e items list ed be low: • FastTrak SX 4000 L i te Contr.
FastTrak SX 4000 Lit e 4 S tep 2: M emor y Module T e st The FastT rak SX4000 Lite RAI D Control ler card shi ps witho ut a Dual Inline M emory Module (DIM M) for Synchrono us Dyna mic Rand om Access Memory (SDRAM ). A DIMM of 64 M B to 256 MB capacity must be in stalled in order for the FastT rak Card to function.
Quick S tart Guide 5 S tep 3: I nst all the FastT rak C ard The FastT rak RAID Co ntroller card f its int o any availab le: • 33-M Hz, 32-bit PCI sl ot (must be PCI 2.2 comp liant) • The 33-M H z, 32-bit portion of a 64-bit PCI slot on the PC’s motherb oard (see Figure 1 b elow).
FastTrak SX 4000 L i t e 6 S t ep 4: Inst all the Hard D rives Important If you wish to in clude your current bootab le Ser ial ATA drive using th e W indows X P operatin g system as part of a bootab le Mirrored (RAI D 1) array on you r FastTrak card, do NOT connect the h ard drive to the Fa stTrak yet.
Quick S tart Guide 7 SX40 00 Lite FastTRAK 11 1 1 J 1 Figure 2. FastTrak SX400 0 Lite card. 4. Attach th e Y-cabl e power sp litters to ea ch of th e hard drive s.
FastTrak SX 4000 Lit e 8 S tep 5: Create Y our Disk A r ra y You w ill now use the onboard FastBuild BIO S utility to create y our first array using th e attached dr ives. For an ex planation of th e array opt ions, see C hapter 3 of the Fas tTrak S150 SX4 / S X4000 / SX4000 Li te User M anual .
Quick S tart Guide 9 FastB uild Arr ay Ut ility 2. xx (c ) 2002 -2 005 Pr omise T echnol ogy, Inc . [ Define Array Menu ] [ Ke ys Av ai lable ] Arra y No RAID Leve l Total Drv Capaci ty (M B) Stat us .
FastTrak SX 4000 Lit e 10 6. Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Opti on choices depend on the RAID Lev el you s elected. • Initializ e Array, zero the disk drives. R AID 5 only . • Stripe B lock Size, the default 64KB is best for most appl ications.
Quick S tart Guide 11 S tep 6: Ins t all Sof tware Dri v ers Drivers for t he W ind ows opera ting syste ms are inc luded on t he softw are CD and driver di skette that came w ith your FastT rak SX4000 Li te Controll er. Please download th e lates t drivers fro m the Promise website at www .
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