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FastTrak SX4000 Lite Quick Start Guide Version 3.4.
FastTrak SX 4000 Lite 2 Copyright © 2003, Promi se Techno logy, Inc. Copyright by Pro mise Tech nology, 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, written perm ission of Pr omise T echnology.
Quick S tart Gu ide 3 S tep 1: Un p ack Y our Fa stT rak C ard W hen you receive th e FastTrak SX 4000 Lite, the packag e shou ld contain th e items list ed be low: • FastTrak SX 4000 Lite Controlle.
FastTrak SX 4000 Lite 4 Step 2: Memor y Module T est The FastT rak SX4000 Lite RAI D Controller card ships w ithout a Dual Inl ine Memory Module (DIMM ) for Synchronous Dyna mic Rand om Access Memory (SDRAM). A D IMM of 64 M B t o 256 MB capacity must be in stalled in order for the FastTr ak Card to fun ction.
Quick St art Guide 5 Step 3: Inst all the FastT r ak Card The FastT rak RAID Co ntroller card f its into any availab le: • 33-MHz, 32-bit PC I slot (m ust be PC I 2.2 comp liant) • The 33-M Hz, 32-bit porti on of a 64-b it PCI slot on the PC’s motherboard ( see Figure 1 below ).
FastTrak SX 4000 Lite 6 S tep 4: Inst all the Hard Drives Important If you w ish to inc lude your cu rrent bootab le Serial ATA dr ive using the W indows X P operating system as part of a boot able Mirrored (RAID 1) arra y on your FastTrak card, do NOT c onnect the hard dr i ve to the Fa stTrak yet.
Quick St art Guide 7 SX4000 Lit e FastTRAK 11 1 1 J 1 Figure 2. FastTrak SX400 0 Lite card. 4. Attach the Y -cable power split ters to each of th e hard drive s.
FastTrak SX 4000 Lite 8 Step 5: Create Y our Disk A rra y You w ill now use the onboard FastBu ild BIOS utility to create y our first array using the att ached drives. For an explanation of th e array options, s ee Chapter 3 of the FastTra k S150 SX4 / SX4000 / SX4000 Lite User M anual .
Quick St art Guide 9 FastBuil d Array Utili ty 2.xx (c ) 2002 -2 005 Pr om ise Tech nolog y, Inc. [ Define Array Menu ] [ Keys Availab le ] Array N o RAID Leve l Total Dr v Capacity (MB) Status Array .
FastTrak SX 4000 Lite 10 6. Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choi ces depend on the RAID Leve l you s elected. • Initialize Array, zero the disk driv es. RAID 5 only . • Stripe Block Size, the default 6 4KB is best for most applicatio ns.
Quick St art Guide 11 St ep 6: Ins t all Sof tware Dri v ers Drivers for t he Wind ows operat ing syste ms are inc luded on t he softw are CD and driver disk ette that ca me with your FastTr ak SX4000 Li te Controll er. Please download th e latest driv ers fro m the Promise website at w ww.
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