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FASTTRAK S150 TX2PLUS
USER MANUAL
Version 1.3
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual Copyright © 2003 Promise Technology, Inc. Copyright by Promise Technology, Inc. (Promise Technology). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of Promise Technology. Trademarks Promise, and the Promise logo are registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Import
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................ 1 FastTrak S150 TX2plus ............................................................................... 1 Promise Array Management Utility (PAM).................................................... 2 Key Features and Benefits........................................................................... 3 Chapter 2: Installation ............................................
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual Existing Windows ME Installation............................................................... 45 Confirming Windows ME Driver Installation ............................................... 45 New Windows NT4.0 Installation................................................................ 46 Existing Windows NT4.0 Installation .......................................................... 47 Removing Driver from Windows NT4.0 ....................................
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Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing Promise Technology’s FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID controller card. The PC which you are using either already contains FastTrak S150 TX2plus installed by a third-party or you have acquired a FastTrak S150 TX2plus retail product for your existing PC and plan to install the card yourself. • For PC owners wishing to install their FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID controller card, go to Chapter 2: Installation on page 5. • For PCs with a FastTrak S150 T
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual FastTrak S150 TX2plus bootable BIOS supports individual drives larger than 137 GB. With FAT32 and NTFS partitioning, the array can be addressed as one large single volume. Caution With some models of hard drives, if the Master hard drive fails, it may cause the Slave hard drive to be unrecognized by the computer's operating system. Where a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array exists on the Master/Slave pair, this condition may cause the operating system to fre
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Chapter 1: Introduction Key Features and Benefits The following information offers an overview of the major features of your new Promise FastTrak S150 TX2 plus. Advanced Hardware Design Features Benefits Supports 66MHz PCI bus Allows maximum data transfers of up to motherboards (automatically 266MB per second (133 MB/s in 33 MHz backward compatible with slot) over the bus to dramatically reduce the 33MHz PCI slots) time to save and retrieve large files. Supports: data striping (RAID 0
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual Utilizes FastBuild™ automenu from the FastTrak Has “Auto Setup” option for quick and easy S150 TX2plus onboard array builds. BIOS Displays status and error Notifies user of possible errors and allows for checking messages during recovery of mirrored drive arrays directly bootup from FastBuild™. Employs the latest Promise Fully supports Serial ATA specifications with PCI Serial ATA ASIC 150 MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking technology at high spe
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Chapter 2: Installation This section is designed to quickly get your FastTrak S150 TX2plus Serial ATA RAID controller card up and running using the default settings, which will be optimal for most users. If you wish to modify any of the default settings, please refer to Chapter 3, page 15, Using FastBuild™ Configuration Utility. Unpacking Your FastTrak Card When you receive the FastTrak S150 TX2plus card, the package should contain the items listed below: • FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual Installing the FastTrak Card The FastTrak TX2plus Serial ATA RAID card fits into any available PCI slot on your PC’s motherboard (see Figure 1, below): • 32-bit PCI slot (must be PCI 2.2 or 2.3 compliant) • The 32-bit portion of a 64-bit PCI slot 1. Remove the cover of your system. 2. Remove the inside slot cover of an available 32-bit PCI slot on the motherboard. 3. Install the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card into the open slot (see Figure 1 below).
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Chapter 2: Installation Installing the Hard Drives Important If you wish to include your current bootable Serial ATA drive using the Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card, do NOT connect the hard drive to the FastTrak yet. You MUST install the Windows NT4, 2000, or XP driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual Port 2 Port 3 Port 1 (Serial) (Parallel) (Serial) for future Pin 1 use TX2plus FastTrak 150 LED Pins Figure 2. FastTrak S150 TX2plus card 5. Attach the Y-cable power splitters to the Serial ATA hard drives. 6. Use existing power cables for the Parallel ATA hard drives. Note The FastTrak S150 TX2plus RAID controller is a PCI Plug-n-Play (PnP) device. No changes are necessary in the Motherboard CMOS Setup for resources or drive types in most
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Chapter 2: Installation Creating Your Disk Array You will now use the onboard FastBuild™ BIOS utility to create your array using the attached drives. There are three different scenarios in creating this array. You can create an array for: • Performance • Security, using new hard drives (recommended) • Security, using an existing hard drive and a new one • Security, using Quick Initialization The first three steps are the same for all three choices. After that, follow the steps for
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc. [Auto Setup Options Menu] Optimize Array for: Performance [ Auto Setup Configuration ] Mode.......................................................................Stripe Spare Drive.............................................................0 Drives used in Array................................................ 2 Array Disk Capacity.........................................
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Chapter 2: Installation Creating a Security Array with New Drives Caution With some models of hard drives, if the Master hard drive fails, it may cause the Slave hard drive to be unrecognized by the computer's operating system. Where a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array exists on the Master/Slave pair, this condition may cause the operating system to freeze. Do NOT create a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array with two Parallel ATA hard drives using the Master/Slave arrangement on Channel 3 (the Paralle
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual 5. A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system. Array has been created. 6. Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new hard drive. 7. Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Chapter 4 of this Manual to install your operating system and/or FastTrak driver. 12
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Chapter 2: Installation Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive Caution With some models of hard drives, if the Master hard drive fails, it may cause the Slave hard drive to be unrecognized by the computer's operating system. Where a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array exists on the Master/Slave pair, this condition may cause the operating system to freeze. Do NOT create a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array with two Parallel ATA hard drives using the Master/Slave arrangement on Channel 3
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do quick initialize or create only? Y - Create and Duplicate N - Create Only I - Create and Quick Initialize 3. Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option. The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use. FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive. Source Disk Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) ----- ----- ----- Target Disk Ch
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Chapter 2: Installation Array has been created. 8. Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Chapter 4 of this Manual to install your operating system and/or FastTrak driver. 15
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FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization Caution With some models of hard drives, if the Master hard drive fails, it may cause the Slave hard drive to be unrecognized by the computer's operating system. Where a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array exists on the Master/Slave pair, this condition may cause the operating system to freeze. Do NOT create a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array with two Parallel ATA hard drives using the Master/Slave arrangement on Cha
