FastTrak TX Series User v2.0

TX2200 / TX2300 TX4200 / TX4300 USER MANUAL
Version 2.0
FASTTRAK
FastTrak TX2200/2300,TX4200/4300 User Manual
Copyright
2005 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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.
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Important data protection information

You should back up all data before installing any drive controller or storage peripheral. Promise Technology is not responsible for any loss of data resulting from the use, disuse or misuse of this or any other Promise Technology product.
Notice
Although Promise Technology has attempted to ensure the accuracy of the content of this manual, it is possible that this document may contain technical inaccuracies, typographical, or other errors. Promise Technology assumes no liability for any error in this publication, and for damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or otherwise, that may result from such error, including, but not limited to loss of data or profits. Promise Technology provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The published information in the manual is subject to change without notice. Promise Technology reserves the right to make changes in the product design, layout, and driver revisions without notification to its users. This version of the User Manual supersedes all previous versions.
Recommendations
The appearance in this manual of products made by other companies, including, but not limited to software, servers and disk drives, is for the purpose of illustration and explanation only. Promise Technology does not recommend, endorse, prefer or support any product made by another manufacturer.
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 FastTrak TX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 WebPAM Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Key Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Chapter 2: Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Unpack Your FastTrak Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Install the FastTrak Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Install the Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Create Your Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 WebPAM Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Utility Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Java Runtime Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Operating System Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Install WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Chapter 3: Install Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Make an Installation Floppy Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Windows Server 2003 New Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Existing Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Confirm Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Windows XP New Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Existing Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Confirm Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Windows 2000 New Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Existing Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Confirm Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
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FastTrak TX2200/2300, TX4200/4300 User Manual
Chapter 4: FastBuild Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 FastTrak BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 View Drive Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Create a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 One Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Two Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 View Drive Assignments, Split Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Delete Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Controller Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 System Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Logical Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Chapter 5: WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Log-in to WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Regular Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Secure Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Log-out of WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Add a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Event Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Delete a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Change a Users Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Change a Users Email Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Change a Users Access Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Host Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Utility Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 FastTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Controller Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Controller Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Controller Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Controller Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Physical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Physical Drive View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Media Patrol Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Physical Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Physical Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Physical Drive Media Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Physical Drive Bad Sector Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Locate a Physical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
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Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Logical Drive View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Create a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 JBOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Delete a Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Logical Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Logical Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Logical Drive Migration and Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 FastTrak TX2200, TX2300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 FastTrak TX4200, TX4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 On Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Scheduled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Cancel a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Logical Drive Rebuild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 On Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Scheduled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Cancel a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Automatic Rebuild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Synchronize/Redundancy Check All Logical Drives . . . . . . . . .82 Logical Drive Synchronization/Redundancy Check . . . . . . . . .84 On Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Scheduled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Cancel a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Logical Drive Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Logical Drive Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Logical Drive Critical / Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 When a Disk Drive Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Replace the Failed Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Rebuild Your Logical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Enclosure View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Spare Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Spare Drive View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Create a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Delete a Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Chapter 6: Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 About FastTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Adapter BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Introduction to RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
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RAID 0 Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 RAID 1 Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 RAID 10 Mirror / Stripe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 About Dual Data Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 JBOD Single Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Choosing a RAID Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 RAID 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 RAID 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 RAID 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 JBOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Other Logical Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Stripe Block Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Hot Spare Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Cache Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Logical Drive Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 RAID Level Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Ranges of Disk Array Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Chapter 7: Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Pre-Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Motherboard Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 System CMOS Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Drive Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Operating System-Related Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Installation Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Post-Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Performance Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Contact Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Return Product For Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Appendix A: Partition and Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Appendix B: Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 BIOS and Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Software Driver Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 WebPAM Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
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Chapter 1: Introduction
About This Manual, below Overview (page 2) FastTrak TX Series (page 2) WebPAM Software (page 3) Key Features and Benefits (page 3) Specifications (page 6)
Thank you for purchasing Promise Technologys FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 RAID Controller card.
About This Manual

This User Manual describes how to setup, use and maintain your FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller cards. This manual includes a full table of contents, chapter task lists and numerous cross-references to help you find the specific information you are looking for. Also included are four levels of notices: Note A Note provides helpful information such as hints or alternative ways of doing a task. Important An Important calls attention to an essential step or point required to complete a task. Important items include things often missed. Caution A Caution informs you of possible equipment damage or loss of data and how to avoid them. Warning A Warning notifies you of probable equipment damage or loss of data, or the possibility of physical injury, and how to avoid them.
Overview
The PC which you are using either already contains FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 RAID Controller card installed by a third-party or you have acquired a FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 retail product for your existing PC and plan to install the card yourself. For PC owners wishing to install their TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 RAID Controller card, go to Chapter 2: Installation on page 5. For PCs with a FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 RAID Controller card already installed, and you are experiencing any difficulties with the disk drives being recognized by the card, go to Chapter 6: Troubleshooting on page 51. If your operating system has crashed for some reason or you have downloaded updated drivers from the Promise website (www.promise.com), you may wish to reinstall software drivers for the FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 RAID controller card. See Chapter 4: Installing Drivers on page 33.
FastTrak TX Series
Promise originally designed the FastTrak TX2200/2300 and TX4200/4300 as a cost-effective, high performance RAID controller cards that add performance and/or reliability to PC desktops and/or servers using Serial ATA drives. FastTrak TX2200/2300 have two independent data channels to support a maximum of two Serial ATA drives and supports: Stripe (RAID 0) Identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance. Mirror (RAID 1) Mirror increases read performance through load balancing and elevator sorting while creating a complete backup of your files.
FastTrak TX4200/4300 have four independent data channels to support a maximum of four Serial ATA drives and supports: Stripe (RAID 0) Identical drives can read and write data in parallel to increase performance. Mirror (RAID 1) Mirror increases read performance through load balancing and elevator sorting while creating a complete backup of your files. Mirror / Stripe (RAID 10) Combining mirror with stripe offers both high read/ write performance and fault tolerance
A FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 striped logical disk can double the sustained data transfer rate of Serial ATA drives.
FastTrak TX2200/2300 and TX4200/4300 offer fault tolerant, data redundancy for entry-level network file servers or simply for desktop PC users wanting to continually protect valuable data on their PC. Should a drive that is part of a mirrored logical disk fail, FastTrak TX2200/2300 and TX4200/4300 use the mirrored drive (which contains identical data) to assume all data handling. When a new replacement drive is later installed, FastTrak TX2200/2300 and TX4200/4300 rebuild data to the new drive from the mirrored drive to restore fault tolerance. FastTrak TX2200/2300 and TX4200/4300 bootable BIOS supports individual drives larger than 137 GB. With FAT32 and NTFS partitioning, the logical disk can be addressed as one large single volume.
WebPAM Software
The Web-based Promise Array Management (WebPAM) RAID management software offers local management and monitoring of FastTrak disk arrays. Browser-based GUI provides email notification of all major events/alarms, memory cache management, logging for Windows servers, disk array maintenance, rebuild, and access to all components in disk array (server, controller, data channels, individual drives, and enclosure). For information on using WebPAM, refer to Chapter 5: WebPAM on page 43.
Key Features and Benefits

The following information offers an overview of the major features of your new Promise FastTrak TX2200/2300 and TX4200/4300. Advanced Hardware Design Features Supports 66 MHz PCI bus motherboards (automatically backward compatible with 33 MHz PCI slots) Supports: data stripe (RAID 0), mirror (RAID 1), and mirror/stripe (RAID 10) RAID 10 on 4200/4300 only Benefits Allows maximum data transfers of up to 266MB per second (133 MB/s in 33 MHz slot) over the bus to dramatically reduce the time to save and retrieve large files. Provides dramatic increase in drive performance and/or fault tolerant options. Offers performance customization and data rebuilds from the BIOS menu.
TX 2300 and TX4300 support Burst data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s from Serial ATA Specification II Serial ATA drives to boost overall system performance.
Advanced Hardware Design Features Benefits TX 2200 and TX4200 support Burst data transfer rates up to 150 MB/s from Serial ATA Specification 1.0a Serial ATA drives to boost overall system performance. Independent data channels for Serial ATA drives PCI Plug-n-Play, PCI Interrupt sharing and coexists with motherboard IDE and SCSI controllers Drives can multiply their data transfer performance when striped together and each drive uses a separate data channel. Easy to install; supports up to 4 Serial ATA drives on the FastTrak RAID Controller card while still supporting 4 devices on motherboard ATA controller.
Supports multiple logical disks TX2200/2300 supports up to 2 logical disks, TX4200/4300 supports up to 8 logical disks (2 LUNs per physical disk). Supports online logical disk expansion Supports online logical disk migration Supports Hot Spare drive Add disk drives to the logical disk without affecting data availability. Change RAID level without affecting data availability. Uses any free disk to replace a failing disk in a logical disk automatically.
Utilizes FastBuild automenu Has Auto Setup option for quick and easy from the FastTrak onboard logical disk builds. BIOS Displays status and error checking messages during bootup Supports S.M.A.R.T. monitoring and reporting Employs the latest Promise PCI Serial ATA ASIC technology Mirror supports automatic background rebuilds DOS based flash upgrade of BIOS and Firmware Gigabyte Rounding Notifies user of possible errors and allows for recovery of mirrored drive logical disks directly from FastBuild. Polls status every 15 minutes, reports through WebPAM. Fully supports Serial ATA specifications with 150 and 300 MB/sec timing and CRC error-checking at high speeds. Fault tolerance can be restored automatically without rebooting. Verifies proper file, option to backup existing file. Download files from Promise website. Allows easier interchangeability among disk drive vendors.
Advanced Hardware Design Features Benefits System reboot not required System boot process continues without after create, delete, migrate or restarting. expand logical disk
Compatibility Features Complies with PCI v2.3 Local Bus standard Complies with SATA Specification 1.0a Benefits Provides highest level of hardware compatibility. Provides full compatibility with first generation Serial ATA hard drives.
Complies with Serial ATA II: Provides enclosure and drive monitoring Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a compatibility. Specification Compliant with PCI Bus Master standard. PCI Bus Master support Provides 32-bit I/O and, Bus Master, and Serial ATA performance for optimal system performance.
Tested compatibility to coexist Improves system performance and minimizes with motherboards that have system conflicts for new and existing integrated IDE controllers installations. Compatible with all major SATA generation 1 and SATA generation 2, phase 1 and phase 2 disk drives Features LBA support Supports BIOS Boot Specification Compatible with Promise SuperSwap enclosures Promise performs verification testing with major drive manufacturers and development partners.
Supports drives greater than 137 GB capacity. All logical disks attached to the FastTrak card appear in the BBS-compliant motherboards BIOS boot list. Provides enclosure management including fan, temperature and voltages.
Specifications
Low-profile printed circuit board PCI Slot 33 MHz or 66 MHz Controller card dimensions TX2200/2300/4300 (HWD): 2.25 x 4.75 x 0.33 inches (57 x 121 x 8 mm) TX4200 (HWD): 2.00 x 4.69 x 0.33 inches (57 x 119 x 8 mm) Operating temperatures: 32 to 122F (0C to 50C) Operating humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Chapter 2: Installation
Unpack Your FastTrak Card (below) Install the FastTrak Card (page 8) Install the Disk Drives (page 10) Create Your Logical Drive (page 13) WebPAM Installation (page 16)
This Chapter is designed to quickly get your FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card up and running. If you plan to run the WebPAM software, you must also install the driver appropriate to your operating system. See Chapter 3: Install Drivers on page 25.
Unpack Your FastTrak Card

When you receive the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card, the package should contain the items listed below: FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 Serial ATA RAID Controller card Quick Start Guide 0.65 m (26 inch) Serial ATA data cables. Two 1.5 Gb cables for TX2200, two 3.0 Gb cables for TX2300, four 1.5 Gb cables for TX4200, four 3.0 Gb cables for TX4300 Y power splitter cable, one for TX2200/2300, two for TX4200/4300 CD with all Promise RAID Management (WebPAM) software, Windows drivers and FastTrak TX2200/2300, TX4200/4300 User Manual
If any of the items are missing or appear to be damaged, please contact your dealer or distributor immediately. Warning The electronic components on the FastTrak RAID Controller card are sensitive to damage from Electro-Static Discharge (ESD). Observe appropriate precautions at all times when handling the FastTrak card or its subassemblies.
Warning Before installing the adapter into an existing system, backup any important or useful data. Failure to follow this accepted PC practice could result in data loss. Note The FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card is a PCI Plug-n-Play (PnP) device. No changes are necessary in the motherboard CMOS/BIOS Setup for resources or drive types in most applications.
Install the FastTrak Card

The FastTrak TX2200/2300 or TX4200/4300 Serial ATA RAID card fits into any available PCI slot on your PC's motherboard (below): 32-bit PCI slot (must be PCI 2.2 or 2.3 compliant) The 32-bit portion of a 64-bit PCI or PCI-X slot
Attaching screw
Bracket
System frame
FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card
Motherboard
PCI slots
1. 2. 3. 4.
Remove the cover of your system. Install the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card into the open PCI slot. Fasten the controller card bracket to the systems frame. Attach your system cases 2- or 4-pin LED cable to the LED connector on the FastTrak card (see Install the Disk Drives, below).
Install the Disk Drives

Important If you wish to include your current bootable Serial ATA drive using the Windows operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) logical drive on your FastTrak card, do NOT connect the disk drive to the FastTrak yet. You MUST install the Windows driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing disk drive controller. The FastTrak TX2200/2300 and TX4200/4300 RAID Controller cards support only Serial ATA disk drives. For optimal performance, install disk drives of the same model and capacity. The drives matched performance allows the logical drive to function better as a single drive. Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 JBOD Number of Drives any number 2 only 4 only 1 only
The table above shows the number of drives required for each RAID level. If you plan to create a mirror (RAID 1) for protection, you can use two new drives OR use an existing drive and a new drive. The new drive must be the same size or larger than the existing drive. 1. Install the disk drives into the disk drive bays of your system. Caution Use of removable disk drive enclosures other than Promise Technologys SuperSwap is not supported and may result in performance loss or other undesired results.
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Individual LED Connectors Aggregate LED Connectors
Port 2 / Channel 2 Port 1 / Channel 1

FastTrak TX2200
Management Connector FastTrak TX2200/2300 Serial ATA RAID Controller card
Individual LED Connectors
Aggregate LED Connectors
Port 1 / Channel 1
Management Connector
Port 2 / Channel 2
FastTrak TX4200
FastTrak TX4200 Serial ATA RAID Controller card
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Individual LED Aggregate LED Connectors Connectors Management Connector

FastTrak TX4300
FastTrak TX4300 Serial ATA RAID Controller card 2. 3. Attach one Serial ATA data cable to each disk drive. Then attach the other ends of the cables to the connectors on the FastTrak card (above). Attach the Y-cable power splitters to your Serial ATA disk drives. If you are using a Promise SuperSwap 1100 or 4100 enclosure in your PC: Connect the power cables to the SuperSwap enclosure. Attach a SMBus cable from the Management Connector on the FastTrak card to the Management Connector on the first enclosure
These actions are described in Chapter 2 of the SuperSwap User Manual.
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Create Your Logical Drive

You will now use the onboard FastBuild BIOS utility to create a logical drive with the attached drives. For an explanation of the logical drive concepts, see Chapter 6 Note You can omit this step and create your logical drive using the WebPAM software. 1. Boot your system. If this is the first time you have booted with the FastTrak card and drives installed, the Promise onboard BIOS will display the following screen (below).
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Press the Ctrl-F keys to display the FastBuild Utility Main Menu (below).
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Press 2 on the Main Menu screen to display the Define LD Menu (below).
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Press the arrow keys to highlight an logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to select it. The Define LD Menu for the logical drive number you selected will next appear (below).
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Choose the RAID Level you want. In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to toggle through logical drive types: RAID 0 (Stripe) RAID 1 (Mirror) RAID 10 (Stripe / Mirror) JBOD (Single Drive)
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Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choices depend on the RAID Level you selected. Fast Init erases the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the disk drives when this feature is set to ON. Applies to RAID 0, 1 or 10. Stripe Block Size. Press the Spacebar to toggle through 32, 64 or 128KB. 64KB is the default. See Stripe Block Size on page 102 for more information. Applies to RAID 0 or 10.
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Press the arrow keys to move to Disk Assignments. Press the spacebar to toggle between N and Y for each available drive. Y means this disk drive will be assigned to the logical drive. Assign the appropriate number of disk drives to your logical drive. Refer to the table under Install the Disk Drives on page 10. A disk drive that is not assigned to a logical drive will automatically function as a Hot Spare Drive.
8.
Press Ctrl-Y to save your logical drive configuration. You have the option allocating a portion to a second logical drive. This option is discussed under Create a Logical Drive on page 36.
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Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use the full portion of the logical drive for one logical drive.
10. Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility. 11. Press Y to restart the computer. You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. Important You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it. Use the same method of partitioning and formatting a logical drive as you would any other fixed disk added to your computer system.
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WebPAM Installation
Important Install the FastTrak software drives for your operating system before installing WebPAM. See Chapter 3: Install Drivers on page 25 for instructions. WebPAM installation software will install two major components: Utility Server WebPAM RAID monitoring and Networking software Java Runtime Environment (if not previously installed)
Utility Server
The Utility Server installs on the PC with the FastTrak RAID Controller card (the Host PC).
The Internet Desktop PC with Internet browser
Laptop PC with Internet browser
Router & Firewall Networked PC with Internet browser File Server with Utility Server
Host PC with FastTrak Controller
Figure 12.WebPAM on a network
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Java Runtime Environment

If you are planning to use other applications that rely on JRE or JDK, always install them first before you install WebPAM. WebPAM will use the existing JRE rather than installing a second one. WebPAM will install JRE 1.4 on your system unless you already have JRE or JDK versions 1.3.0 or 1.4.
Operating System Support

On the Host PC where you install the FastTrak controller and WebPAM, Promise Technology recommends: Windows 2000 Windows XP Professional Windows 2003 Red Hat EL 4.0 SuSE ES 9.0
The Utility Server supports these operating systems. Choose one of them to take full advantage of all the features of WebPAM.
Install WebPAM
Windows
Follow these steps to install WebPAM on your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. 2. 3. 4. Boot up the PC/server and launch Windows. If the computer is already running, exit all programs. Insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive. Double-click on the Install CD's icon to open it. Double-click on the Installer icon to launch it (right). The first WebPAM installation dialog box appears. Go to WebPAM Installation for Windows and Linux, continued on page 18
Linux
Follow these steps to install WebPAM on your Linux-based PC or Server. 1. Boot up the PC/server and launch the Linux GUI. If the computer is already running, exit all programs. 2. 3. Insert the software CD into your CD-ROM drive. In the CD window, double-click on the webpam...bin icon to begin installation (right).
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When the Run or Display? dialog box appears, click Run in Terminal. After several moments, the Terminal window closes and the first WebPAM PRO installation dialog box appears.
WebPAM Installation for Windows and Linux, continued

The first WebPAM installation dialog box appears, as shown below.
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When the Introduction screen appears (above), click the Next button.
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6.
When the License Agreement appears (above), click the I accept the terms of the license agreement radio button. Then click the Next button.
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When the Choose Install Folder screen appears (above), make your selection of a folder for the WebPAM applications you are installing. The default folder is C:\Program Files\Promise\WebPAM 2.0. If you want a different folder, type its location or click the Browse button and select a new location. If you change your mind and want the default location, click on the Back button, then the Next button. Click the Next button when you are finished.
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When the SSL Security Options screen appears (above), you can check External Security. An explanation follows. External SSL Security Applies security to all connections involving the Internet or outside your company firewall. Security options are invisible to authorized users. Promise Technology provides a default certificate for the server as well as for internal data communication. However, in some cases it is always better to install and verify your own certificate for the webserver. And, and if possible, verify certificate by certificate authority like Verisign or Thwate. See your MIS Administrator for guidance. Click the Next button when you have made your choice.
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When the Installation Summary screen appears (above), review your choices. To make changes, click the Back button. To continue, click the Install button.
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10. When the Install Complete screen appears (above), the installation process is finished. Click the Finish button.
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11. When the Install Complete screen appears (above), the installation process is finished. Click the Finish button to go to the Promise Registration website. Important Registration of your FastTrak and WebPAM provides useful information that helps Promise Technologies to offer better products and support. Please take a few minutes to register. Thanks! This completes the WebPAM installation. Go toChapter 5: WebPAM on page 45 for information about using WebPAM.
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Chapter 3: Install Drivers

Make a Driver Installation Diskette, page 26 Windows Server 2003 New, page 27 Exsting, page 28 Confirm, page 28 New, page 29 Exsting, page 30 Confirm, page 30 New, page 31 Exsting, page 32 Confirm, page 32
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Following are driver installation procedures for the Windows operating systems that support the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card. The FastTrak drivers for Windows are included on the CD. Drivers and installation instructions for Linux are downloadable from the Promise website at www.promise.com. Important If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) disk array, you MUST install the FastTrak driver to this drive while it is still attached to your existing disk drive controller.
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Make an Installation Floppy Diskette

This procedure requires one write-enabled blank 3.5-inch diskette. 1. 2. Place your blank diskette in the appropriate drive. Insert the Promise CD into your CD-ROM drive. The display screen should open automatically. If the display screen does not open, click on MyComputer > CD Drive D: and double-click on the Launch.exe icon. Click on the Windows Driver button. The Disk Copy Utility opens. Click the Create button in the Utility. A confirmation box appears. Click the Yes button in the confirmation box. The utility prepares your driver installation diskette. When the utility is finished, it displays a message. In the message, click the OK button. Click the Exit button to close the Promise CD.
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Windows Server 2003

New Installation
The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller drivers while installing Windows Server 2003. 1. Start the installation: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows Server 2003 installation diskettes. CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 after the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears.
When the Windows Server 2003 Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). Insert the FastTrak driver diskette into drive A: and press Enter. Choose Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller from the list that appears on screen, and then press the Enter. Press S to use the driver on the floppy disk and then press Enter to continue with installation. The Windows Server 2003 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices: The list will include Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller. NOTE: If there are any additional devices to be installed, specify them now. When all devices are specified, continue to the next step.
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From the Windows Server 2003 Setup screen, press the Enter. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows Server 2003 installation.
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Existing Installation
After installing the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card and rebooting your system, Windows Server 2003 setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box. Under Windows 2003, RAID Controller will be displayed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Insert the FastTrak driver diskette into the A:\ drive. Choose Install the software automatically and press the Enter key. Choose Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller from the list that appears on screen, and then press the Enter key. If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft, you will be asked if you want to continue the installation. Click Continue anyway. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the FastTrak driver, click Finish.
Confirm Installation
1. 2. 3. Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu. From the left panel, select Device Manager. Click the + in front of SCSI and RAID controllers. Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller and Promise RAID Console SCSI Processor Device should appear.
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Windows XP
New Installation
The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller drivers while installing Windows XP. 1. Start the installation: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 after the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears.
When the Windows XP Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). Insert the FastTrak driver diskette into drive A: and press Enter. Choose Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller from the list that appears on screen, and then press the Enter. Press S to use the driver on the floppy disk and then press Enter to continue with installation. The Windows XP Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices: The list will include Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller. NOTE: If there are any additional devices to be installed, specify them now. When all devices are specified, continue to the next step.
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From the Windows XP Setup screen, press the Enter. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP installation.
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After installing the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card and rebooting your system, Windows XP setup will show a Found New Hardware dialog box. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Insert the FastTrak driver diskette into the A:\ drive. Choose Install the software automatically and press the Enter key. Choose Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller from the list that appears on screen, and then press the Enter key. If using a driver that has not been digitally signed by Microsoft, you will be asked if you want to continue the installation. Click Continue anyway. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the FastTrak driver, click Finish.
1. 2. 3. Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu. From the left panel, select Device Manager. Click the + in front of SCSI and RAID controllers. Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller and Promise RAID Console SCSI Processor Device should appear.
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Windows 2000
New Installation
The following details the installation of the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller drivers while installing Windows 2000. 1. Start the installation: 2. 3. 4. 5. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes. CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 after the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears.
When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s). Insert the FastTrak driver diskette into drive A: and press Enter. Choose Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller from the list that appears on screen then press Enter. The Windows 2000 Setup screen will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices: The list will include Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller. NOTE: If there are any additional devices to be installed, specify them now. When all devices are specified, continue to the next step.
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From the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press Enter. Setup will now load all device files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation.
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After installing the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a New Hardware Found dialog box. Under Windows 2000, PCI Mass Storage Controller will be displayed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Choose Add New Hardware Wizard from the list, and then press Enter. Choose Add/Troubleshoot a device and click Next. The new hardware wizard will show device list Choose Mass Storage controller and click Next. At the following screen click Finish. Choose Display a list the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver then click Next. When the Windows 2000 supported SCSI adapter drivers list appears, click Have disk. Insert the FastTrak driver diskette in drive A:\. Type A:\Win2000 in the text box. Click OK. Choose Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller from the list that appears on screen, then click Next. Click Yes to confirm continue the installation and copy the driver to system. Windows 2000 will then restart for the driver installation to take effect.
10. Remove the diskette and click Finish to restart the system.
1. 2. 3. Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu. From the left panel, select Device Manager. Click the + in front of SCSI controllers. Windows Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller and Promise RAID Console SCSI Processor Device should appear.
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Chapter 4: FastBuild Utility

FastTrak BIOS (below) Main Menu (page 34) Create a Logical Drive (page 36) Delete Logical Drive (page 41) Controller Configuration (page 42) Logical Drive Problems (page 43)
View Drive Assignments (page 35)
FastTrak BIOS
The FastTrak BIOS is a built-in component of the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card. When the FastTrak BIOS loads during bootup, it displays pertinent information about the RAID logical drives that it finds. At this point, you can press Ctrl-F to enter the FastBuild Configuration Utility.
When the FastTrak BIOS screen appears, press Ctrl-F to enter the FastBuild Utility. The FastTrak BIOS screen displays the following information: ID An identification number assigned to each logical drive by the BIOS. Mode The RAID mode (level) configuration of the logical drive Size The data capacity of the logical drive in MB (Megabytes). Track-Mapping This is the CHS (Cylinder/Head/Sector) equivalent of the logical drive geometry as hosted by the FastTrak BIOS int 13h disk services. Status Shows one of three logical drive conditions: Functional The logical drive is fully operational, and no problems are present. Critical The logical drive is operational, but has lost its fault tolerance. For RAID levels 1 and 10, the logical drive contains a failed drive. If there is a hot
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spare drive, the logical drive will rebuild automatically. You must identify and replace the failed disk drive. Offline The logical drive is no longer operational and the FastBuild utility cannot rebuild it. You must identify and replace the failed drive(s). Then you can create a new logical drive and copy your data to it from the last tape backup or other device. For RAID levels 1 and 10, at least two or more disk drives in the logical drive have failed. For a RAID 0 or JBOD logical drive, at least one disk drive has failed.
Main Menu
When the FastTrak BIOS displays on your computer screen, press Ctrl-F to launch the FastBuild utility and display the Main Menu.
The Main Menu (above) has five options: Press 1 to view disk drive assignments Press 2 to create a logical drive or view information about an existing logical drive. Press 3 to delete a logical drive. Press 4 to view and change controller configuration. Press Esc (Escape) to exit the menu.
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View Drive Assignments

From the Main Menu screen, press 1 to see the View Drive Assignments screen (below).
This screen reports disk drive assigments and provides the following information: Channel: ID Shows the FastTrak Controller channel ID (1 through 4) to which a particular disk drive is attached. Drive Model Identifies the manufacturer, model, and model number (if applicable) of each disk drive. Capacity (MB) Reflects the capacity in MB (megabytes) of the disk drive. Assignment This field identifies the logical drive to which the disk drive belongs. In the example above, there is one logical drive composed of three disk drives. LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, disk drive 2. Unassigned drives are labeled free and are considered hot spares to provide fault tolerance. Unassigned drives may also be used to create a new logical drive at any time. Extent An extent is a portion of the disk drive. The FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card allows you to split the capacity of a disk drives between two logical drives. The portion of a disk drive available to be used in a logical drive is called an extent. The extent, or sum of two extents, is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the disk drive. See View Drive Assignments, Split Disk Drives on page 40 for an example of two extents for each disk drive.
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Create a Logical Drive

1. From the Main Menu screen, press 2 to display the Define LD Menu (below).
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Press the arrow keys to highlight an logical drive number you want to define and press Enter to select it. The Define LD Menu for the logical drive number you selected will next appear (below).
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Choose the RAID Level you want. In the Define LD Menu section, press the Spacebar to toggle through logical drive types: RAID 0 (Stripe) RAID 1 (Mirror) RAID 10 (Stripe / Mirror) JBOD (Single Drive)
See for more information.
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Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choices depend on the RAID Level you selected. Fast Init erases the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the disk drives when this feature is set to ON. Applies to RAID 0, 1 or 10. Stripe Block Size. Press the Spacebar to toggle through 32, 64 or 128KB. 64KB is the default. Applies to RAID 0 or 10.
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Press the arrow keys to move to Disk Assignments. Press the spacebar to toggle between N and Y for each available drive. Y means this disk drive will be assigned to the logical drive. Assign the appropriate number of disk drives to your logical drive. A disk drive that is not assigned to a logical drive will automatically function as a Hot Spare Drive.
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Press Ctrl-Y to save your logical drive configuration. If you set Fast Init to ON, the following message displays:
Press Ctrl-Y to perform the Fast Initialization. Press any other key to skip it. You have the option of using all of the disk drive capacity for one logical drive or allocating a portion to a second logical drive.
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Choose one of the following: Use the full capacity of the disk drives for a single logical drive. Go to One Logical Drive below. Split the disk drives among two logical drives. This option does not apply to JBOD. Go to Two Logical Drives on page 38.
One Logical Drive

Continued from Create Logical Drive step 7, above. 1. 2. 3. Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use the full portion of the logical drive for one logical drive. Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility. Press Y to restart the computer.
You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it. Use the same method of partitioning and formatting a logical drive as you would any other fixed disk added to your computer system.
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Two Logical Drives

Continued from Create Logical Drive step 7, above. 1. Press Ctrl-Y to allocate a portion of the disk drives to the first logical drive.
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Enter the desired capacity in MB for the first logical drive and press Enter. The Define LD Menu displays again.
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Press the up and down arrow keys to select an available logical drive number and press Enter.
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Choose the RAID level and options for the second logical drive. Note that the disk drives in Channels 1 and 2 reflect smaller capacities because a portion of their original capacity belongs to a different logical drive. In this example the disk drive in Channel 4 is not assigned to a logical drive in order to use it as a hot spare drive.
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Press Ctrl-Y to save your logical drive configuration. Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility. Press Y to restart the computer.
You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive. You must partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it. Use the same method of partitioning and formatting a logical drive as you would any other fixed disk added to your computer system.
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View Drive Assignments, Split Disk Drives

After you create two logical drives from the same set of disk drives, press 1 on the Main Menu screen to see the View Drive Assignments screen (below).
In this example, observe how each of the disk drives in Channels 1, 2 and 3 are split between two logical drives. Extent 1 belongs to logical drive 1 (LD 1). Extent 2 belongs to logical drive 2 (LD 2). Under Assignment, the disk drive is divided into LD 1 and LD 2. For example, LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, disk drive 2. LD 1-2 means logical drive 1, disk drive 2. Note that the combined size of the extents is slightly smaller than the total capacity of the disk drive. Unassigned drives are labeled free and are considered hot spares to provide fault tolerance in the event of a disk drive failure. Alternatively, you can use an unassigned drive to create a new logical drive.
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Delete Logical Drive

Caution Deletion of an existing logical drive will result in the loss of all data saved on the logical drive. Record all logical drive information, including RAID level, disk members, stripe block size and gigabyte boundary, in case you wish to undo a deletion. Logical drives may possibly be recovered after deletion by immediately re-defining the logical drive with information identical to the original configuration. To delete a logical drive: 1. From the Main Menu screen, press 3 to display the Delete LD Menu (below).
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Highlight the logical drive you wish to delete and press the Del key or Alt-D. The Delete LD Menu for the selected logical drive appears (below).
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Press Ctrl-Y to confirm and complete logical drive deletion. The screen returns to the Delete LD Menu. Press Esc to return to the Main Menu.
Controller Configuration
From the Main Menu screen, press 4 to display the Controller Configuration Options screen (below).
the Controller Configuration Options screen provides diagnostic information.
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System Resources
The information in the System Resources section might be helpful for troubleshooting purposes: The system IRQ used by the FastTrak card ATA IO Address XOR and HDMA IO Address Sequence Control IO Address Flash and SRAM IO Address
Logical Drive Problems

While disk drives are highly reliable, on occasion a disk drive can fail. Faulttolerant (RAID 1 and 10) logical drives go Critical when a disk drive fails. Nonfault-tolerant logical drives (RAID 0) and JBOD go Offline when a disk drive fails.
When you boot your system, the FastTrak BIOS screen informs you if there is a critical or offline logical drive. Allow your PC to finish booting and use WebPAM to identify the failed drive and to rebuild your logical drive. See Logical Drive Critical / Offline on page 86 for more information.
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Chapter 5: WebPAM
Log-in to WebPAM (page 45) Log-out of WebPAM (page 47) User Management (page 47) Host Management (page 55) Utility Configuration (page 56) FastTrak (page 57) Controller (page 58) Physical Drives (page 62) Logical Drives (page 69) Enclosures (page 90) Spare Drives (page 92)
WebPAM is a RAID management software application. If you have not installed WebPAM on your PC, see WebPAM Installation on page 16.
Log-in to WebPAM
Double-click on the WebPAM icon on your desktop (right). Or, 1. 2. Launch your Browser. In the Browser address field, type in the IP address of the Host PC, as explained below. If you did not choose the External Security option during WebPAM installation (see page 20), use the Regular connection. If you chose the External Security option during WebPAM installation, use the Secure connection.
Regular Connection
WebPAM uses an HTTP connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http:// Enter the Host PCs IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0.0.1 or localhost Enter the Port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :8080 Add to launch WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /promise http://127.0.0.1:8080/promise or https://localhost:8443/promise
Together, your entry looks like this:
Secure Connection
WebPAM uses a secure HTTP connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .https:// Enter the Host PCs IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0.0.1 or localhost Enter the Port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :8443 Add to launch WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /promise https://127.0.0.1:8443/promise or https://localhost:8443/promise
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Note that the IP address shown above applies to a log-in at the Host PC. When you log in over a network, you will enter the Host PCs actual IP address.
When the opening screen appears (above): 1. 2. 3. Type admin in the Login ID field. Type admin in the Password field. Click the Sign in button.
This is the default login for the Administrator. Each user will have their own Login ID (the User ID) and password. See Add a User on page 47 and Change a Users Password on page 51 for more information. The Login ID and Password are case sensitive.
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Chapter 5: WebPAM
Log-out of WebPAM
There are two ways to log out of WebPAM PRO: Close your browser window Click Logout on the WebPAM banner (below)
After logging out, you must enter your user name and password to log in again. Clicking Logout brings you back to the Login Screen.
User Management
Add a User (below) Delete a User (page 51) Change a Users Password (page 51) Change a Users Email Address (page 52) Change a Users Access Rights (page 53) Event Notification (page 48)
Add a User
1. 2. In Tree View, click on the User Management Click on the Create tab. icon.
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Type a User ID into the User ID field.
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This will be the Users login name. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Type the users display name into the Display Name field. This could be the Users actual name. Type a password into the Password field. Use up to 8 letters and numbers but no spaces or other characters. Type the same password into the Retype Password field. If you plan to set up Event Notification, type the users email address in the Email field. Under Host User Rights, check the boxes to select rights for this user.
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Creation Deletion Maintenance
Meaning
Permission to create a logical drive and a spare drive Permission to delete a logical drive and a spare drive Permission to migrate, rebuild and synchronize a logical drive; to run Media Patrol on a physical drive; make controller and physical drive settings Permission to receive notification of events affecting the logical drive
Notification
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Click on the Submit button.
Event Notification
1. In Tree View, click on the User Management icon.
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Click on the User ID link. Click on the Settings tab.
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The image above was shortened to fit into the available space. 4. Check the boxes of the notification events that you want to have reported to you via email and popup messages. To select events by their severity, check one of the four Select Events boxes at the top of the window. See the table on the next page. 5. Click on the Submit button.
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Event Notification Severity Levels

Information Events Disk Plugged In Disk BSL Update Disk BSL Cleared Disk Error Fixed Disk Patrol Progress Disk Media Patrol Started Disk Media Patrol Completed Disk Media Patrol Paused Disk Media Patrol Resumed Disk Media Patrol Aborted Array Online Array Created Array Deleted Synchronization Started Synchronization Completed Synchronization Paused Synchronization Resumed Synchronization Aborted Synchronization Progress Synchronization Inconsistency Fixed Redundancy Check Started Redundancy Check Completed Redundancy Check Paused Information Events, continued Redundancy Check Resumed Redundancy Check Aborted Redundancy Check Progress Rebuild Started Rebuild Completed Rebuild Paused Rebuild Resumed Rebuild Aborted Rebuild Restarted Rebuild Progress Background Initialization Progress Background Initialization Started Background Initialization Completed Background Initialization Paused Background Initialization Resumed Background Initialization Aborted Migration Started Migration Completed Migration Paused Migration Resumed Migration Aborted Migration Progress
Warning Events Disk Unplugged Disk Timeout Task Error Disk Media Patrol Aborted with Error Array Critical Array Degrade Synchronization Requested Redundancy Check Rejected Fan Error Voltage 3.3 Out Of Range Voltage 5 Out Of Range Voltage 12 Out Of Range Temperature Above Threshold PCI Parity Error
Error Events Disk Setdown Disk S.M.A.R.T. Error Array Offline Synchronization Aborted with Error Redundancy Check Aborted with Error Redundancy Check Inconsistency Found Rebuild Aborted with Error Background Initialization Aborted with Error Migration Aborted with Error PCI System Error Unknown (error)
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Delete a User
1. 2. In Tree View, click on the User Management Click on the Delete tab. icon.
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Check the box to the left of the user you want to delete. Click the Delete button. In the Confirmation box, click the OK button.
Change a Users Password

In WebPAM, each user can change his/her own password. To change a users password:
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Log into WebPAM under the User name.
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Click on your User ID link. Click on the Settings tab.
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Type a new password in the New Password field. Retype the new password in the Retype Password field. Click the Submit button. Important If a user forgets his/her password, the Administrator must delete that User and create a new User, as described above.
Change a Users Email Address

In WebPAM, each user can change his/her own email address or the Administrator can do it. To change a users email address:
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Click on the User ID link for the user whose email address will change. Click on the Settings tab.
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Type a new email address in the Email field. Click the Submit button.
Change a Users Access Rights

In WebPAM, the Administrator can change a users access rights. To change a users access rights: 1. Log in as the Administrator.
2. 3.
Click on the User ID link for the user whose access rights will change. Click on the Settings tab.
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Under Host User Rights, check the boxes to select rights for this user.
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Creation Deletion Maintenance
Meaning
Permission to create a logical drive and a spare drive Permission to delete a logical drive and a spare drive Permission to migrate, rebuild and synchronize a logical drive; to run Media Patrol on a physical drive; make controller and physical drive settings Permission to receive notification of events affecting the logical drive
Notification
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Uncheck the boxes of rights to be deleted. Click the Submit button.
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Host Management
This function provides information only. There are no user settings. To access Host Management: 1. Under Administrative Tools in Tree View, click on the Host Management icon.
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Under Host List, click on the link to the host you want to see. The Host IP address is always 127.0.0.1. If you log in over a network, the actual IP address of the PC or server with the FastTrak card is shown..
The Information tab displays with information about the Host PC. WebPAM Version The version number of the WebPAM software. Display Name The display name of the Host PC. localhost is the default. IP Address 127.0.0.1 is the IP address of the Host PC, accessed at the Host PC. Other addresses, such as 192.168.1.184, refer to a Host PC accessed over the network. Operating System The Operating System running on the Host PC. Java Virtual Machine The version number of JVM running on the Host PC.
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Utility Configuration
Use this function to make email settings for WebPAM and also to set the refresh interval for the Event Frame. 1. Under Administrative Tools in Tree View, click on the Utility Configuration icon.
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Enter the Senders address in the Email Sender field. Be sure the sender has an account in your email system. See your IT administrator.
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Enter your email server in the Email Server field. Keep or change the Email Subject line. Type a new interval (in seconds) in the Event Frame Refresh Time field. 30 seconds is the default interval. Click the Submit button when you are done.
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FastTrak
The FastTrakInformation tab displays a photograph of the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card installed in your system.
WebPAM will display the FastTrak controller installed in your system. To display this screen in Management View, click on the FastTrak View. icon in Tree
If you have multiple FastTrak controller cards in the same system, they will appear under the FastTrak icon as Controller 1, Controller 2, and so on.
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Controller
Controller Information (below) Controller Settings (page 59) Controller Schedule (page 60) Controller Lock (page 61)
The term Controller refers to the device that controls your RAID. To access the controller, click on the Controller icon in Tree View.
Controller Information
The Information tab displays with information about the controller. Product Name The Promise product name for this controller. BIOS Version Version number of the controllers BIOS. Driver Version Version number of the controllers software driver. Maximum Number of Ports The number of ports on the controller. Maximum Physical Drives The maximum number of physical (disk) drives the controller can support. Maximum Logical Drives The maximum number of logical drives (arrays) the controller can support.
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Controller Settings
Click on the Settings tab to access controller settings. Rates Allocates system resources between the background process (such as Rebuild, Media Patrol, Expansion/Migration, Initialization and Synchronization) and the data read/write activity. A High setting assigns most of the system resources to background processes. The process will finished sooner but read/write requests are handled slower. A Medium setting tries to balance system resources between the background processes and data input/output activity. A Low setting assigns most of the system resources to handling read/write requests. Read/write requests are handled at nearly normal speed while the background processes take longer. Automatic Rebuild Status When enabled, and a hot spare drive is available, a critical or degraded logical drive will rebuild itself automatically. Automatic Rebuilding applies to RAID 1 logical drives only. Buzzer When enabled, the FastTrak controllers buzzer will sound to report a problem. S.M.A.R.T. Status SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, is a feature of the disk drive software. When enabled, the FastTrak controller polls the disk drives for SMART information and reports it to you. S.M.A.R.T. Check Polling Interval The FastTrak controller periodically polls the physical drives for SMART information and displays it in WebPAM.
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Choose an interval from the dropdown menu. The range is 0 to 120 seconds. A setting of 0 seconds disables the polling function.
Controller Schedule
Click on the Schedule tab to access scheduled background processes (such as Rebuild, Media Patrol, Expansion/Migration, Initialization and Synchronization). To access or schedule a Rebuild, Expansion, Migration, Initialization or Synchronization, click on the Logical Drive appropriate tab in Management View. icon in Tree View then select the
To access or schedule a Media Patrol, click on the Physical Drive View then select the Media Patrol tab in Management View.
icon in Tree
Delete a Scheduled Process
To delete a scheduled process: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click on the Controller icon in Tree View.
Select the Schedule tab in Management View. Check the box to the left of the process you want to delete. Click the Delete button. In the Confirmation box, click the OK button.
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Go to its function tab under the Physical Drive icon. Under Schedule, click the Disable radio button.
icon or Logical Drive
Controller Lock
The Lock tab displays lock status and enables you to lock or unlock a subsystem controller. The locking mechanism isolates the controller during maintenance operations and other periods when you want to avoid interruption from other users trying to access the logical drives under this controller. To lock the Controller on the Host PC: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click on the Controller icon in Tree View.
Select the Lock tab in Management View. From the dropdown menu, select a period of time to hold the lock. The lock time range is 1 to 30 minutes. Click on the Lock button to set the lock. The lock will release itself automatically at the end of the period you specified.
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To release the lock before the scheduled time, click the Unlock button.
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Physical Drives
Physical Drive View (below) Media Patrol Schedule (page 62) Physical Drive Information (page 64) Physical Drive Media Patrol (page 65) Physical Drive Bad Sector Log (page 67) Locate a Physical Drive (page 68)
Physical Drive Settings (page 65)
Physical Drive View
To access Physical Drive View, click on the Physical Drive View icon in Tree View. From this window, you can click on the links to access information and functions of individual physical drives and use the Split and Merge feature.
Media Patrol Schedule

The Physical Drive ViewMedia Patrol tab allows you to start Media Patrol on all physical drives. You can also run Media Patrol on individual physical drives, see page 65. Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive, sector by sector. Media Patrol checks physical drives
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assigned to logical drives, spare drives and currently unassigned physical drives that were once part of a logical drive or a spare. Media Patrol does not check new physical drives that have never been configured nor physical drives assigned as JBOD. Unlike Synchronization and Redundancy Check, Media Patrol is concerned with the condition of the media itself, not the data recorded on the media. If Media Patrol encounters a suspect sector, it will attempt to regenerate the data and write to the suspect sector. If the write operation is successful, Media Patrol continues checking other sectors. If the write operation fails, Media Patrol reports the error to your PC's system log and to the physical drive's Bad Sector Log (see page 67). This action triggers a BSL update message and an email message if you enabled that notification option (see page 48). To schedule Media Patrol: 1. 2. Click on the Physical Drive View icon in Tree View.
Click on the Media Patrol tab in Management View.
3. 4. 5.
Click on the Enable radio button. Click on the by Day, by Week or by Month radio button. From the dropdown menus, select a start time and a day of the Week or Month, if applicable. Start time is based on a 24-hour clock. Click the Schedule button.
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To cancel the scheduled Media Patrol operation: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Physical Drive View Click the Disable radio button. icon in Tree View.
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Physical Drive Information

To access information about a physical drive: 1. 2. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
The information tab displays the following information: Drive Model The disk drive manufacturers model name or number. Serial Number The serial number of this disk drive. Firmware Version The version number of the firmware on this disk drive. Enclosure The model of SuperSwap enclosure in which the disk drive is installed. If there is no SuperSwap enclosure, the field says None. Drive Status The operational of this disk drive. Functional means normal. Others include Offline. Background Activity The current background activity affecting this disk drive. Idle means no activity. Others include Initializing and Rebuilding. Capacity The data capacity of this disk drive in GB. Ultra DMA Mode The UDMA mode in which this disk drive currently operates.
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S.M.A.R.T. Status SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, is a feature of the disk drive software. When this feature is supported, the drive will pass SMART information to the FastTrak controller when it polls the physical drives. Write Cache Status Indicates whether the disk drives write cache is Enabled or Disabled. You can change this status under the Settings tab (see below).
Physical Drive Settings

Physical Drive Settings allows you to enable or disable the Write Cache and Native Command Queuing (NCQ) on an individual physical drive. To access the physical drive setting: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
Click on the Settings tab in Management View.
4. 5. 6.
Click the Write Cache Enable or Disable radio button. Click the NCQ Enable or Disable radio button. Click the Submit button.
Physical Drive Media Patrol

The Physical DriveMedia Patrol tab allows you to start Media Patrol on an individual physical drive. You can also run Media Patrol on all physical drives at the same time, see page 62. Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive, sector by sector. Media Patrol checks physical drives assigned to logical drives, spare drives and currently unassigned physical drives that were once part of a logical drive or a spare. Media Patrol does not check new physical drives that have never been configured nor physical drives assigned as JBOD. Unlike Synchronization and Redundancy Check, Media Patrol is concerned with the condition of the media itself, not the data recorded on the media. If Media
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Patrol encounters a suspect sector, it will attempt to regenerate the data and write to the suspect sector. If the write operation is successful, Media Patrol continues checking other sectors. If the write operation fails, Media Patrol reports the error to your PC's system log and to the physical drive's Bad Sector Log (see page 67). This action triggers a BSL update message and an email message if you enabled that notification option (see page 48). To start Media Patrol immediately: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
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Click the Start Now button.
To schedule Media Patrol to run at a later time: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
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Click on the Enable radio button. Click on the by Day, by Week or by Month radio button.
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From the dropdown menus, select a start time and a day of the Week or Month, if applicable. Start time is based on a 24-hour clock. 6. Click the Schedule button.
To cancel the scheduled Media Patrol operation: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive Click the Disable radio button. icon. icon in Tree View.
Physical Drive Bad Sector Log

On occasion, an error can arise with the media on a physical drive. WebPAM keeps track of bad sectors in order to inform you of the condition of individual physical drives. To access a physical drives bad sector log: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
Click on the BSL tab in Management View.
If any bad sectors are found, they are listed here. WebPAM informs you by popup and email messages when a bad sector error is logged (see page 48). After 10 bad sectors have been discovered on a physical drive, WebPAM issues a warning to replace the drive. After 20 bad sectors have been discovered: On fault-tolerant (RAID 1 or 10) logical drives, the FastTrak controller will set down the physical drive (take it offline) and the logical drive will go critical. Replace the physical drive and rebuild your logical drive. On non-fault-tolerant (RAID 0) logical drives, the physical drive remains online. Backup your data, replace the physical drive, create a new logical drive and copy your data to it.
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See Logical Drive Rebuild on page 79 and Logical Drive Critical / Offline on page 86. See the SuperSwap User Manual for more information about replacing a physical drive.
Locate a Physical Drive

When it becomes necessary to access a physical drive installed in a SuperSwap enclosure, this function will help you identify the physical drive you want. To locate a physical drive: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Physical Drive View Click on the Physical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
Click on the Locate Drive tab in Management View.
4.
Click the Locate Drive button.
The Management Window will display the message Identified started and the Status LED for this physical drive will flash rapidly on the SuperSwap enclosure. If you remove the physical drive, the Status LED stops blinking, the Activity LED goes dark and WebPAM will report that the physical drive was unplugged. When you replace the drive, the LEDs will return to normal operation. If you do not remove the physical drive, click on the Located Release button to stop the Status LED from blinking. For more information, see the SuperSwap User Manual.
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Logical Drives
Logical Drive View (below) Create a Logical Drive (page 69) JBOD (page 73) Delete a Logical Drive (page 74) Logical Drive Information (page 74) Logical Drive Settings (page 75) Logical Drive Migration and Expansion (page 76) Logical Drive Rebuild (page 79) Synchronize/Redundancy Check All Logical Drives (page 82) Logical Drive Synchronization/ Redundancy Check (page 84) Logical Drive Initialization (page 86) Logical Drive Activation (page 86)
Logical Drive View

Logical Drive View provides a list of all logical drives currently on the Host PC. To access Logical Drive View, click on the Logical Drive View icon in Tree View.
From this screen, you can click on the links to access information and functions of individual logical drives and use the Create and Delete features.
Create a Logical Drive

A logical drive is a collection of physical drives in a RAID. To create a new logical drive: 1. 2. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Create tab. icon.
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Select the radio button beside the RAID level you want for your logical drive. WebPAM displays the RAID levels you can use with the available disk drives. You can also select JBOD on this screen. See Choosing a RAID Level on page 100 for information about the advantages and requirements of the available RAID levels and JBOD.
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In the Select Drive Group screen, click on the radio button for one of the following: Free Drives Select all Free (unassigned) disk drives Logical Drive Select the Free portion of disk drives whose other portion is assigned to a Logical Drive
The available choices depend on the RAID level you selected and the disk drives available. 6. Click the Next button.
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If you want to create a logical drive with unused capacity, enter the assigned (used) capacity in the Logical Drive Size field. To use the maximum capacity, check the Use Maximum Capacity box. Click on the disk drives to select them. Available drives have a black frame. Selected drives have a red frame. Click the Next button. If you selected JBOD, click the Finish button on the Select Drives screen. This completes the creation process for JBOD.
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10. Enter a name for the logical drive in the field provided. 11. Click the Next button.
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12. For RAID 0 and RAID 10 logical drives, select a Stripe Block Size of 32, 64 or 120 KB. 64 KB is the default. See Stripe Block Size on page 102 for more information. 13. Select an Initialization policy from the dropdown menu. Fast Initialization Erases the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. Full Initialization Erases all sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. None No initialization. This choice is not recommended.
14. Click the Finish button. If there are physical drives available, the Select RAID Level screen appears again, where you can create an additional logical drive.
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Click on the Logical Drive logical drive.
Icon to see all of the information about your new
Before you can use your new logical drive, you must partition and format the logical drive using your PCs operating system. See Appendix A: Partition and Format on page 121 for more information.
JBOD
In WebPAM, JBOD is created, managed and deleted the same as a logical drive. You can also use the FastTrak BIOS for this purpose. See the FastTrak User Manual for more information on the BIOS.
JBODs do not have Settings, Rebuild, Migration, Synchronization or other functions that pertain to Logical Drives.
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If you attach a physical drive that was initialized using Windows disk management, that drive will be automatically recognized as a JBOD by the FastTrak controller and WebPAM.
Delete a Logical Drive

Warning When you delete a logical drive, you delete all data on the logical drive. Be sure to backup any important data before you delete a logical drive! To delete a logical drive: 1. 2. Click on the Logical Drive View Select the Delete tab. icon.
3. 4. 5. 6.
Check the box to the left of the logical drive you want to delete. Click the Submit button. In the Confirmation box, click the OK button. In the Warning box, click the OK button.
The selected logical drive is deleted.
Logical Drive Information

Logical Drive View provides a list of all logical drives currently on the Host PC. To access Logical Drive View: 1. 2. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive you want to see.
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From this screen, you can click on the links to access the Settings, Drive Mapping, Migration, Rebuild, Synchronization, Initialization and Activation features. The features that apply to this logical drive have blue tabs. Features that do not apply have grayed tabs.
Logical Drive Settings

Logical Drive Settings allows you to assign a name to a logical drive and to change its controller cache settings. To access logical drive settings: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive you want to see.
Click on the Settings tab in Management View.
4. 5.
Enter a name in the Assigned Name field, as desired. Click the Submit button when you are done.
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Logical Drive Migration and Expansion

The Logical DriveMigration tab enables you to migrate or expand a logical drive. Migration is the process of changing the RAID level of an existing logical drive. Expansion is the process of adding more physical drives to a logical drive while keeping the same RAID level. The Migration feature applies to certain combinations of RAID level and number of physical drives, as described in the table below.
FastTrak TX2200, TX2300

From RAID 0: 1 drive To RAID 0: 2 drives RAID 1: 2 drives Result Increased performance and capacity Adds redundancy
FastTrak TX4200, TX4300

From RAID 0: 1 drive To Result
RAID 0: 2, 3 or 4 drives Increased performance and capacity RAID 1: 2 drives Adds redundancy Increased performance and capacity, adds redundancy Increased performance and capacity RAID 10: 4 drives
RAID 0: 1 or 2 drives
RAID 1: 2 drives
RAID 10: 4 drives
Migration and Expansion are not available for JBOD. For more information, see Logical Drive Expansion on page 103 and RAID Level Migration on page 104. You can set up an Migration to begin immediately (on demand) or schedule a Migration for a time when there is less demand on the RAID system.
On Demand
To migrate a logical drive: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive you want to migrate.
Click on the Migration tab in Management View.
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If the Migration or Expansion requires additional physical drives, click on a free physical drive to select it. Available drives have a black frame. Selected drives have a red frame. Click the Start Now button.
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You can monitor Migration or Expansion progress on the Logical Drive Migration tab. Click the respective buttons to pause and resume the Migration.
Scheduled
To schedule a Migration or Expansion: 1. 2. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive expand. icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive you want to migrate or
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Click on the Migration tab in Management View.
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Click on a free physical drive to select it. Available drives have a black frame. Selected drives have a red frame. Click on the Enable radio button. From the dropdown menus, select a start time. Start time is based on a 24-hour clock. Click in Start At field to display a popup calendar. Click on the start date in the calendar or enter a date manually. Click the Schedule button.
Cancel a Schedule
If you want to cancel the scheduled Migration, do the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
Click on the Migration tab in Management View. Click on the Disable radio button.
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Logical Drive Rebuild

Rebuild refers to the process of repairing a logical drive by reconstruction the data on one of its physical drives.This feature only applies to logical drives with redundancy, RAID 1 and RAID 10. You can set up a Rebuild to: Begin immediately (on demand) Schedule a Rebuild for a time when there is less demand on the RAID system Begin automatically when a logical drive goes critical or degraded (see Create a Spare Drive on page 92)
On Demand
To rebuild a logical drive: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive you want to rebuild.
Click on the Rebuild tab in Management View.
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Select physical drive to use in the rebuild. Available drives have a black frame. Selected drives have a red frame. Click the Start Now button.
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You can monitor Rebuild progress on the Logical Drive Rebuild tab. Click the respective buttons to pause and resume the Rebuild. Click the Abort button to stop the Rebuild. After an abort, click the Restart button to start the Rebuild from the beginning (zero percent).
Scheduled
To schedule a Rebuild: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon in Tree View.
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Select the physical drive you want to rebuild. Available drives have a black frame. Selected drives have a red frame. Click on the Enable radio button. From the dropdown menus, select a start time. Start time is based on a 24-hour clock. Click in Start At field to display a popup calendar. Click on the start date in the calendar or enter a date manually. Click the Schedule button.
Cancel a Schedule
If you want to cancel the scheduled Rebuild, do the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon. icon in Tree View.
Click on the Rebuild tab in Management View. Click on the Disable radio button.
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Automatic Rebuild
Automatic rebuilding of a logical drive is possible under the following conditions: The logical drive is a RAID 1. See Create a Logical Drive on page 69. There is a spare drive present in the RAID system. See Create a Spare Drive on page 92. Automatic Rebuild Status is enabled in the Controller Settings. See Controller Settings on page 59.
If the three above conditions are met, a logical drive will replace a faulty disk drive and rebuild itself automatically. WebPAM will report the critical logical drive and automatic rebuild in its user interface as well as via popup messages. Depending on your Event Notification settings (see page 48), WebPAM can also notify you via email message. When the automatic rebuild operation is completed, you must remove and replace the faulty physical drive with a new one. See Replace the Failed Disk Drive on page 88 and the FastTrak User Manual and SuperSwap User Manual for more information on replacing a physical drive.
Synchronize/Redundancy Check All Logical Drives

The Logical Drive ViewSynchronization Schedule tab enables you to synchronize all logical drives. You can also synchronize an individual logical drive, see page 84. Synchronization refers to an automated process of checking and correcting data and parity. Unlike a Rebuild, Synchronization is a maintenance operation. Redundancy Check is an automated process of checking data and parity but it only reports and does not correct, any inconsistencies that it finds. Synchronization and Redundancy Check apply to RAID 1 and RAID 10 logical drives. When an logical drive is first created and you select Full Initialization, the same action as Synchronization takes place. To schedule Synchronization for all logical drives: 1. Click on the Logical Drive View icon in Tree View.
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Click on the Synchronization Schedule tab in Management View.
3. 4. 5. 6.
In the Policy dropdown menu, select Fix if you want Synchronization or Redundancy Check if you do not want to correct inconsistencies. Click on the Enable radio button. Click on the by Day, by Week or by Month radio button. From the dropdown menus, select a start time and a day of the Week or Month, if applicable. Start time is based on a 24-hour clock. Click the Schedule button.
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If you want to cancel the scheduled Synchronization, do the following: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Disable radio button. icon in Tree View.
Click on the Synchronization tab in Management View.
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Logical Drive Synchronization/Redundancy Check

Synchronization refers to an automated process of checking and correcting data and parity. Unlike a Rebuild, Synchronization is a maintenance operation. You can also synchronize all logical drives at the same time, see page 82. Redundancy Check is an automated process of checking data and parity but it only reports and does not correct, any inconsistencies that it finds. Synchronization and Redundancy Check apply to RAID 1 and RAID 10 logical drives. When an logical drive is first created and you select Full Initialization, the same action as Synchronization takes place. You can set up a Synchronization or Redundancy Check to begin immediately (on demand) or schedule a Synchronization or Redundancy Check for a time when there is less demand on the RAID system.
On Demand
To Synchronize or Redundancy Check a logical drive: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive synchronize. icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive you want to
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In the Policy dropdown menu, select Fix if you want Synchronization or Redundancy Check if you do not want to correct inconsistencies. Click the Start Now button.
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You can monitor Migration progress on the Logical Drive Migration tab. Click the respective buttons to pause, resume or abort the Synchronization or Redundancy Check.
Scheduled
To schedule a Synchronization or Redundancy Check: 1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive synchronize. icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive you want to
4. 5. 6. 7.
In the Policy dropdown menu, select Fix if you want Synchronization or Redundancy Check if you do not want to correct inconsistencies. Click on the Enable radio button. Click on the by Day, by Week or by Month radio button. From the dropdown menus, select a start time and a day of the Week or Month, if applicable. Start time is based on a 24-hour clock. Click the Schedule button.
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Cancel a Schedule
If you want to cancel the scheduled Synchronization or Redundancy Check, do the following: 1. 2. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon.
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Click on the Synchronization tab in Management View. Click on the Disable radio button.
Logical Drive Initialization

When logical drive is first created, you can select one of three choices for initialization: Quick Initialization Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. Full Initialization Erases all sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. None No initialization. This choice is not recommended.
When you select full initialization, the process takes some time, depending on the size of the physical drives selected for the logical drive. The Initialization tab enables you to pause the initialization process so that more of FastTrak's resources are available for other operations. When the other operations are done, you can resume the initialization of your new logical drive. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive want to pause. Click the Pause button. The initialization process stops. Click the Resume button. The initialization resumes from the point where you paused it. icon in Tree View.
icon of the logical drive whose initialization you
Click on the Initialization tab in Management View.
Logical Drive Activation

This feature enables you to designate a hot plug-and-play logical drive. It will become available in a future release of the FastTrak Controller card.
Logical Drive Critical / Offline

A fault-tolerant logical driveRAID 1 or 10goes critical when a disk drive is removed or fails. Due to the fault tolerance of the logical drive, the data is still available and online. However, once the logical drive goes critical, it has lost its fault tolerance and performance may be adversely affected. If the fault was caused by a failed disk drive that was removed, the drive must be replaced by another drive, either identical or larger, in order for the RAID system to rebuild and restore optimal configuration.
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A non-fault tolerant logical driveRAID 0goes offline when a disk drive is removed or fails. Since the logical drive is not fault tolerant, the data stored in the disk array is no longer accessible. If one disk drive fails, all of the data on the logical drive is lost. You must replace the failed drive. Then, if the logical drive had more than one disk drive, delete the logical drive and re-create it. Restore the data from a backup source.
When a Disk Drive Fails

The following will occur when a disk drive fails or goes offline: The FastTrak Controllers audible alarm, if enabled, will sound The SuperSwap Status LED changes from green to red WebPAM reports the condition in Tree View, with popup messages and, if Event Notification is set up, email messages If you have a RAID 1 logical drive with a hot spare drive properly configured, the logical drive will automatically rebuild itself using the spare drive
In the example above, amber ! icons appear over the FastTrak, Controller, Logical Drive View and Logical Drive icons. Click on the Logical Drive View Logical Drive icons to verify the condition of the logical drive. or
In this example, the Status is Critical and Background activity is Idle. This indicates that there is no automatic rebuild, so you must take action to restore the logical drive: 1. 2. 3. Identify the failed disk drive. Replace the failed disk drive. Rebuild your logical drive.
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Identify the Failed Disk Drive

Click on the Physical Drive View icon in the WebPAM user interface. Look for a missing physical drive. A drive that used to be present but is suddenly absent is the failed disk drive. No drive on Port 2
Port 1 Port 3 Port 4
In this example, there were four disk drives connected to the FastTrak Controller. Notice that there is no drive on Port 2. This is the failed drive.
Replace the Failed Disk Drive

Replace the failed disk drive with a new one of equal or greater capacity. Then rebuild the logical drive. See Install the Disk Drives on page 10 and the SuperSwap User Manual for more information about replacing a disk drive.
Rebuild Your Logical Drive

1. 2. 3. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Logical Drive icon in Tree View.
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Select the physical drive you just replaced or an available Free drive. Click the Start Now button.
You can monitor Rebuild progress on the Logical Drive Rebuild tab. Click the respective buttons to pause and resume the Rebuild. When the Rebuild is finished, your logical drive will be Functional again.
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Enclosures
Enclosure View
Enclosure View provides a list of all enclosures currently on the Host PC. To access Enclosure View, click on the Logical Drive View icon in Tree View.
From this window, you can click on the links to access information and functions of individual Enclosures.
Enclosure
To access information about an Enclosure: 1. 2. Click on the Enclosure View Click on the Enclosure icon. icon in Tree View.
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The information tab displays the following information: Enclosure Type The manufacturers model name or number. Fan Speed The RPM of the enclosures cooling fans. Temperature The internal temperature of the enclosure. Each reading reflects a separate measurement. Power Status The voltages supplied by the enclosures 12V and 5V systems. The Fan, Temperature and Power icons change color when an error is indicated, as shown below.
Fan Error
Temperature Error
Power Error
LEDs State Green Blinking Amber Status Disk drive is present and ready n/a Activity Disk drive is present and ready Read/write activity Enclosure Normal status n/a 1 incident (see below) Enclosure is critical but still functional Attention required 2 or more incidents (see below) Disk drives are spinning up
Disk drive: n/a is spinning up is critical is rebuilding reports a SMART error Disk drive: is offline is not installed Power is off n/a
Red
Dark
Disk drive: has failed is not installed
An incident refers to one occurrence of out-of-range voltage, temperature or fan speed. Any incident requires immediate attention. For more information on Enclosures, replacing disk drives and other repair operations, refer to the SuperSwap User Manual.
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Spare Drives
A spare drive is a physical drive designated to function as a hot spare drive. A hot spare drive automatically replaces a failed physical drive. You can also set the Controller to rebuild a logical drive from a Free disk drive. See Controller Settings on page 59 and Logical Drive Rebuild on page 79 for more information on how spare drives work.
Spare Drive View

Spare Drive View provides a list of all spare drives currently on the Host PC. To access Spare Drive View, click on the Spare Drive View icon in Tree View.
From this screen, you can view the current Spare Drives and click on the tabs to access the Create and Delete features.
Create a Spare Drive

To create a spare drive: 1. 2. Click on the Logical Drive View Click on the Create tab. icon.
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From the Logical Drive dropdown menu, select Global Spare This Spare Drive can be used by any qualified Logical Drive. Logical Drive The name of the logical drive to which this Spare Drive will be assigned or dedicated.
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Click on a disk drive to select it. Available drives have a black frame. Selected drives have a red frame. Drives with a blue frame are assigned to a logical drive. You cannot assign a split drive as a spare drive.
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Click the Create button.
The new Spare Drive appears under Physical Drive View and Spare Drive View.
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Delete a Spare Drive

To delete a spare drive: 1. 2. Click on the Logical Drive View Select the Delete tab. icon.
3. 4. 5.
Check the box to the left of the spare drive you want to delete. Click the Delete button. In the Confirmation box, click the OK button.
The selected spare drive is deleted.
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About FastTrak, below Introduction to RAID, below Choosing a RAID Level (page 100) Other Logical Drive Features (page 102)
About FastTrak
FastTrak TX Series RAID controller card features concurrent data channel operation and onboard BIOS. The channels on the FastTrak card support concurrent operation that allows for overlapped I/O under multi-tasking operating systems and sharing the workload between multiple drives.
Adapter BIOS
The FastTrak card contains a BIOS code that extends the standard disk service routine provided through Int13. The BIOS is bootable for DOS and other operating systems that rely on the system BIOS for drive operation. When the FastTrak BIOS appears during bootup, press Ctrl-F to enter the FastBuild setup to select from menu settings.
Introduction to RAID
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) allows multiple hard drives to be combined together into a logical drive. The operating system sees the logical drive as a single storage device, and treats it as such. The RAID software and/or controller handle all of the individual drives on its own. The benefits of a RAID can include: Higher data transfer rates for increased server performance Increased overall storage capacity for a single drive designation (such as, C, D, E, etc.) Data redundancy/fault tolerance for ensuring continuous system operation in the event of a hard drive failure
Different types of logical drives use different organizational models and have varying benefits. Also see Choosing RAID Level on page 100. The following outline breaks down the properties for each type of RAID logical drive:
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RAID 0 Stripe
When a logical drive is striped, the read and write blocks of data are interleaved between the sectors of multiple disk drives. Performance is increased, since the workload is balanced between drives or members that form the logical drive. Identical drives are recommended for performance as well as data storage efficiency. The logical drive's data capacity is equal to the number of drive members multiplied by the smallest logical drive member's capacity.
Data Stripe
Disk Drives Figure 1. RAID 0 Stripe interleaves data across multiple drives For example, one 100GB and three 120GB drives will form a 400GB (4 x 100GB) logical drive instead of 460 GB. RAID 0 logical drives on the FastTrak TX Series RAID consist of one or more disk drives.
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RAID 1 Mirror
When a logical drive is mirrored, identical data is written to a pair of disk drives, while reads are performed in parallel. The reads are performed using elevator seek and load balancing techniques where the workload is distributed in the most efficient manner. Whichever drive is not busy and is positioned closer to the data will be accessed first. With RAID 1, if one disk drive fails or has errors, the other mirrored disk drive continues to function. This is called Fault Tolerance. Moreover, if a spare disk drive is present, the spare drive will be used as the replacement drive and data will begin to be mirrored to it from the remaining good drive. Data Mirror
Disk Drives Figure 2. RAID 1 Mirrors identical data to two drives Due to the data redundancy of mirroring, the capacity of the logical drive is only the size of the smallest disk drive. For example, two 100GB disk drives which have a combined capacity of 200GB instead would have 100GB of usable storage when set up in a mirrored logical drive. Similar to RAID 0 striping, if disk drives of different capacities are used, there will also be unused capacity on the larger drive. RAID 1 logical drives on the FastTrak TX Series RAID consist of two disk drives. When two drives do not offer sufficient data capacity, consider a RAID 10 logical drive, see page 98.
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RAID 10 Mirror / Stripe

Mirror/Stripe combines both of the RAID 0 and RAID 1 logical drive types. It can increase performance by reading and writing data in parallel while protecting data with duplication. At least four disk drives are needed for RAID 10 to be installed. With a four-disk-drive logical drive, one drive pair is mirrored together then striped over a second drive pair. Data Stripe
Data Mirror
Disk Drives Figure 3. RAID 10 takes a data mirror on one drive pair and stripes it over two drive pairs The data capacity is similar to a RAID 1 logical drive, with half of the total storage capacity dedicated for redundancy. An added plus for using RAID 10 is that, in many situations, such a logical drive offers double fault tolerance. Double fault tolerance may allow your logical drive to continue to operate depending on which two disk drives fail. RAID 10 logical drives on the FastTrak TX Series RAID consist of 4 disk drives.
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About Dual Data Redundancy

One unique (though rarely occurring) feature of RAID 10 is dual fault tolerance. In some cases, two drives can fail simultaneously and still maintain the integrity of data. There are six combinations in which two drives can fail. The FastTrak TX Series RAID protects your data array in four of those cases. Assume the drives are configured as follows: CH indicates channels on the FastTrak Controller card. A/B indicates which striped pair the drive belongs to. 1/2 indicates which part of stripe data. CH1 Drive A1 CH2 Drive A2 CH3 Drive B1 CH4 Drive B2
Under RAID 10, the array maintains data integrity if any 1, 2 combination survives. Event 1 2 3 4 5 6 Failed Drives A1/A2 B1/B2 A1/B2 B1/A2 A1/B1 B2/A2 Logical Drive Status Functional Functional Functional Functional Offline Offline Why? B1/B2 retain integrity A1/A2 retain integrity B1/A2 retain integrity A1/B2 retain integrity B2/A2 contain only half the data A1/B1 contain only half the data
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JBOD Single Drive

An alternative to RAID, JBOD capacity is equal to the size of the disk drive itself. JBOD appears in the User Interface as one individual drive. There are no performance or fault-tolerance features. When one disk fails, all data on that disk is lost. The other disks are unaffected.
Disk Drive
Choosing a RAID Level

There are several issues to consider when choosing the RAID Level for your FastTrak logical drive. The following discussion summarizes some advantages, disadvantages and applications for each choice.
RAID 0
Advantages
Implements a striped disk logical drive, the data is broken down into blocks and each block is written to a separate disk drive
Disadvantages
Not a true RAID because it is not faulttolerant The failure of just one drive will result in all data in an logical drive being lost
I/O performance is greatly improved by Should not be used in mission critical spreading the I/O load across many environments channels and drives No parity calculation overhead is involved Recommended Applications for RAID 0 Image Editing Pre-Press Applications Any application requiring high bandwidth
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RAID 1
Advantages
Simplest RAID storage subsystem design Can increase read performance by processing data requests in parallel since the same data resides on two different drives Recommended Applications for RAID 1 Accounting Payroll Financial Any application requiring very high availability
Disadvantages
Very high disk overhead - uses only 50% of total capacity
RAID 10
Advantages Disadvantages
Implemented as a mirrored logical drive Very high disk overhead - uses only whose segments are RAID 0 logical 50% of total capacity drives High I/O rates are achieved thanks to multiple stripe segments Recommended Applications for RAID 10 Imaging applications Database servers General fileserver
JBOD
Advantages Disadvantages
Enables you to manage a large number An alternative to RAID without any of disk drives from a single controller RAID advantages The failure of one drive has no effect upon the data in other disk drives Should not be used in mission critical environments
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Recommended Applications for JBOD Any application requiring multiple disk drives but where read/write speed or fault-tolerance are not important Applications were low-cost operation critical
Other Logical Drive Features

Stripe Block Size
The stripe block size value can be set to 32 KB, 64 KB and 128 KB. 64 KB is the default. This selection will directly affect performance. There are two issues to consider when selecting the stripe block size. Choose a stripe block size equal to or smaller than the smallest cache buffer found on any physical drive in your logical drive. A larger value slows the logical drive down because physical drives with smaller cache buffers need more time for multiple accesses to fill their buffers. If your data retrieval consists of fixed-size data blocks, such as some database and video applications, choose that data block size as your stripe block size.
Generally speaking, email, POS and webservers prefer smaller stripe block sizes. Video and database applications prefer larger stripe block sizes.
Initialization
Fast Initialization erases the Master Boot Record (MBR) in all of the selected disk drives. Use this function when one or more disk drives has been used in a previous logical drive. This function is available in the FastBuild utility and in WebPAM. Full Initialization erases all the data on the selected disk drives, including the MBR. Use this function when one or more disk drives has been used in a previous logical drive and you want to remove all data stored on the drive. This function is available in WebPAM.
Hot Spare Drive

Any extra drive that is not assigned to an array is designated Free in the View Drive Assignments screen (see below). In order for a free drive to serve as a hot spare drive, you must designate the free drive as a spare using the WebPAM software.
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Spare Drives are automatically added to an array once a disk member of the array has been detected as failed. To restore fault tolerance as quickly as possible, the FastTrak Controller performs an automatic data rebuild on the spare drive in the background without the need to restart the system. At a later time, the failed drive can be physically removed and a new drive added in its place to function as the spare drive.
Cache Settings
Cache settings are not adjustable on the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card.
Logical Drive Expansion

To expand a logical drive is to increase the number of disk drives. The FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card supports logical drive expansion. However, you must use the WebPAM software to access this function. See Logical Drive Migration and Expansion on page 76. Expansion takes place on an existing Functional logical drive without disturbing the existing data. While the logical drive is expanding, you can access the data as
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before. When expansion is complete, your logical drive will have a larger capacity.
Level
RAID 0
Current Number Possible Number of Drives of Drives

3 2 1 4 3 or 4 2, 3 or 4
RAID Level Migration

To migrate a logical drive is to change its RAID level. The FastTrak TX Series RAID controller card supports RAID Level Migration. You must use the WebPAM software to access this function. See Logical Drive Migration and Expansion on page 76. Migration takes place on an existing Functional logical drive without disturbing the existing data. While the logical drive is migrating, you can access the data as before. When migration is complete, your logical drive will have a different RAID level and/or a larger capacity. Different types of logical drives use different organizational models and have varying benefits. The following outline breaks down the properties for each type of RAID supported by FastTrak TX Series.
Increase From
RAID 1 RAID 0
To Capacity
RAID 10 RAID 10 RAID 1
Performance

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Important The Target logical drive may require more disk drives than the Source logical drive If the Target logical drive requires an EVEN number of disk drives but the Source logical drive has an ODD number, ADD a disk drive as part of the migration process You cannot reduce the number of disk drives in your logical drive RAID 1 (mirror) works with two disk drives only You cannot migrate a logical drive when it is Critical or performing activities such as Synchronizing, Rebuilding and PDM RAID level migration is not possible to or from JBOD
Ranges of Disk Array Expansion

There are limitations to how large you can expand a logical drive, depending on the size of your current logical drive. The current PC Operating Systems support a 10-byte LBA format. This means that a logical drive can have up to 4 billion address blocks or sectors. Multiply the number of blocks by the sector size to find the capacity of a logical drive: 4,000,000,000 blocks x 512 bytes per sector = 2,048,000,000,000 bytes of data for a 2TB drive. Note that you cannot change the size of the sectors nor can you increase the number of address blocks above 4 billion. As a result, there are range limits imposed upon logical drive expansion as shown in the table above. For example: You can expand a 2.5 TB logical drive up to 4 TB You can only expand a 1.9 TB logical drive up to 2 TB
See the table below.
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Current LD Size
8 to 16 TB 4 to 8 TB 2 to 4 TB 0 to 2 TB
Maximum LD Expansion Size

16 TB 8 TB 4 TB 2 TB
Sector Size
4096 bytes 2048 bytes 1024 bytes 512 bytes
You can direct WebPAM to expand a logical drive beyond the maximum expansion size. However, when expansion is finished, your logical drive will be the maximum size listed in the table. If you require a logical drive larger than the maximum expansion size: 1. 2. 3. 4. Backup the data from the current logical drive. Delete the current logical drive. Create a new logical drive with the desired capacity. Restore the data to the new logical drive. Caution Before you begin logical drive Expansion or RAID Level Migration, always back up your important data.
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Frequently Asked Questions Pre-Installation, below Motherboard Issues (page 108) System CMOS Issues (page 108) Drive Issues (page 109) Operating System-Related Issues (page 111) Installation Issues (page 112) Post-Installation (page 113) Performance Tips (page 113)
Contact Technical Support, page 114 Limited Warranty, page 117 Return Product for Repair, page 119
Frequently Asked Questions

This section lists frequently asked questions and other issues with the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller card.
Pre-Installation
(Speed, Device Types, Capacity, Cabling) What kind of hard drives can I use for a FastTrak disk array? You can use any Serial ATA disk drive(s) to create disk arrays on the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID Controller card. Use matching drives for multipledisk arrays to maximize capacity usage as well as performance. Will ACPI work with disk drives on the FastTrak? Yes. Can I use ATAPI devices on the FastTrak? No. The FastTrak TX Series does not support ATAPI devices. How can I change the resources that the FastTrak Controller uses? The FastTrak TX Series is fully PnP. This means all the resources that it uses are given to it by the PnP BIOS on the motherboard. The FastTrak Serial ATA RAID Controller does support IRQ sharing, but this will not work unless ALL the concerned devices support the feature. If your motherboard
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allows you to control the assignment of these resources, you may be able to remedy the problem by: Changing the IRQ assignments to the PCI slots in the motherboard BIOS during boot up. Reset the configuration data in your CMOS. This is usually an option in the PnP section of your CMOS. Otherwise, switch the FastTrak card to a different PCI slot.
Motherboard Issues
Freeing additional IRQ resources Since the Promise card supports PCI Interrupt sharing, it is possible to use IRQs already assigned to another PCI card. Interrupt Sharing is not supported with onboard IDE controllers. If the onboard IDE controller(s) are not used, you may disable the controllers to free IRQ 14 and/or 15. Configuring PCI IRQ resources Setting the IRQ for a particular PCI slot will be different depending on the motherboard BIOS. This setting is usually made in the PCI Configuration and/or Plug and Play (PnP) section of the motherboard BIOS setup. Consult your motherboard manual for information that is specific to your motherboard.
System CMOS Issues

Set motherboard CMOS Boot sequence to boot to FastTrak Controller On some Motherboard BIOS, it is necessary to set the Boot sequence to SCSI, A:, C: since the Promise card is identified as a SCSI card. Motherboard CMOS displays C: or D: drive failure during startup See the Drive-Related Errors section. Using an onboard IDE card with FastTrak Controller If an onboard IDE controller is installed with hard disks, enable support in the Motherboard Standard CMOS Setup for the drives. Note that the onboard IDE hard drives will then be the bootable hard disk unless the system BIOS has a boot sequence setting with the option to specify booting to a different device.
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Drive Issues
Can I add a drive to a FastTrak disk array via hot-swap and dynamically adjust the disk array size? Yes. The FastTrak TX Series supports dynamically adjustable RAID size and RAID level. See Logical Drive Migration and Expansion on page 76. Do the disk drives on the FastTrak have to be the same size? The disk drives connected to the FastTrak TX Series do not have to be the same size. If the sizes differ, the FastTrak controller will truncate the bigger drive so the drives match. The resulting difference in drive space is unusable, so avoid using disk drives of significantly different capacities. I already have a disk array on an older FastTrak controller. Can I move that disk array to my new FastTrak TX Series? Yes, provided your disk array was build using Serial ATA disk drives. All FastTrak controllers read the disk arrays the same way so you can move them from one controller to another. Can I take a drive used in a FastTrak disk array and access it directly with a different controller, such as the one integrated on the motherboard? Only Single-drive striped (RAID 0) and mirrored (RAID 1) disk array configurations allow the drive(s) to be accessed individually on another controller. Multiple-drive striped (RAID 0) or mirrored/striped (RAID 10) drives will not work. If I have a problem with one of the drives on the FastTrak Controller, how can I low-level format it to correct the problem? Do NOT do this. Low-level formatting is unnecessary and generally does not correct problems commonly experienced. If you think the disk drive is faulty, run the drive manufacturers diagnostic utility on it. Errors such as bad sectors or ECC/CRC failure are best remedied by completely replacing the drive. For this reason, do NOT low-level format the drives attached to the FastTrak controller. Do I have to install disk management software on my disk array in order to access the full storage capacity of drives? No! Disk management software will only complicate things. The disk array should be fully addressable by your OS as it is. Remember that some operating systems have varying limits on the sizes of partitions and disk arrays that can be defined. Consult your OS documentation about partitioning larger drives.
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What system BIOS setup settings do I use for the drives on the FastTrak? None. The drives on the FastTrak TX Series are supported by the FastTrak BIOS and/or OS drivers, not by your system BIOS. How do I partition/format my FastTrak disk array? The FastTrak TX Series represents the disk array as a single disk drive to your system. Therefore, anything that you can do to a single disk drive you can do to a FastTrak disk array. You can partition the disk array as you see fit using any file system you want. Critical disk array (array) status error reported during boot
If a critical status error message appears on the FastTrak BIOS startup screen for a RAID1 or RAID 10 disk array, there is a drive in the disk array that has failed or is not responding. The mirrored disk array has lost its fault tolerance, but will still perform normal drive reads and writes. See Logical Drive Critical / Offline on page 86. Disk drives cannot be formed into a disk array Disk drives must support Serial ATA and be free of media defects in order to be added to a disk array. Promise recommends using new identical disk drives for each disk array. Also, re-check the data and power cabling and connections. System CMOS displays C: or D: drive failure during Startup Do not reference C: or D: in the Motherboard Standard CMOS for drives attached to the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID Controller. Only enter drive information in the Motherboard CMOS for drives attached to the onboard IDE controller.
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The disk array constantly goes critical or offline during reboot. This condition may occur when the Master Boot Record (MBR) of one of the drives has become corrupt or bad. Removing (erasing) the MBR will remedy any issue related directly to a bad MBR. Warning Before removing the MBR of the drive(s), backup any existing data. Removal of the MBR of any disk drive permanently deletes all existing data on the drive. To erase the MBR, follow these steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Backup any important data from the disk array. Note the disk array information, including which drives are used, the number of drives, RAID Level, etc. Delete the disk array. Create a new disk array using the specifications from the previous disk array. During the disk array creation process: 6. In FastBuild, set the Fast Init feature to ON In WebPAM, select Fast or Full Initialization
Partition and format the disk array using your PCs operating system. See Appendix A: Partition and Format on page 121.
Unable to partition or format disk array See The disk array constantly goes critical or offline during reboot, above. Cannot rebuild mirrored (RAID 1) disk array See The disk array constantly goes critical or offline during reboot, above. Fatal errors or data corruption are constantly reported when reading or writing to the disk array See The disk array constantly goes critical or offline during reboot, above.
Operating System-Related Issues

The Operating System no longer boots after creating a Mirrored disk array using your existing boot drive using Windows This is due to Drive Geometry issues. You can verify this if you move the original drive back to the onboard controller and it boots successfully. Each controller can view a drive differently. This can be an issue for a new
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controller that loads the original Master Boot Record (MBR) and then has a problem translating it or the Operating System boot record. Promise recommends a clean install of the Operating System. This action restores the MBR and OS boot record. This action requires partitioning and formatting the drive. Promise Windows driver does not appear in Device Manager Windows may already be listing the controller under Other Devices instead of the Hard disk controllers section. In Device Manager under Other Devices to see if it lists a PCI Card or RAID Controller. If so, highlight this listing and click on the Properties button then click on the Driver tab. Depending on your version of Windows, choose either Change Driver or Update Driver. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation of the driver. If Windows asks if you want to test if the device can be removed safely, click on CANCEL. Reboot the system to complete installation of the driver. Inaccessible Boot Device message appears during floppyless installation of Windows The F6 key was not pressed at the appropriate time. Reboot the system, and press the F6 key when the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears in Windows. No Hard Drives Found message appears during CD-ROM installation of Windows The F6 key was not pressed at the appropriate time. Reboot the system, and press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears in Windows.
Installation Issues
How can I change the system boot sequence in order to boot from the FastTrak disk array? The boot sequence is controlled by the system BIOS. As far as the system BIOS is concerned, the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID Controller and its defined disk arrays are categorized as a SCSI device. This allows you to set the boot sequence in your BIOS setup utility to boot from SCSI first, rather than IDE. If there are multiple SCSI add-in controllers in the system, then the boot sequence among is determined by their PCI slot priority. PCI slot #1 will be first, slot #2 second, etc. If you want to boot from the disk array, put the FastTrak Controller in the PCI slot where it will be accessed before the other SCSI controllers.
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How can I change the boot sequence between a PCI SCSI card and the FastTrak disk array? Since all PCI devices are PnP, it is difficult to determine which device is addressed first. Some newer motherboard BIOSes have advanced options that identify devices and allow you to select which device will be assigned resources first. Otherwise you may have to physically switch the device cards on the PCI slots so that the boot device is in the highest priority slot number, as described in the previous answer.
Post-Installation
Why can't I see the drives on the FastTrak Controller card under FDISK? You have not created a disk array yet. If no disk array has been created, the system will not recognize drive(s) attached to the FastTrak card.
Performance Tips
Here are some tips that may optimize performance in a RAID 0 striped disk array. If you are using an audio/video-editing card, we also recommend reviewing your card's documentation for additional information. Use FastTrak array as D: or other non-bootable drive in a striped disk array For Audio/Video editing, keep the original system boot drive on the standard IDE controller as C: drive. Partitioning software will see the disk array as one physical drive, D: or later. This will prevent file fragmentation and provide better accessibility to the disk array. Re-Configure PCI Latency Setting The PCI Latency setting appears in some Motherboard BIOS. The setting governs how much time is allocated to service each PCI slot. Promise recommends a value of 64. An optimal value will vary from system to system.
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Contact Technical Support

Promise Technical Support provides several support options for Promise users to access information and updates. We encourage you to use one of our electronic services, which provide product information updates for the most efficient service and support. If you decide to contact us, please have the following information available: Product model and serial number Firmware, BIOS and driver version numbers A description of the problem / situation System configuration information, including: motherboard and CPU type, hard drive model(s), SAS/SATA/ATA/ATAPI drives & devices, and other controllers.
Technical Support Services

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E-mail Support Fax Technical Support Phone Technical Support If you wish to write us for support: [email protected] +886 3 564 53 13 Attn: Technical Support +886 3 578 23 95 (ext. 8811) Promise Technology, Inc. Attn: Technical Support 2F, No. 30, Industry E. Rd. IX Science-based Industrial Park Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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E-mail Support Fax Technical Support Phone Technical Support If you wish to write us for support: [email protected] +86 10 6872 3940 Attn: Technical Support +86 10 6872 3941 Promise Technology China Attn: Technical Support Room 1205, Tower 3, Webok Time Center No. 17 South Zhong Guan Cun Street Hai Dian District, Beijing 100081 P.R. China
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Chapter 7: Support
Limited Warranty
Promise Technology, Inc. (Promise) warrants that for three (3) years from the time of the delivery of the product to the original end user: a) b) the product will conform to Promises specifications; the product will be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service.
This warranty: a) b) c) d) applies only to products which are new and in cartons on the date of purchase; is not transferable; is valid only when accompanied by a copy of the original purchase invoice. Is not valid on spare parts, fans, and power supplies
This warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from: a) b) c) improper or inadequate maintenance, or unauthorized modification(s), performed by the end user; operation outside the environmental specifications for the product; accident, misuse, negligence, misapplication, abuse, natural or personal disaster, or maintenance by anyone other than a Promise or a Promise-authorized service center.
Disclaimer of other warranties

This warranty covers only parts and labor, and excludes coverage on software items as expressly set above. Except as expressly set forth above, Promise DISCLAIMS any warranties, expressed or implied, by statute or otherwise, regarding the product, including, without limitation, any warranties for fitness for any purpose, quality, merchantability, non-infringement, or otherwise. Promise makes no warranty or representation concerning the suitability of any product for use with any other item. You assume full responsibility for selecting products and for ensuring that the products selected are compatible and appropriate for use with other goods with which they will be used. Promise DOES NOT WARRANT that any product is free from errors or that it will interface without problems with your computer system. It is your responsibility to back up or otherwise save important data before installing any product and continue to back up your important data regularly.
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No other document, statement or representation may be relied on to vary the terms of this limited warranty. Promises sole responsibility with respect to any product is to do one of the following: a) b) replace the product with a conforming unit of the same or superior product; repair the product.
Promise shall not be liable for the cost of procuring substitute goods, services, lost profits, unrealized savings, equipment damage, costs of recovering, reprogramming, or reproducing of programs or data stored in or used with the products, or for any other general, special, consequential, indirect, incidental, or punitive damages, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, notwithstanding the failure of the essential purpose of the foregoing remedy and regardless of whether Promise has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Promise is not an insurer. If you desire insurance against such damage, you must obtain insurance from another party. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages for consumer products, so the above limitation may not apply to you. This warranty gives specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights that vary from state to state. This limited warranty is governed by the State of California.
Your Responsibilities
You are responsible for determining whether the product is appropriate for your use and will interface with your equipment without malfunction or damage. You are also responsible for backing up your data before installing any product and for regularly backing up your data after installing the product. Promise is not liable for any damage to equipment or data loss resulting from the use of any product.
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Chapter 7: Support
Return Product For Repair

If you suspect a product is not working properly, or if you have any questions about your product, contact our Technical Support Staff through one of our Technical Services, making sure to provide the following information: Product model and serial number (required) Return shipping address Daytime phone number Description of the problem Copy of the original purchase invoice
The technician will assist you in determining whether the product requires repair. If the product needs repair, the Technical Support Department will issue an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) number. Important Obtain an RMA number from Technical Support before you return the product and write the RMA number on the label. The RMA number is essential for tracking your product and providing the proper service. Return ONLY the specific product covered by the warranty (do not ship cables, manuals, diskettes, etc.), with a copy of your proof of purchase to: USA and Canada: Promise Technology, Inc. Customer Service Dept. Attn.: RMA # ______ 47654 Kato Road Fremont, CA 94538 Return the product to your dealer or retailer. Contact them for instructions before shipping the product. You must follow the packaging guidelines for returning products: Use the original shipping carton and packaging Include a summary of the products problem(s) Write an attention line on the box with the RMA number Include a copy of proof of purchase
Other Countries:
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You are responsible for the cost of insurance and shipment of the product to Promise. Note that damage incurred due to improper transport or packaging is not covered under the Limited Warranty. When repairing returned product(s), Promise may replace defective parts with new or reconditioned parts, or replace the entire unit with a new or reconditioned unit. In the event of a replacement, the replacement unit will be under warranty for the remainder of the original warranty term from purchase date, or 30 days, whichever is longer. Promise will pay for standard return shipping charges only. You will be required to pay for any additional shipping options (such as express shipping).
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Appendix A: Partition and Format

In order for your operating system to recognize and work with the disk drives attached to your FastTrak TX Series RAID controller card, the drives must be partitioned and formatted. If your drives were previously partitioned and formatted they are ready to use and you can skip this procedure If your drives have not been partitioned and formatted, you must do that job before you can use them
The actions of partitioning and formatting create a file structure on the disk drives with which your operating system can work. In the example below, we show how this is done in Windows. A similar procedure is required for Linux PCs. However, partitioning and formatting in Linux is not automated, therefore please refer to your system documentation for the exact procedure. Note If you plan to boot your computer from this disk array, go to Windows and Device Driver Installation under the Installation section for instructions. The instructions here are for data disk arrays only.
1. 2.
From the desktop, right-click on the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu. The Computer Management window opens. From the left menu, click on Disk Management. The Disk Management window opens with your new disk array identified as Disk 1. The Initialize Wizard appears automatically.
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3. 4.
Click the Next button to start the Wizard. In the following windows, select Disk 1 to Initialize. Do not select any disks to Convert. Click the Finish button to Initialize the disk array.
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Right-click on the Unallocated portion of Disk 1 and select New Partition... from the popup menu. The New Partition Wizard appears.
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Appendix A: Partition and Format
6. 7.
Click the Next button to start the wizard. In the following windows, do the following actions. Click Next to move to the next window. Select Primary Partition Specify the maximum available partition size in MB Assign the available drive letter of your choice Choose Format this partition with the following settings File system: NTFS Allocation unit size: Default Volume label: Enter your choice of name Do not check Perform a quick format or Enable file and folder compression
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Review your selections and click Finish. The New Partition Wizard will disappear while partitioning and formatting begin. This process will take some time. The Disk Management window displays the progress.
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When formatting is complete, your disk array will appear as a hard drive in the Disk Management window (above) and the My Computer window (below).
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Appendix B: Upgrades
BIOS and Firmware Upgrade (page 125) Software Driver Upgrade (page 127) WebPAM Upgrade (page 130)
BIOS and Firmware Upgrade

Follow this procedure to upgrade the BIOS and Firmware on your FastTrak TX Series Controller card. The FastTrak card must be properly installed in your PC or server in order to perform the upgrade. See Install the FastTrak Card on page 8 for more information.
Step 1: Preparation
To perform this procedure, you need a: DOS-bootable diskette Blank DOS formatted diskette
Step 2: Download BIOS File

1. 2. 3. Go to the Promise website www.promise.com/support. Click on Downloads. Click on the Select Product popup menu and choose FastTrak TX2200, TX2300, TX4200 or TX4300 depending on which FastTrak controller you have. Click on the Select Category popup menu and choose BIOS. Click the GO button. The list of current BIOS options displays. Be sure you select the appropriate BIOS for your system. 6. 7. 8. 9. Click on BIOS you want. In the File Download dialog box, click the Save button. In the Save As dialog box, direct the file to save to a convenient location on your PC. Unzip the file and copy the contents to the DOS-bootable diskette. Use the upgrade diskette to install the BIOS and firmware upgrade package to the FastTrak controller. Go to step 3, below.
4. 5.
10. Label this diskette FastTrak Upgrade.
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Step 3: Install the BIOS Package

Cautions 1. 2. 3. Before you begin, backup any important or useful data. Do NOT skip any steps in the procedure. Do NOT power off your PC during the procedure.
Boot your PC from the DOS-bootable diskette. When the A:\> prompt appears, remove the DOS-bootable diskette and insert the FastTrak Upgrade diskette. Find your model of FastTrak controller and type corresponding line at the A:\> prompt: TX2200, type pflash /f 571.bin and press Enter TX2300, type pflash /f 771.bin and press Enter TX4200, type pflash /f 519.bin and press Enter TX4300, type pflash /f 719.bin and press Enter
4. 5. 6. 7.
When the A:\> prompt appears, remove the upgrade diskette and insert the DOS-bootable diskette. Reboot your PC from the DOS-bootable diskette. When the A:\> prompt appears, remove the DOS-bootable diskette and insert the FastTrak Upgrade diskette. Find your model of FastTrak controller and type corresponding line at the A:\> prompt: TX2200, type pflash /f 571.bin and press Enter TX2300, type pflash /f 771.bin and press Enter TX4200, type pflash /f 519.bin and press Enter TX4300, type pflash /f 719.bin and press Enter
8. 9.
When the A:\> prompt appears, remove the FastTrak Upgrade diskette. Reboot your PC normally. This completes BIOS upgrade procedure. Note For systems with multiple FastTrak TX Series controllers: With the new BIOS installed, only the FastTrak in the lowest numbered PCI slot will appear in the BIOS screen. However, all properly installed FastTraks will appear in WebPAM.
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Software Driver Upgrade

Follow this procedure to upgrade the FastTrak software drivers on your PC or server.
Step 1: Preparation
You need one blank, formatted diskette to perform this procedure.
Step 2: Download Driver Files

1. 2. 3. Go to the Promise website www.promise.com/support. Click on Downloads. Click on the Select Product popup menu and choose Windows Promise FastTrak TX2200, TX2300, TX4200 or TX4300 depending on which FastTrak controller you have. Click on the Select Category popup menu and choose Driver. Click the GO button. The list of current drivers displays. Promise provides 32-bit and 64-bit versions of its drivers. Be sure you select the appropriate driver for your system. 6. 7. 8. 9. Click on the driver you want. In the File Download dialog box, click the Save button. In the Save As dialog box, direct the driver to save to a convenient location on your PC. Copy the files to one of the blank, formatted floppy diskettes. For Windows driver files: Unzip the downloaded driver package and copy the files to the diskette. For Linux driver files: On a Windows PC, run the rawrite.exe utility and extract the image file to the diskette. On a Linux PC, run the command dd if=imagefilename of=floppydevicename bs-10k to copy the image file to the diskette. imagefilename = the disk image file name floppydevice name = the device name, such as /dev/fd0. 10. Label the diskette FastTrak Driver. Use the FastTrak Driver diskette to upgrade to the latest software driver. Go to step 3, below.
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Step 3: Install the Software Drivers

Windows Server 2003, XP and 2000
1. 2. Insert the FastTrak Driver diskette in the A: drive. In the Start Menu, go to Settings > Control Panel. Double-click on the System icon. Click on the Hardware tab. Click on the Device Manager button. At the Device Manager, click on the + icon to the left of SCSI and RAID Controllers to expand the list. Right-click on Promise FastTrak TX [2200, 2300, 4200, 4300] (tm) Controller and select Update Driver... In the Hardware Update Wizard, select No, not this time and click Next. In the Hardware Update Wizard, select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next. Under Please choose your search and installation options, select Dont search. I will choose the driver to install and click Next. Under Select the device driver you want to install, click Have Disk... Under Install from Disk, type A:\ and click OK. If a warning about Digital Signature appears, click Continue Anyway. 11. Under Completing the Hardware Update Wizard, click Finish. 12. Click Yes to restart your PC. 13. Remove the FastTrak Driver diskette.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10. Under Select the device driver you want to install, click Next.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Insert FastTrak Driver diskette into the floppy drive. Log in as root. Run mount -r /dev/fd0 /media/floppy. Run cd /media/floppy. Run sh ./install. When the Installer asks, You are installing a driver on an existing OS. Is it true (y/n)?, type Y and press Enter. Run cd; umount /media/floppy. Remove the FastTrak Driver diskette. Run reboot to restart the system.
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SuSE Linux ES 9.0

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Insert FastTrak Driver diskette into the floppy drive. Log in as root. Run mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy. Run cd /media/floppy. Run ./install. Run cd; umount /media/floppy. Remove the FastTrak Driver diskette. Run reboot to restart the system.
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WebPAM Upgrade
Follow this procedure to upgrade the WebPAM Software on your PC or server.
Step 1: Download the WebPAM File

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Go to the Promise website www.promise.com/support. Click on Downloads. Click on the Select Product popup menu and choose FastTrak TX2200, TX2300, TX4200 or TX4300. Click on the Select Category popup menu and choose Utility. Click the GO button. The list of the current WebPAM software displays. Promise provides versions of WebPAM software for Windows and Linux. Be sure you select the appropriate version for your system. 6. 7. 8. 9. Click on the WebPAM you want. In the File Download dialog box, click the Save button. In the Save As dialog box, direct the software to save to a convenient location on your PC. Unzip the downloaded WebPAM package. The result is a single installer file. Go to step 2, below.
Step 2: Install WebPAM

You can install the latest version of WebPAM over an existing installation. The installer will delete the previous version and then install the new one.
Windows
Follow these steps to install WebPAM on your Windows-based PC or Server. 1. 2. 3. Boot up the PC/server and launch Windows. If the computer is already running, exit all programs. Double-click on the WebPAM Installer file to launch it (right) The first WebPAM PRO installation dialog box appears. Follow the prompts in the installation dialog box.
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Linux
Follow these steps to install WebPAM on your Linux-based PC or Server. 1. 2. 3. Boot up the PC/server and launch the Linux GUI. If the computer is already running, exit all programs. Double-click on the WebPAM Installer file to launch it (right). When the Run or Display? dialog box appears, click Run in Terminal. After several moments, the Terminal window closes and the first WebPAM installation dialog box appears. 4. Follow the prompts in the installation dialog box.
Step 3: Log-in to WebPAM

Double-click on the WebPAM icon on your Windows desktop (right). Or, 1. 2. Launch your Browser. In the Browser address field, type in the IP address of the Host PC, as explained below. If you did not choose the External Security option during WebPAM installation, use the Regular connection. If you chose the External Security option during WebPAM installation, use the Secure connection.
Regular Connection
WebPAM uses an HTTP connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http:// Enter the Host PCs IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0.0.1 or localhost Enter the Port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :8080 Add to launch WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /promise http://127.0.0.1:8080/promise or http://localhost:8080/promise
Secure Connection
WebPAM uses a secure HTTP connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .https:// Enter the Host PCs IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0.0.1 or localhost Enter the Port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :8443 Add to launch WebPAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /promise https://127.0.0.1:8443/promise or https://localhost:8443/promise
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Note that the IP address shown above applies to a log-in at the Host PC. When you log in over a network, you will enter the Host PCs actual IP address.
When the opening screen (above) appears: 1. 2. 3. Type admin in the Login ID field. Type admin in the Password field. Click the Sign in button.
This is the default login for the Administrator. Each user will have their own Login ID (the User ID) and password. See Add a User on page 47 and Change a Users Password on page 51 for more information. The Login ID and Password are case sensitive.
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