User manual

FastTrak TX2000™ Series User Manual

Manually Creating an Array

The Define Array <3> option from the Main Menu allows users to begin the process of manually

defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or multiple disk arrays attached to FastTrak

TX2000. Users will commonly create one or two drive arrays with FastTrak TX2000, though the

card will support a maximum of four arrays

NOTE: For most installations, Promise recommends the <1> Auto Setup for easy disk array

creation.

[Define Array Menu]

Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity(MB) Status

Array 1 Stripe 2 16126 Functional

Array 2 —— —— —— ——

Array 3 —— —— —— ——

Array 4 —— —— —— ——

[ Keys Available ]

Note: * — Bootable Array

[↑] Up [↓] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select [Space] Change Boot Drive

1. To manually create an array from the Define Array Menu, use the arrow keys to highlight

the array number you wish to define, and press [Enter] to select.

2. The Define Array Definition Menu will next appear that allows drive assignments to the

disk array (see next page).

A user may use a single drive in either striping or spanning mode with FastTrak TX2000. In

this rare scenario, the card will create an individual array ID but will offer conventional controller

performance depending on the drive type. At a later time, a second drive can be added to the

array and the array re-created to support RAID 1 mirroring.