Promise Technology FASTTRAK SX4300 - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 2: Installation
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3. Install the FastTrak card into the open slot (above).
4. Fasten the FastTrak card bracket to the system case (above).
5. Attach your system case’s 2- or 4-pin LED cable to the LED connector on the
FastTrak card (see the Figures below).
Installing the Disk Drives
The FastTrak SX-Series RAID Controller card supports 1.5-Gb/s and 3.0-Gb/s
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.
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.
If you are using SuperSwap Enclosures, the SMBus ID of each disk drive
must match the Channel number.
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.
Level Number of Drives
RAID 0 2 or more
RAID 1 2 only
RAID 5 3 or more
RAID 10 4 only
RAID 50 6 or 8
JBOD 1 or more