A Frequently Asked Questions; Pre-Installation (Speed, Device Types, Capacity, Cabling) - Promise Technology FastTrak66 Anwenderhandbuch

Manual EN 05-08-1999 11:30
Appendix
Frequently Asked Questions
This section lists frequently asked questions involving pre-installation, drive
issues, installation, and post-installation.
Pre-Installation
Q: What kind of hard drives can I use for a FastTrak66 array?
A: You can use any IDE/EIDE hard drive(s) to create arrays on the FastTrak66.
You should use matching drives for multiple-drive arrays to maximize
capacity usage as well as performance. Ultra ATA/66 drives are
recommended for highest performance.
Q: Will APM (Advanced Power Management) work with HDDs on the
FastTrak/66?
A: APM will not work with HDDs on the FastTrak/66. This is because the
system sees the card as a SCSI card.
Q: Can I use ATAPI devices on the FastTrak66 controller?
A: No. There is no driver layer on the FastTrak66 controller which will support
ATAPI packet messages.
Q: Will the FastTrak/66 work with a 37Mhz or 41Mhz PCI bus speed?
A: The current PCI 2.1 specification is for a 33Mhz PCI bus speed. The
FastTrak/66 is designed around the specification. In most cases, a higher
PCI bus speed will result in a variety of different errors. While some people
have been able to get these higher speeds to work, since it is out of
specification we cannot support it.
Q: How can I change the resources that the FastTrak uses?
A: The FastTrak/66 is fully PnP. This means all the resources that it uses are
given to it by the PnP BIOS on the motherboard. The FastTrak/66 does
support IRQ sharing, but this will not work unless ALL the concerned
devices support the feature. If your motherboard allows you to control the
assignment of these resources, you may be able to remedy the problem by
"playing around" with them. You can also try resetting the configuration
data in your CMOS. This is usually an option in the PnP section of your
CMOS. Otherwise, the only way you might be able to affect these
assignments is to switch the PCI slot that the card is in.
Q: How does the FastTrak/66 RAID controller provide storage and/or
data protection with their arrays?
A: FastTrak66 implements third different types of RAID levels as follows:
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