Quick Installation Guide - Promise Technology, Inc.
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1. SI CnnnsTDAUCO VUIUI INMANUU Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide This guide is designed to help you quickly install SuperTrak66 and configure your RAID array into an Windows NT 4 0 host system Please read through this guide carefully before attempting to install SuperTrak66 The steps are as follows Unpack SuperTrak66 Install Hardware Build Array Install Windows NT Driver Install SuperCheck Components Check TCP IP Settings D ODN gt If you have any questions about these steps consult the main User s Manual NOTE Users should record their current CMOS system setup settings before making any changes This preventative measure is aimed at protecting such information from loss which may happen unpredictably and or periodically during any hardware installation Unpack SuperTrak66 The SuperTrak66 package should contain the following items SuperTrak66 controller card SuperTrak66 User s Manual 1 16MB 72 pin EDO SIMM SuperTrak66 OS drivers amp utility diskettes 3 Internal 18 Ultra ATA 66 80 wire 40 pin hard drive cables 4 If any of the items are missing or appear damaged please contact your dealer or distributor immediately NOTE The SuperTrak66 controller card ships with two removable protective labels that cover the audible alarm buzzer device and the battery which maintains the non volatile RAM memory These labels must be removed prior to installing the card Quick Ins2. ber of drives you want included See User s Manual SuperBuild Array Utility 1 00 Copyright CC 1999 Promise Technology Inc fiuto Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for RAIDS frray Setup Configuration LEPRE LI IAS Ap ANNE DREI E LE Data Parity Striping Spare Drive Drive s Used in Array Array Disk Capacity size in MB Reys Available 3 Up i Down Space Change Option ESC Exit Ctrl Y Save Auto setup screen Quick Installation Guide Install Windows NT Driver At this point you will be installing the Promise drivers into an existing Windows NT system on a boot drive that is separate from the SuperTrak array or you will begin installing Windows NT from scratch Driver Installation for Existing Windows NT 4 0 System 1 ak wh Insert the Promise diskette Add the driver filename sptrak inf to SCSI Adapters in the Control Panel Choose Promise SuperTrak IDE Controller from selections Under Select SCSI Adapter Option press Install button to initiate installation After successful install restart system Promise SuperTrak should appear under SCSI Adapters Devices tab Driver Installation During New Install of Windows NT 4 0 1 ak E N 6 I a Floppy Install Boot the computer with the Windows NT installation diskettes b Floppyless Install Boot from floppy and type WINNT B After files have been copied the system will reboot On the reboot
3. otherboard and secure it in place 5 Set the hard drives to Master Cable Select or Single depending on drive specification 6 Next install hard drives into the PC chassis Attach black end of Ultra ATA 66 cable and power cable to back of each drive Connect the blue end of the Ultra ATA 66 cable to any IDE channel available on the SuperTrak66 NOTE Device support for drives is povided by the SuperTrak66 system No changes are necessary in the motherboard CMOS BIOS Setup for resources or drive types regarding hard drive configuration Changes may or may not be necessary for PCI device setup Quick Installation Guide Build Array Boot the system You will see the Promise BIOS sign on banner appear on the screen Press Ctrl F to initialize SuperBuild and display the Main Menu Creating a disk array from the Auto Setup screen 1 From the Main Menu press 1 to display the Auto Setup screen 2 Choose an option in the Optimize array for field The choices offered are RAID O striping RAID 1 mirroring RAIDS striping w dedicated parity and RAID5 data striping w striped parity and JBOD spanning array 3 Press the Ctrl Y keys SuperBuild will build an array automatically from the hard drives connected to the SuperTrak66 controller NOTE Auto setup does not allow configuring a hot spare drive If you wish to have a spare drive you must use the View Define Array Menu and manually assign the exact num
4. press lt F6 gt when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears c CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM and press lt F6 gt when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration When the Welcome to Setup window is generated press Enter In the Setup Method dialog box press Enter to confirm Express Setup Press S to add the SuperTrak66 controller Select Other requires disk provided by hardware manufacturer Spec ify a insert the Promise driver diskette into drive A and press ENTER Select the Promise Technology Inc SuperTrak Controller and click OK NOTE for CD installations you must also specify the driver for your CD ROM adapter i e if using an ATAPI CD ROM specify the IDE 2 1 controller 8 Follow the normal setup installation procedure Quick Installation Guide Install SuperCheck Components This section explains the installation of components to run SuperCheck on a single file server housing a SuperTrak66 array within a local area network For more complex installations see the User s Manual 1 Insert the SuperCheck Install Diskette Number 1 into the floppy drive 2 From Windows NT go to the Start button and click on Run from the Start Menu Type in Asetup exe 3 The main SuperCheck component installation menu will appear SUBEICHECK y SuperCheck
5. tallation Guide SuperTrak66 Controller Card The SuperTrak66 controller card has several physical features of interest for purposes of installation A SIMM socket for EDO memory 4 IDE channel connections 1 master drive per channel an alarm buzzer a battery and 4 LEDs on the card s backplane NOTE The SuperTrak66 controller card like every other valuable part of your PC is sensitive to static electricity Be sure that you are properly grounded Promise recommends that you wear an anti static strap or place a free hand on a grounded object and that your PC is unplugged before installing any of the SuperTrak66 components EDO Simm Slot lt IDE channels CTI Onboard CPU UDMA 66 LEDs ASIC SuperTrak66 controller card Cables Ultra ATA 66 drive cables are provided with the SuperTrak66 controller card These cables must be used with Ultra ATA 66 drives in order to realize full Ultra ATA 66 specs They differ from older 40 wire 40 pin IDE cables by adding an extra ground wire between each data wire resulting in an 80 wire 40 pin cable Quick Installation Guide Install Hardware 1 Install 16MB EDO memory into the SIMM slot on card 2 Remove protective label for 3V CR2032 or compatible battery shipped with the card that supports NVRAM Remove protective label for audible alarm buzzer Typical controller card installation 4 Install the controller card into an available PCI slot on the system m
6. y SugerCheck y 13 Install Message Agent SUPErtNEEKN x 4 Install All EA Superthech s gt 5 Visil www promise com SUMEICHECK N SUPEICHECKA N SuperCheck Setup screen E 1 Install Monitoring Utility lt Insiali Message Server mb Exit Select 4 Install All Components Reboot the system AFTER all software components have been installed in order to activate any installed NT services 6 If you want to monitor the SuperTrak66 from another PC s running Win 95 98 NT 2000 in your network install just the SuperCheck Monitoring Utility component on to this system s Check TCP IP Settings Proper TCP IP setup is crucial for the SuperTrak66 software package to function correctly Without TCP IP installed and configured correctly the monitoring software will not be able to make connections to the SuperTrak66 RAID server Use the IP address for which your Windows NT host system the server containing SuperTrak66 is already configured to establish connections Otherwise use IP address 127 0 0 1 for all your TCP IP configurations This address will allow all TCP IP requests to remain within the system Quick Installation Guide Copyright Copyright by Promise Technology Inc 2000 No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed written permission Trademarks All trademarks are the property of their respective holders Quick Installation Guide P N C6105ST66000000 1
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