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I D E R A I D c o n n e c t o r s ( 4 0 - 1 p i n P R I _ R A I D 1 [ r e d ] ,

I D E R A I D c o n n e c t o r s ( 4 0 - 1 p i n P R I _ R A I D 1 [ r e d ] ,
S E C _ R A I D 1 [ r e d ] )

S E C _ R A I D 1 [ r e d ] )

S E C _ R A I D 1 [ r e d ] )
These connectors are for Ultra ATA 133/100/66 signal cables. These
connectors support up to four IDE hard disk drives that can be
configured as a disk array through the onboard IDE RAID controller.
Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up RAID configurations.

These connectors are set to IDE mode by default. In IDE mode, you can
connect IDE devices to these connectors such as boot/data hard disk
drives or optical drives. If you intend to create an IDE RAID set using
these connectors, set the I T E 8 2 1 2 F C o n t r o l l e r

I T E 8 2 1 2 F C o n t r o l l e r

I T E 8 2 1 2 F C o n t r o l l e r item in the BIOS to

RAID Mode. See section “4.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration” for
details.

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Before creating a RAID set using Ultra ATA hard disks, make
sure that you have connected the Ultra ATA signal cable and
installed Ultra ATA 133/100/66 hard disk drives.

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The system automatically assigns the boot sequence of ATAPI
devices connected to the IDE RAID connectors.

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The ITE

8212F RAID 1 configuration supports a maximum of 2 Ultra

ATA hard disk drives only. Make sure to set both drives either as
Master or Slave before configuring a RAID 1 set.

P5GD2

P5GD2 Deluxe RAID connectors

NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.

PRI_RAID1

PIN 1

SEC_RAID1

PIN 1