Asus P5ND2-SLI Deluxe - Manual (Page 20)

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Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology through the
Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA
® SLI™ - Intel ® Edition chipset. The
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth of the current
Serial ATA products with a host of new features, including Native Command
Queuing (NCQ), Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm, and Hot
Swap. Serial ATA allows thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count
and reduced voltage requirements.
Leveraging these Serial ATA 3Gb/s features is the SATA-On-The-Go. This
external port on the rear panel I/O provides smart setup, hot-plug and
support for up to 16 devices with port-multiplier functions. See pages 2-27
and 2-28 for details.
Dual RAID solution Dual RAID solution Dual RAID solution Dual RAID solution Dual RAID solution
Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with dual-RAID
functionality that allows you to select the best RAID solution using IDE or
Serial ATA devices.
The NVIDIA ® nForce4 ® SLI™ allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, and a
software patch to support RAID 5 configuration for four SATA 3Gb/s and
two PATA connectors. See pages 2-27 and 5-23.
The Sil3132R controller supports two additional SATA 3Gb/s connectors
and allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. See pages 2-28 and 5-30 for
details.
Dual Gigabit LAN solution Dual Gigabit LAN solution Dual Gigabit LAN solution Dual Gigabit LAN solution Dual Gigabit LAN solution
The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to provide the
total solution for your networking needs. These network controllers use the
PCI Express segment to provide faster data bandwidth for your wired or
wireless Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. See pages 2-23 and
2-24 for details.
PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with
existing PCI specifications. See pages 2-19 and 2-20 for details.