Asus P5AD2 Premium - Manual (Page 47)

A S U S P 5 A D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 A D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 A D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 A D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 A D 2 P r e m i u m 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5 2 - 2 5
5 . 5 . 5 . 5 . 5 . S e r i a l A T A R A I D c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A _ R A I D 1 , S e r i a l A T A R A I D c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A _ R A I D 1 , S e r i a l A T A R A I D c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A _ R A I D 1 , S e r i a l A T A R A I D c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A _ R A I D 1 , S e r i a l A T A R A I D c o n n e c t o r s ( 7 - p i n S A T A _ R A I D 1 ,
S A T A _ R A I D 2 , S A T A _ R A I D 3 , S A T A _ R A I D 4 )
S A T A _ R A I D 2 , S A T A _ R A I D 3 , S A T A _ R A I D 4 ) S A T A _ R A I D 2 , S A T A _ R A I D 3 , S A T A _ R A I D 4 ) S A T A _ R A I D 2 , S A T A _ R A I D 3 , S A T A _ R A I D 4 ) S A T A _ R A I D 2 , S A T A _ R A I D 3 , S A T A _ R A I D 4 )
These connectors are for Serial ATA signal cables. These connectors
support up to four Serial ATA hard disk drives that you can configure
as a disk array through the onboard SATA RAID controller. Refer to
Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.
These connectors are set to R A I D M o d e R A I D M o d e R A I D M o d e R A I D M o d e R A I D M o d e by default. If you want to
connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set
the S i l i c o n I m a g e C o n t r o l l e r
S i l i c o n I m a g e C o n t r o l l e r S i l i c o n I m a g e C o n t r o l l e r S i l i c o n I m a g e C o n t r o l l e r S i l i c o n I m a g e C o n t r o l l e r item in the BIOS to [SATA Mode]. See
section “4.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration” for details.
• Before creating a RAID set using Serial ATA hard disks, make sure
that you have connected the Serial ATA signal cable and installed
Serial ATA hard disk drives; ; otherwise, you cannot enter the Silicon
Image RAID utility and SATA BIOS setup during POST.
• You can only create RAID 5 and JBOD configuration using the
SATALink™ SATA RAID Management software. See Chapter 5 for
details. The RAID 5 feature is not Windows
® Hardware Quality Labs
(WHQL)-certified.
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o n n e c t o r C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g S e t t i n g U s e U s e U s e U s e U s e
S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 S A T A 1 / S A T A 2 R e d R e d R e d R e d R e d M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r M a s t e r B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k B o o t d i s k
S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 S A T A 3 / S A T A 4 B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k B l a c k S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e S l a v e D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k D a t a d i s k
P5AD2 PREMIUM
®
P5AD2 PREMIUM SATA RAID connectors
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP2
RSA
T A_TXN2
GND
RSA
T A_RXP2
RSA
T
A_RXN2
GND
SATA_RAID1
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP1
RSA
T A_TXN1
GND
RSA
T A_RXP1
RSA
T
A_RXN1
GND
SATA_RAID2
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP4
RSA
T A_TXN4
GND
RSA
T A_RXP4
RSA
T
A_RXN4
GND
SATA_RAID3
GND
RSA
T
A_TXP3
RSA
T A_TXN3
GND
RSA
T A_RXP3
RSA
T
A_RXN3
GND
SATA_RAID4