Asus P5E3 WS Professional - Manual (Page 54)

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4. Marvell ® 88SE6145 Serial ATA RAID connectors [black] (7-pin
EXT_SATA1-2)
These connectors are for Serial ATA signal cables that support Serial ATA
hard disk drives. To configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10, install an
internal Serial ATA hard disk drive to one of these connectors and an external
Serial ATA drive to one of the external SATA ports.
Before creating a RAID set using Serial ATA hard disks, make sure that you
have connected the Serial ATA signal cables and installed Serial ATA hard disk
drives; otherwise, you cannot enter the Marvell RAID utility and SATA BIOS
setup during POST.
P5E3 WS PRO
®
P5E3 WS Professional EXT_SATA connectors
EXT_SATA2 EXT_SATA1
GND
RS
AT
A_TXP2
RS
AT
A_TXN2
GND
RS
AT
A_RXP2
RS
AT
A_RXN2
GND GND
RS
AT
A_TXP1
RS
AT
A_TXN1
GND
RS
AT
A_RXP1
RS
AT
A_RXN1
GND
• Please install the Marvell ® Controller driver before using the black Serial
ATA RAID connectors (EXT_SATA1-2). Refer to 5.2.4 Make Disk menu for
details.
• If you intend to create a RAID configuration using one of the Marvell ® Serial
ATA RAID connectors and one of the external SATA ports, it is strongly
recommended to install the OS on the internal hard disk drive and use the
external hard disk drive as a data disk.