Asus RS120-E3/PA2 - Manual (Page 56)

C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n C h a p t e r 4 : M o t h e r b o a r d i n f o r m a t i o n 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0 4 - 1 0
3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA
hard disk drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 10, and software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager, or RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 configuration
using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID utility in the Intel
® ICH7R
Southbridge.
These connectors are set to IDE IDE IDE IDE IDE mode by default. In IDE IDE IDE IDE IDE mode, you can
connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you
intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the
Configure SATA As
Configure SATA As Configure SATA As Configure SATA As Configure SATA As item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 5.3.4 for
details.
I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A I m p o r t a n t n o t e o n S e r i a l A T A
When using the connectors in I D E I D E I D E I D E I D E mode, connect the primary (boot)
hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table
below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.
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 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 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 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
P5MT-R
®
P5MT-R SATA connectors
SATA1
(port0)
GND RSA
T A_TXP1
RSA
T A_TXN1
GND RSA
T A_RXN1
RSA
T A_RXP1
GND
SATA2
(port1)
GND RSA
T A_TXP2
RSA
T A_TXN2
GND RSA
T A_RXN2
RSA
T A_RXP2
GND
SATA3
(port2)
GND RSA
T A_TXP3
RSA
T A_TXN3
GND RSA
T A_RXN3
RSA
T A_RXP3
GND
SATA4
(port3)
GND RSA
T A_TXP4
RSA
T A_TXN4
GND RSA
T A_RXN4
RSA
T A_RXP4
GND