Asus RS100-E5-PI2 - Manual (Page 56)

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3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-4)
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 and
RAID 1 configuration using the Intel ® Matrix Storage Technology or the LSI
MegaRAID ® utility embedded in the Intel ® ICH7R Southbridge.
• By default, SATA1 and SATA3 connectors are pre-installed with two SATA
cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.
• These connectors are set IDE mode by default. In 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 item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.3.4 IDE
Configuration for details.
Important notes on Serial ATA
• Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
• When using the connectors in IDE 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.
P5BV-M/RS100-E5 SATA Connectors
®
P5BV-M/RS100-E5 SATA1 SATA3 SATA2 SATA4
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P1
RS
AT
A_
TX
N1
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P1
RS
AT
A_
RX
N1
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P2
RS
AT
A_
TX
N2
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P2
RS
AT
A_
RX
N2
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P3
RS
AT
A_
TX
N3
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P3
RS
AT
A_
RX
N3
G
ND
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
TX
P4
RS
AT
A_
TX
N4
G
ND
RS
AT
A_
RX
P4
RS
AT
A_
RX
N4
G
ND
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Connector Setting Use
SATA 1/2 Master Boot disk
SATA 3/4 Slave Boot/Data disk