Asus P7F7-E WS Supercomputer - Manual (Page 61)

2.7.3 Internal connectors
1. Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA 1-6 [blue])
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives and optical disc drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5,
and 10 configuration with the Intel
® Matrix Storage Technology through the
onboard Intel ® 3450 Ibex Peak.
• These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard
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 �.�.5 Storage Configuration for details. Before creating a RAID
set, refer to section 4.5 RAID Configuration.
• You must install Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or later version before using
Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if
you are using Windows
® XP SP2 or later version.
• When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section �.�.5 Storage Configuration for details.
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