Asus P5GD2 Premium - Manual (Page 51)

A S U S P 5 G D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 G D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 G D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 G D 2 P r e m i u m A S U S P 5 G D 2 P r e m i u m 2 - 2 7 2 - 2 7 2 - 2 7 2 - 2 7 2 - 2 7
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 can be configured
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.
• Before creating a RAID configuration, make sure that you have
connected the Serial ATA cables to these connectors and have
installed the Serial ATA hard disks drives; otherwise, you cannot
enter the Silicon Image RAID utility and Serial ATA BIOS setup during
POST.
• You can only create a RAID 5 and JBOD configuration using the
SATALink™ Serial ATA RAID Management software. See section
“5.2.2 Silicon Image RAID Configurations” for details.
• The RAID 5 driver is not Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL)
certified.
• All four Serial ATA ports are master ports. You can install Serial ATA
boot disks to any of these ports.
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P5GD2 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
These connectors are set to RAID mode 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 S A T A M o d e S A T A M o d e S A T A M o d e S A T A M o d e S A T A M o d e. See
section “4.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration” on page 4-27 for details.