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2.Use the eSATAII device cable to connect eSATAII device and the eSATAII port of the I/O shield according to the eSATAII connector that you connect the SATA data cable.
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device cable to eSATAII device | Connect the other end of the eSATAII |
| device cable to eSATAII port of the I/O |
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2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks
Installation
| This motherboard adopts NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 chipset that supports Serial ATA | |
| (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks and RAID functions. You may install SATA / | |
| SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will | |
| guide you to install the SATA / SATAII hard disks. | |
| STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. | |
| STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATAII hard disk. | |
| STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII | |
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| connector. |
| STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATAII hard | |
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| 1. If you plan to use RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD function, you need to install at |
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| least 2 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 5 function, you |
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| need to install 3 SATA / SATAII hard disks. If you plan to use RAID 0+1 |
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| function, you need to install 4 SATA / SATAII hard disks. |
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| 2. It is recommended to build RAID on internal SATAII ports. In other |
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| words, if SATAII_6 (PORT5) is used for eSATAII port, please build |
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| RAID on other SATAII ports. |
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| 3. Under |
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