4 . Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1, SATA_RAID2, SATA_RAID3, SATA_RAID4)

Supported by the Silicon Image® Sil3114 RAID controller, 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 Silicon Image Sil3114 SATA RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.

By default, the RAID function of these connectors are enabled. Disable the Silicon SATA controller item in the BIOS, if you are not configuring a set with these connectors. See section “4.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration” on page 4-24 for details.

SATA_RAID4

SATA_RAID3

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GND RSATA TXP4 RSATA TXN4 GND RSATA RXP4 RSATA RXN4 GND

GND RSATA TXP3 RSATA TXN3 GND RSATA RXP3 RSATA RXN3 GND

SATA_RAID2

SATA_RAID1

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GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND

•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.

•See Appendix for instructions on how to install the Serial ATA extension module.

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