4. Seri al ATA RAI D connectors (7-pi n SATA_RAI D1, SATA_ RAI D2, SATA_RAI D3, SATA_RAI D4)

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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RSATATXP4 RSATATXN4

RSATARXP4 RSATARXN4

RSATATXP3 RSATATXN3

RSATARXP3 RSATARXN3

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GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

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RSATATXP2 RSATATXN2

RSATARXP2 RSATARXN2

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

GND

RSATATXP1 RSATATXN1

RSATARXP1 RSATARXN1

•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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