3 . IDE RAID connectors (40-1 pin PRI_RAID1 [red], SEC_RAID1 [red])

These connectors are for Ultra ATA 133/100/66 signal cables. The IDE RAID connectors support up to four IDE hard disk drives that you can configure as a disk array through the onboard IDE RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up RAID configurations.

These connectors are set to IDE Mode by default. In IDE Mo d e, you can connect IDE devices to these connectors such as boot/data hard disk drives or optical drives. If you intend to create an IDE RAID set using these connectors, set the ITE8212F Controller item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. See section “4.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration” for details.

P5AD2-E DELUXE

SEC_RAID1

NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE cable to PIN 1.

PRI_RAID1

PIN 1

P5AD2-E DELUXE RAID connectors

• Before creating a RAID set using Ultra ATA hard disks, make sure that you have connected the Ultra ATA signal cable and installed Ultra ATA 133/100/66 hard disk drives.

•The system automatically assigns the boot sequence of ATAPI devices connected to the IDE RAID connectors.

•The ITE® 8212F controller supports a maximum of two Ultra ATA hard disk drives in RAID 1 configuration.

•Before creating a RAID 1 set, make sure that you set the hard disk drives as either Master or Slave device. Refer to the hard disk drive documentation for details.

4 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])

These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH6R RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.

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