This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable. It supports a Serial ATA hard disk drive that you can combine with an external Serial ATA 3Gb/ s device to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set, through the onboard Silicon Image SATA RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.
The Silicon 3132 Controller item in the BIOS is set to [SATA2 Mode] by default, allowing you to enable the
P5LD2 DELUXE
SATA_RAID2
GND
RSATA_RXN2
RSATA_RXP2
GND
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_TXP2
GND
P5LD2 DELUXE SATA RAID connector
¥Before creating a RAID set using Serial ATA hard disks, make sure that you have connected the Serial ATA signal cable and installed Serial ATA hard disk drives; otherwise, you cannot enter the Silicon Image RAID utility and SATA BIOS setup during POST.
¥For details on the Silicon Image SATARaidª RAID configuration, refer to the ÒSil3132 UserÕs ManualÓ in your motherboard support CD.
¥Use a Serial ATA port multiplier if you want to configure a RAID 5, RAID 10 or CONCATENATION set.
¥Use an external SATA box to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.
¥The Serial ATA port multiplier and external SATA box are purchased separately.
¥Make sure to install the Silicon Image SATA Link Sil 3132 driver and the Silicon Image RAID 5 Array Management Utility from the support CD before using RAID 5 configuration.
Do not unplug the external Serial ATA drive when a RAID 0 or RAID 1 was configured.
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