5 . Silicon Image Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID2) (Deluxe model only)

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.

See section Ò4.4.8 Onboard Devices ConfigurationÓ on page 4-32 for details.

P5ND2-SLI

SATA_RAID2

GND

RSATA_RXN1

RSATA_RXP1

GND

RSATA_TXN1

RSATA_TXP1

GND

P5ND2-SLI Series 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.

¥Use this connector and an external Serial ATA box connected to the external SATA port, if you want to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.

¥The Serial ATA port multiplier and external Serial ATA box are purchased separately.

DO NOT unplug the external Serial ATA box when a RAID 0 or RAID 1 was configured.

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