3.Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-4)

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 and RAID 1 configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology or the LSI MegaRAID® utility embedded in the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA3

SATA1

 

SATA2

 

SATA4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P5BV-M/RS100-E5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND RSATA RXN2 RSATA RXP2 GND RSATA TXN2 RSATA TXP2 GND

GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND

 

GND RSATA RXN3 RSATA RXP3 GND RSATA TXN3 RSATA TXP3 GND

 

GND RSATA RXN4 RSATA RXP4 GND RSATA TXN4 RSATA TXP4 GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P5BV-M/RS100-E5 SATA Connectors

•By default, SATA1 and SATA3 connectors are pre-installed with two SATA cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives.

•These connectors are set IDE mode by default. In IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the

Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 4.3.4 IDE

Configuration for details.

Important notes on Serial ATA

•Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.

•When using the connectors in IDE mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1 or SATA2 connector. Refer to the table below for the recommended SATA hard disk drive connections.

Serial ATA hard disk drive connection

Connector

Setting

Use

SATA 1/2

Master

Boot disk

SATA 3/4

Slave

Boot/Data disk

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