3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2)

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 Adaptec® HostRAID™ Technology through the onboard Intel® ICH5R integrated RAID controller.

These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard 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 RAID item in the BIOS to [Yes]. See section “4.3.5 IDE Configuration” on page 4-16 for details.

PVL-D/1U/SCSI

GND RSATA RXP2 RSATA RXN2 GND RSATA TXN2 RSATA TXP2 GND

GND RSATA RXP1 RSATA RXN1 GND RSATA TXN1 RSATA TXP1 GND

SATA2 SATA1

PVL-D/1U/SCSI SATA connectors

Important notes on Serial ATA

•You must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1) is available only if you are using Windows® 2000/XP.

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

•When using the connectors in Standard 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

U s e

 

 

 

SATA1

Master

Boot disk

 

 

 

SATA2

Slave

Data disk

 

 

 

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