Asus NCLV-D Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 2: Hardware informationChapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 2: Hardware informationChapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 2: Hardware information
4.4.
4.4.
4.
Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1,Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1,
Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1,Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1,
Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1,
SATA_RAID2, SATA_RAID3, SATA_RAID4)SATA_RAID2, SATA_RAID3, SATA_RAID4)
SATA_RAID2, SATA_RAID3, SATA_RAID4)SATA_RAID2, SATA_RAID3, SATA_RAID4)
SATA_RAID2, SATA_RAID3, SATA_RAID4)
These connectors are for Serial ATA signal cables. These connectors
support up to four Serial ATA hard disk drives that you can configure
as a disk array through the onboard Adaptec AIC-8130 SATA RAID
controller.
The SATA RAID connectors are available with the NCLV-DA model
only.
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 RAID
utility and SATA BIOS setup during POST.
Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
Important notes on Serial ATAImportant notes on Serial ATA
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.
Use only two Serial ATA RAID connectors for each RAID 0 or RAID 1
set.
When using the connectors in
SS
SS
S
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard IDE tandard IDE
tandard 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 connectionSerial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connectionSerial ATA hard disk drive connection
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
ConnectorConnector
ConnectorConnector
Connector
SettingSetting
SettingSetting
Setting
UseUse
UseUse
Use
SATA1SATA1
SATA1SATA1
SATA1
MasterMaster
MasterMaster
Master
Boot diskBoot disk
Boot diskBoot disk
Boot disk
SATA2SATA2
SATA2SATA2
SATA2
SlaveSlave
SlaveSlave
Slave
Data diskData disk
Data diskData disk
Data disk
NCLV-DA SATA RAID connectors
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA_RAID1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA_RAID2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA_RAID3
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA_RAID4