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1.6.2 Serial ATA Interfaces
The board provides eight SATA interfaces:
• Six 3 Gb/s interfaces through the ICH10R (black)
• Two SATA 6 Gb/s interfaces through the Marvel 88SE9128 controller (blue)
The board also provides two red-colored external Serial ATA (eSATA) connectors on
the back panel.
1.6.2.1 Serial ATA Support
One device can be installed on each port for a maximum of eight Serial ATA devices.
A point-to-point interface is used for host to device connections, unlike Parallel ATA
IDE which supports a master/slave configuration and two devices per channel.
For compatibility, the underlying Serial ATA functionality is transparent to the
operating system. The Serial ATA controllers can operate in both legacy and native
modes. In legacy mode, standard IDE I/O and IRQ resources are assigned (IRQ 14
and 15). In Native mode, standard Conventional PCI bus resource steering is used.
Native mode is the preferred mode for configurations using the Windows* XP and
Windows Vista* operating systems.
NOTE
Many Serial ATA drives use new low-voltage power connectors and require adapters or
power supplies equipped with low-voltage power connectors.
For more information, see: http://www.serialata.org/
.
For information about Refer to
The location of the Serial ATA connectors Figure 11, page 43
1.6.2.2 Serial ATA RAID
The board supports the following RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives)
levels via the ICH10R:
• RAID 0 - data striping
• RAID 1 - data mirroring
• RAID 0+1 (or RAID 10) - data striping and mirroring
• RAID 5 - distributed parity
NOTE
In order to use supported RAID features, you must first enable RAID in the BIOS.
Also, during Microsoft Windows XP installation, you must press F6 to install the RAID
drivers. See your Microsoft Windows XP documentation for more information about
installing drivers during installation.
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