3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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
the LSI MegaRAID
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.
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P5M2-M/C_TS100-E4 SATA Connectors
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
SATA1/SATA2
SATA3/SATA4
ASUS TS100-E4/PI2
utility embedded in the Intel
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Setting
Master
Slave
Matrix Storage Technology or
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ICH7R Southbridge.
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SATA1
SATA2
SATA3
SATA4
Use
Boot disk
Data disk
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