Asus P5LD2 Deluxe P5LD2 Deluxe User's Manual for English Edition - Page 52

5 . Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pin SATA_RAID2) This connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable. It supports a Serial ATA hard disk drive that you can combine with an external Serial ATA 3Gb/ s device to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set, through the onboard Silicon Image SATA RAID controller. Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations. The Silicon 3132 Controller item in the BIOS is set to [SATA2 Mode] by default, allowing you to enable the hot-plug function for the external device. Set to [RAID Mode] to use the connectors to build a RAID set. See section "4.4.6 Onboard Devices Configuration" for details. P5LD2 DELUXE GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA_RAID2 ® P5LD2 DELUXE SATA RAID connector • 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 Silicon Image RAID utility and SATA BIOS setup during POST. • For details on the Silicon Image SATARaid™ RAID configuration, refer to the "Sil3132 User's Manual" in your motherboard support CD. • Use a Serial ATA port multiplier if you want to configure a RAID 5, RAID 10 or CONCATENATION set. • Use an external SATA box to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set. • The Serial ATA port multiplier and external SATA box are purchased separately. • Make sure to install the Silicon Image SATA Link Sil 3132 driver and the Silicon Image RAID 5 Array Management Utility from the support CD before using RAID 5 configuration. Do not unplug the external Serial ATA drive when a RAID 0 or RAID 1 was configured. 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information