Asus TS100-E3 PI2 User Guide - Page 65

3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables to Serial ATA hard disk drives. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and software RAID 5 configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology or RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 configuration using the LSI MegaRAID® utility embedded on the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge. (The server only support two HDD to using RAID 0, 1 configuration.) These connectors are set I D E mode by default. In I D E 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 C o n f i g u r e S A T A a s item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section "4.3.4 IDE Configuration" for details. ® P5MT-MX/C SATA Connectors P5MT-MX/C GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 Important notes on Serial ATA • You must install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or 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 I D E 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 SATA1/SATA2 Master ASUS TS100-E3 3-11