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Product Description 1.6.3.2 SATA Interfaces The board provides six SATA connectors through the PCH, which support one device per connector: • Five internal SATA connectors (black) • One eSATA connector (red) on the back panel for external connectivity The Intel ICH10R SATA controller provides independent SATA ports with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 3 Gb/s per port. A point-to-point interface is used for host to device connections. For compatibility, the underlying SATA functionality is transparent to the operating system. The SATA controller supports IDE and AHCI (Microsoft Windows Vista* only) configuration and can operate in both legacy and native modes. In legacy mode, standard ATA 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. For information about Obtaining AHCI driver The location of the SATA connectors Refer to Section 1.3, page 16 Figure 10, page 44 1.6.3.2.1 Serial ATA RAID The board supports the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology which provides the following RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels: • RAID 0 - data striping • RAID 1 - data mirroring • RAID 0+1 (or RAID 10) - data striping and mirroring • RAID 5 - distributed parity 1.6.3.2.2 Intel® Rapid Recover Technology The board incorporates the Intel® Rapid Recover Technology (Intel® RRT). Intel® Rapid Recover Technology is a feature of Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to a designated recovery drive. The master drive data can be copied to the recovery drive either continuously or on request. When using the continuous update policy, changes made to the data on the master drive while the recovery drive is disconnected or offline are automatically copied to the recovery drive when it is reconnected. When using the on request update policy, the master drive data can be restored to a previous state by copying the data on the recovery drive back to the master drive. For information about Intel® Matrix Storage and Intel® Rapid Recovery Technology Refer to http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/ matrixstorage_sb.htm 23

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Product Description
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1.6.3.2
SATA Interfaces
The board provides six SATA connectors through the PCH, which support one device
per connector:
•
Five internal SATA connectors (black)
•
One eSATA connector (red) on the back panel for external connectivity
The Intel ICH10R SATA controller provides independent SATA ports with a theoretical
maximum transfer rate of 3 Gb/s per port.
A point-to-point interface is used for host
to device connections.
For compatibility, the underlying SATA functionality is transparent to the operating
system.
The SATA controller supports IDE and AHCI (Microsoft Windows Vista* only)
configuration and can operate in both legacy and native modes.
In legacy mode,
standard ATA 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.
For information about
Refer to
Obtaining AHCI driver
Section 1.3, page 16
The location of the SATA connectors
Figure 10, page 44
1.6.3.2.1
Serial ATA RAID
The board supports the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology which provides the following
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels:
•
RAID 0
- data striping
•
RAID 1
- data mirroring
•
RAID 0+1 (or RAID 10)
- data striping and mirroring
•
RAID 5
- distributed parity
1.6.3.2.2
Intel
®
Rapid Recover Technology
The board incorporates the Intel
®
Rapid Recover Technology (Intel
®
RRT).
Intel
®
Rapid Recover Technology is a feature of Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager. It uses
RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to a
designated recovery drive. The master drive data can be copied to the recovery drive
either continuously or on request.
When using the continuous update policy, changes made to the data on the master
drive while the recovery drive is disconnected or offline are automatically copied to the
recovery drive when it is reconnected. When using the on request update policy, the
master drive data can be restored to a previous state by copying the data on the
recovery drive back to the master drive.
For information about
Refer to
Intel
®
Matrix Storage and Intel
®
Rapid Recovery Technology
matrixstorage_sb.htm