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Intel Desktop Board DQ67EP Technical Product Specification 1.9 SATA Interfaces The board provides six SATA connectors through the PCH, which support one device per connector: • Two internal SATA 6 Gb/s ports (blue) • Two internal SATA 3 Gb/s ports (black) • Two backpanel eSATA 3 Gb/s ports for external connectivity (red) The PCH provides independent SATA ports with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 6 Gb/s for two ports and 3 Gb/s for four ports. A point-to-point interface is used for host to device connections. The underlying SATA functionality is transparent to the operating system. The SATA controller 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 PCI Conventional bus resource steering is used. Native mode is the preferred mode for configurations using the Windows* XP, Windows Vista*, and Windows 7* operating systems. For more information, see: http://www.serialata.org/. For information about The location of the SATA connectors Refer to Figure 10, page 45 1.9.1.1 Serial ATA RAID The board supports the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) 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 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. Both Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 7 include the necessary RAID drivers for both AHCI and RAID without the need to install separate RAID drivers using the F6 switch in the operating system installation process. 20