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4.4.

Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [red],Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [red],

Serial ATA RAID connectors (7-pin SATA_RAID1 [red],

SATA_RAID2 [red], SATA_RAID3 [red], SATA_RAID4SATA_RAID2 [red], SATA_RAID3 [red], SATA_RAID4

SATA_RAID2 [red], SATA_RAID3 [red], SATA_RAID4

[red])[red])

[red])

These connectors are for Serial ATA signal cables. These connectors

support up to four Serial ATA hard disk drives that you can configure

as a disk array through the onboard SATA RAID controller. Refer to

Chapter 5 for details on how to set up Serial ATA RAID configurations.

These connectors are set to

RAID ModeRAID Mode

RAID Mode by default. If you want to

connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set

the

Silicon SATA ControllerSilicon SATA Controller

Silicon SATA Controller item in the BIOS to [Disabled]. See

section “4.4.3 Onboard Device Configuration” for details.

• 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.

• You can only create RAID 5 configuration using the SATALink™ SATA

RAID Management software. See Chapter 5 for details. The RAID 5

feature is not Windows

Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL)-certified.

K8N4-E

K8N4-E DELUXE SATA RAID Connectors

GND

RSATA_TXP2

RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXP2

RSATA_RXN2

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXP1

RSATA_RXN1

GND

SATA_RAID2SATA_RAID1

GND

RSATA_TXP4

RSATA_TXN4

GND

RSATA_RXP4

RSATA_RXN4

GND

RSATA_TXP3

RSATA_TXN3

GND

RSATA_RXP3

RSATA_RXN3

GND

SATA_RAID4SATA_RAID3