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Silicon Image Serial ATA RAID connectorSilicon Image Serial ATA RAID connector

Silicon Image Serial ATA RAID connector

(7-pin SATA_RAID2) (7-pin SATA_RAID2)

(7-pin SATA_RAID2) (

Deluxe model only

)

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.

See section “4.4.8 Onboard Devices Configuration” on page 4-32 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.

• Use this connector and an external Serial ATA box connected to the

external SATA port, if you want to configure a RAID 0 or RAID 1 set.

• The Serial ATA port multiplier and external Serial ATA box are

purchased separately.

DO NOT unplug the external Serial ATA box when a RAID 0 or RAID 1 was

configured.

P5ND2-SLI

P5ND2-SLI Series SATA RAID connector

SATA_RAID2

GND

RSATA_TXP1

RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXP1

RSATA_RXN1

GND