Filter
Top Products
2-17
Chapter 2: Installation
2-9 Drive Connections
There are no IDE or floppy drive connectors on the motherboard. Use the following
information to connect the SATA drive cables.
SATA Ports
There are no jumpers to configure the SATA ports, which are designated SATA0 through
SATA3. See the table below for pin definitions.
2-10 Enabling SATA RAID
Now that the hardware is set up, you must install the operating system and the SATA
RAID drivers, if you wish to use RAID with your SATA drives. The installation procedure
differs depending on whether you wish to have the operating system installed on a RAID
Serial ATA (SATA)
Serial ATA (SATA) is a physical storage interface that employs a single cable with a
minimum of four wires to create a point-to-point connection between devices. This
connection is a serial link that supports a SATA transfer rate from 150 MBps. The serial
cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA (PATA)
and can extend up to one meter in length, compared to only 40 cm for PATA cables.
Overall, SATA provides better functionality than PATA.
Color Status Definition
Green Solid InfiniBand Connected
Off Off No Connection
Color Status Definition
Yellow Solid InfiniBand Active
Yellow Dim InfiniBand Connected, Activity Idle
Off Off No Connection
Pin# Description
1 Ground
2 TXP
3TXN
4 Ground
5RXN
6 RXP
7 Ground