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Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAID
introduction
The south bridge ICH5R provides a hybrid solution that combines two
independent SATA ports for support of up to two Serial ATA (Serial ATA
RAID) drives.
Serial ATA (SATA) is the latest generation of the ATA interface. SATA
hard drives deliver transfer speeds of up to 150MB/sec.
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Supports 150 MB/s transfers with CRC error checking
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Data handling optimization including tagged command queuing,
elevator seek and packet chain command
Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations
supported by Intel ICH5R
ATA Operate Mode BIOS configuration
The Intel RAID Option ROM should be integrated with the system BIOS
on all motherboards with a supported Intel chipset. Press <Ctrl> + <I>
to enter the Intel
appear early in system boot-up, during the POST (Power-On Self Test).
Using the Intel RAID Option ROM
Creating, Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID
Configuration utility located on the Intel RAID Option ROM. During
(R)
RAID for Serial ATA status screen, which should
4 Configuring the system
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