Parallel Ata (Pata) Support; Usb 2.0 Support - Intel S5000XVNSATA Specification

Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN TPS
For higher performance, you can use data stripping to alleviate disk bottlenecks by taking
advantage of the dual independent DMA engines that each SATA port offers. Data mirroring is
used for data security. If a disk fails, a mirrored copy of the failed disk is brought on-line. There
is no loss of either PCI resources (request/grant pair) or add-in card slots.
With the addition of an optional Intel
Technology II is also capable of providing fault tolerant data stripping (software RAID Level 5),
such that if a SATA hard drive fails, you can restore the lost data on a replacement drive from
the other drives that make up the RAID 5 pack.
See Figure 2 for the location of Intel
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Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology functionality requires the following items:
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Intel ESB-2 I/O Controller Hub
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Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology Option ROM
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Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition drivers, most recent revision
At least two SATA hard disk drives
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Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology is not available in the following configurations:
The SATA controller in compatible mode
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Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology has been disabled
3.2.2.2 Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology Option ROM
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The Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology for SATA Option ROM provides a pre-operating
system user interface for the Intel
provides the ability for an Intel
boot disk and detect any faults in the Intel
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attached to the Intel
3.2.3

Parallel ATA (PATA) Support

The integrated IDE controller of the ESB2-E ICH6 provides one IDE channel. It redefines
signals on the IDE cable to allow both host and target throttling of data and transfer rates of up
to 100 MB/s. For this workstation board, the IDE channel was designed to provide optical drive
support to the platform. The BIOS initializes and supports ATAPI devices such as LS-120/240,
CD-ROM, CD-RW, and DVD-ROM. The IDE channel is accessed through a single standard 40-
pin IDE connector (J2J2) that provides the I/O signals. You can configure and enable/disable
the ATA channel by accessing the BIOS Setup utility during POST.
3.2.4

USB 2.0 Support

The USB controller functionality integrated into ESB2-E provides the workstation board with the
interface for up to seven USB 2.0 ports. Four external connectors are located on the back edge
of the workstation board. One internal 2x5 header (J3J1) is provided, capable of supporting two
optional USB 2.0 ports. One USB port Type A connector (J3G1) is provided to support
installation of a USB device inside the server chassis.
Revision 1.5
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RAID Activation Key, Intel
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RAID Activation Key connector location.
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Embedded Server RAID Technology implementation and
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Embedded Server RAID Technology volume to be used as a
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RAID controller.
Intel order number: D66403-006
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Embedded Server RAID Technology volume(s)
Functional Architecture
Embedded Server RAID
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