Appendixc. Via Vt6420 Serial Ata Raid Introduction - MSI 865PE/G Neo2-P MS-6728 Manual

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Appendix C: VIA VT6420 Serial ATA
Audio Function
VIA VT6420 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 blistering transfer speeds of up to 150MB/sec. Serial ATA
uses long, thin cables, making it easier to connect your drive and improving
the airflow inside your PC.
The key features of VT6420 SATA RAID are:
1. Support two SATA + two PATA.
2. Only SATA supports RAID.
3. Supports ATA 133 high performance hard disk drive.
4. Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB (48-bits LBA).
5. Dual independent ATA channels and maximum connection of four
hard disk drives allowed.
6. Supports Ultra DMA mode 6/5/4/3/2/1/0, DMA mode 2/1/0, and PIO
mode 4/3/2/1/0.
7. Supports PCI Plug and Play. PCI interrupt sharing and coexists with
mainboard IDE controller.
8. Supports IDE bus master operation.
9. Supports RAID 0, 1, and JBOD.
10. 4 KB to 64 KB striping block size support.
11. Bootable disk or disk array support.
12. Windows-based RAID configure and management software tool.
(Compatible with BIOS)
13. Real-time monitoring of device status and error alarm with popup mes-
sage box and beeping.
14. Supports hot-swap failed disk drive in RAID 1 array.
15. Mirroring automatic background rebuilds support.
16. ATA SMART function support.
17. Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT4.0, 2000, XP operating systems
support.
18. Event log for easy troubleshooting.
19. On-line help for easy operation for RAID software.
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