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Appendix D: Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines
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Appendix D
Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines
After all the hardware has been installed, you must fi rst confi gure the Adaptec
Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system.
The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came
packaged with your motherboard. Note: The following section provides information
on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2
(ESB2) controller.
D-1 Adaptec Embedded SATA Controller
Serial ATA (SATA)
Serial ATA (SATA) is a physical storage interface. It uses a single cable with a
minimum of four wires to create a point-to-point connection between devices. It
is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3.0 Gbps. Because the
serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel
ATA (PATA), SATA systems have better airfl ow and can be installed in smaller
chassis than PATA. In addition, the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm
long, while SATA cables can extend up to one meter. Overall, SATA provides bet-
ter functionality than PATA.
Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I/O Controller Hub
Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5400 Chipset, the ESB2 I/O controller
Hub provides the I/O subsystem with access to the rest of the system. It supports
1-channel Ultra ATA/100 Bus Master IDE controller (PATA) and one Adaptec SATA
Host Controller, which support up to six SATA drives, up to two RAID volumes and
up to four drives in RAID confi gurations. (See the table below for details.)