Via Vt6421A Serial Raid Controller; Lpc Bus Components; Lpc Bus Overview; Bios Chipset - IEI Technology KINO-LX User Manual

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2.6.3 VIA VT6421A Serial RAID Controller

A VIA VT6421A serial RAID controller connects two onboard KINO-LX SATA connectors
to the GeodeLink™ PCI bridge. The VT6421A has a PCI specification v2.2 compliant PCI
bus interface and supports both PCI 2X mode and PCI native mode. Some of the features
of the VT6421A serial RAID controller are listed below.
Supports RAID Level 0, RAID Level 1 and JBOD
PCI Interface
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33 MHz operation
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Supports PCI 2X mode and PCI native modes
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Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.2
Serial ATA Interface
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Complies with Serial ATA Specification Revision 1.0
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Supports internal PHY with each PHY supporting up to two SATA devices
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Dual-channel master mode PCI supporting up to two SATA devices
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Support data transfer rates of up to 150Mbps per SATA channel

2.7 LPC Bus Components

2.7.1 LPC Bus Overview

The LPC bus is connected to components listed below:

BIOS chipset

Winbond W83627EHG super I/O chipset
Fintek F81216DG LPC serial port chipset
2.7.2 BIOS Chipset
The BIOS chipset has a licensed copy of AWARD BIOS installed on the chipset. Some of
the BIOS features are listed below:
AWARD Flash BIOS
SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant
Console redirection function support
PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support
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