Asus P10S-I - Internal Connectors

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Chapter 2: Hardware Information
TheactualdatatransferratedependsonthespeedofSerialATAharddisksinstalled.
2.8.3 Internal connectors
1. Serial ATA 6.0 Gbps connectors (7-pin SATA 6Gbps_5 connector [Light Blue],
SATA 6Gbps_6 connector [Gray])
SupportedbytheIntel
®
C232chipset,theseconnectorsarefortheSerialATAsignal
cablesforSerialATAharddiskdrivesthatallowsupto6Gb/sofdatatransferrate.
IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,RAID1,RAID10,
orRAID5conguration.
WhentheM.2connectorisoperatinginSATAmode,SATAconnector6(SATA6Gbps_6)
will be disabled.
2. Mini-SAS HD connector (SATA1234)
ThismotherboardcomeswithoneminiSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)connector,the
storagetechnologythatsupportsbothSerialAttachedSCSIandSerialATA.Each
connectorsupportsuptofourdevices.