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Chapter 2: Hardware Information
2.8.2 Internal connectors
1. Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA5-6 [Gray])
SupportedbytheIntel
®
C242chipset,theseconnectorsarefortheSerialATAsignal
cablesforSerialATAharddiskdrivesthatallowsupto6Gb/sofdatatransferrate.
IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,RAID1,RAID10,
orRAID5conguration.
2. Mini-SAS HD connector (ISATA1)
ThismotherboardcomeswithaminiSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)HDconnector,
thestoragetechnologythatsupportsSerialATA.Theconnectorsupportsuptofour
devices.
• TheactualdatatransferratedependsonthespeedofSerialATAharddisksinstalled.
• WhentheM.2connectorisoperatinginSATAmode,SATAconnector5and6
(SATA6Gbps_5-6)willbedisabled.