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Chapter 2: Hardware Information
TheactualdatatransferratedependsonthespeedofSerialATAharddisksinstalled.
2.8.3 Internal connectors
1. Serial ATA 6.0 Gbps connectors (7-pin SATA 6Gbps_5 connector [Gray], SATA
6Gbps_6 connector [Light Blue])
SupportedbytheIntel
®
C242chipset,theseconnectorsarefortheSerialATAsignal
cablesforSerialATAharddiskdrivesthatallowsupto6Gb/sofdatatransferrate.
IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,RAID1,RAID10,
orRAID5conguration.
WhentheM.2connectorisoperatinginSATAmode,SATAconnector5(SATA5Gbps_6)
will be disabled.
2. Mini-SAS HD connector (SATA1234)
ThismotherboardcomeswithoneminiSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)connector,the
storagetechnologythatsupportsbothSerialAttachedSCSIandSerialATA.Each
connectorsupportsuptofourdevices.