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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
2. Intel
®
Z170 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_12, SATA6G_34,
SATA6G_56, SATA Express)
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6 Gb/s
signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
conguration with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
Z170 chipset.
These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA
RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode].
Refer to section 2.6.5PCHStorageConguration for details.
• The M.2 socket shares SATA ports with SATA Express. Only one SATA device could
be activated. To use an M.2 SATA device, refer to section 2.6.8 Onboard Devices
Conguration regarding the BIOS switch.
• The SATAEXPRESS connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA
devices.