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Please connect the L-shaped end of
the SATA cable to your SATA hard
drive.
7) SATA3_0/1 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 6Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA
1.5Gb/s standard. Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The "SATA3 0" and "SATA3 1"
connectors support RAID 0 and RAID 1. RAID 5 and RAID 10 can be implemented on the two connec-
tors with the "SATA2 2/3/4" and mSATA connectors
(Note)
.Refer to Chapter5,"ConguringSATAHard
Drive(s),"forinstructionsonconguringaRAIDarray.
A RAID 0or RAID 1conguration requiresat least twohard drives.Ifmore thantwohard •
drives are to be used, the total number of hard drives must be an even number.
ARAID5congurationrequiresatleastthreeharddrives.(Thetotalnumberofharddrives •
does not have to be an even number.)
ARAID10congurationrequiresfourharddrives. •
8) SATA2_2/3/4 (SATA 3Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel Z68 Chipset)
The SATA connectors conform to SATA 3Gb/s standard and are compatible with SATA 1.5Gb/s standard.
Each SATA connector supports a single SATA device. The Intel Z68 chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID5,andRAID10.RefertoChapter5,"ConguringSATAHardDrive(s),"forinstructionsoncongur-
ing a RAID array.
(Note) When a RAID set is built across the SATA 6Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s channels, the system perfor-
mance of the RAID set may vary depending on the devices being connected.
Pin No. Denition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
Pin No. Denition
1 GND
2 TXP
3 TXN
4 GND
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 GND
7 1
7 1
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
SATA3
1
0
SATA2
2
71
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
3
71
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
4
71
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM