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8) SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Intel
®
Z97 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 Intel
®
Chipset supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID5,andRAID10.RefertoChapter3,"ConguringSATAHardDrive(s),"forinstructionsonconguring
a RAID array.
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
9) GSATA3 6/7 (SATA 6Gb/s Connectors, Controlled by Marvell
®
88SE9172 Chip)
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 Marvell
®
chip supports RAID
0andRAID1.RefertoChapter3,"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.
• To enable hot-plugging for the SATA ports, refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals\SATA
Conguration,"formoreinformation.
• SATA Express and SATA3 4/5 connectors can only be used one at a time.
1
0
1
1
SATA3
3 2
5 4
7
7
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
F_USB30
F_U
B_ 
F_  F_ 

_
B
BS_
B
SB_
B
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
S_
_
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_U
_
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 
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1
1
1
BSS
S
_S 
SSU
 
1 2 3  
 S3
BSSS
U
 __ 3
F_USB3F
S  _
S  _
S  _
SF


B_
F
_0
S
S
_0F
_F
SATA3
7
7
DEBUG
PORT
G.QBOFM
1
1
GSATA3
7
6