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Overview of Components
U.2/ M.2/ SATAe & SATA combination table
Slot Available SATA/ SATAe connectors
U2_1 Empty Installed
M2_1 SATA
PCIe/
Empty
SATA
PCIe
(CPU
40-PCIe
lanes)
PCIe*
(CPU
28- PCIe
lanes)
Empty
SE1_65 ─ ✓ ─ ✓ ─ ✓
SATA1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SATA2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SATA3 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SATA4 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SATA5 ─ ✓ ─ ✓ ─ ✓
SATA6 ─ ✓ ─ ✓ ─ ✓
SATA7 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SATA8 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SATA9 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SATA10 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
(SATA: M.2 SATA SSD, PCIe: M.2 PCIe SSD, ✓: available, ─: unavailable)
* The M.2 PCIe device can operate uo to PCIe 2.0 x2 speed only.