SATA Connectors
Pin Denitions
Pin# Signal
1 Ground
2 SATA_TXP
3 SATA_TXN
4 Ground
5 SATA_RXN
6 SATA_RXP
7 Ground
Notes: For more information on SATA HostRAID conguration, please
refer to the Intel SATA HostRAID User's Guide posted on our website @
http://www.supermicro.com.
SATA 3.0 Connections
Ten SATA 3.0 ports (I-SATA0-5, S-SATA0-3) are
located on the motherboard. I-SATA0-5 are sup-
ported by the Intel PCH, and S-SATA0-3 are sup-
ported by the Intel SCU. I-SATA4/5 can be used
with Supermicro SuperDOMs which are yellow SATA
DOM connectors with power pins built in, and do not
require external cables. Supermicro SuperDOMs are
backward-compatible with regular SATA HDDs or
SATA DOMs that require external power cables. All
these SATA ports provide serial-link signal connec-
tions, which are faster than the connections of Paral-
lel ATA. See the table on the right for pin denitions.
C
B