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Chapter 4: Motherboard Connections
4.2 Connectors
SATA Power Connectors
The SATA power connectors at JSD1 and JSD2 provide 5V power to onboard SATA devices.
SATA Power
Pin Denitions
Pin# Denition
1 5V
2 Ground
3 Ground
I-SATA 3.0 and S-SATA 3.0 Ports
The X11DSC+ has eight I-SATA 3.0 ports (I-SATA0-3, I-SATA4-7) and six S-SATA ports
(S-SATA0-3, S-SATA4, S-SATA5) on the motherboard. The I-SATA ports are supported by
the Intel PCH C621 chipset, and the S-SATA ports are supported by Intel SCU. S-SATA4/S-
SATA5 can be used with Supermicro SuperDOMs which are yellow SATA DOM connectors
with power pins built in, and do not require external power cables.
SATA 3.0 Port
Pin Denitions
Pin# Signal
1 Ground
2 SATA_TXP
3 SATA_TXN
4 Ground
5 SATA_RXN
6 SATA_RXP
7 Ground