User Manual

Table Of Contents

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

Chapter 1

1.1.9 Internal connectors

1. Intel

Z270 Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_12; SATA6G_34;

SATA6G_56)

TheseconnectorsconnecttoSerialATA6Gb/sharddiskdrivesviaSerialATA6Gb/s

signalcables.

IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,1,5,and10

congurationwiththeIntel

RapidStorageTechnologythroughtheonboardIntel



Z270chipset.

• Theseconnectorsaresetto[AHCI]bydefault.IfyouintendtocreateaSerialATA

RAIDsetusingtheseconnectors,settheSATAModeSelectionitemintheBIOSto

[Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration (RAID)].

• BeforecreatingaRAIDset,refertosectionRAID configurationsorthemanual

bundledinthemotherboardsupportDVD.

• WhenusingNCQ,settheSATAModeintheBIOSto[AHCI].RefertosectionSATA

Configurationfordetails.