User Guide

ASUS RS300-E9 Series
4-15
4.4.3 Internal connectors
1. Serial ATA 6.0 Gbps connectors (7-pin SATA 6 Gbps_5-6 connector [Gray])
Supported by the Intel
®
C232chipset,theseconnectorsarefortheSerialATAsignal
cablesforSerialATAharddiskdrivesthatallowsupto6Gb/sofdatatransferrate.
IfyouinstalledSerialATAharddiskdrives,youcancreateaRAID0,RAID1,RAID10,
orRAID5conguration.
2. Mini-SAS HD connector (SATA1234)
ThismotherboardcomeswithaminiSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)HDconnector,
the storage technology that supports Serial ATA. The connector supports up to four
devices.
• TheactualdatatransferratedependsonthespeedofSerialATAharddisksinstalled.
• WhentheM.2connectorisoperatinginSATAmode,SATAconnector5and6
(SATA6Gbps_5-6)willbedisabled.