Specifications

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3.7 Storage
IPC2 supports various types of storage devices due to advanced PCH SATA Host Controller
capabilities and I/O availability, described in section 3.3.1.3. Supported devices include HDD and
SSD storage devices in 2.5’’ form factor. HDD limited to 5400rpm only due to power dissipation
reasons. mSATA NAND Flash solid state drive modules supported as well and share mini PCIe full
size slot. For detailed architecture refer to section 6.1.
In addition, IPC2 offers two eSATA connectors, available on the back panel which allow connection
of external storage drives. IPC2 storage architecture and BIOS features RAID functionality. Note
eSATA connectivity provide signaling only, when power to the external drives must be supplied
externally.
Figure 5 – SATA Interface
Lynx Point
LP PCH
SATA Host
Controller
SATA1_TX_P/N
SATA1_RX_P/N
SATA
controller
SSD/HDD storage
2.5'’/1.8'’ Form Factor
Mini PCIe / mSATA slot
Full size
SATA
controller
Port 1
SATA3.0
6Gbps
SATA0_TX_P/N
SATA0_RX_P/N
SATA2_TX_P/N
SATA2_RX_P/N
SATA3/PCIE6_TX_P/N
SATA3/PCIE6_RX_P/N
FACE Module Interface
Connectors
SATA0b_TX_P/N
SATA0b_RX_P/N
SATA0a_TX_P/N
SATA0a_RX_P/N
Port 0
SATA3.0
6Gbps
Port 2
SATA3.0
6Gbps
Flexible IO
SATA3.0/
PCIE2.0
MUX
2:1