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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.2.9 Internal connectors
1. Intel ® Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_12; SATA 6G_34; SATA
6G_56; SATAEXPRESS)
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
configuration with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
Z170 chipset.
• These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial
ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to
[RAID
Mode] . Refer to section 3.6.5 PCH Storage Configuration for details.
• Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.
• The M.2 socket shares SATA ports with SATA Express. Only one SATA device could
be activated. To use an M.2 SATA device, refer to section 3.6.8 Onboard Devices
Configuration regarding the BIOS switch.
• The SATAEXPRESS connector can support one SATA Express device or two SATA
devices.