Penguin Computing Relion 1900e, Technical Manual

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5.5 Serial ATA (SATA) Support
The server board utilizes two chipset embedded AHCI SATA controllers, identified as SATA and sSATA ,
providing for up to ten 6 Gb/sec Serial ATA (SATA) ports.
The AHCI SATA controller provides support for up to six SATA ports on the server board
• Four SATA ports from the Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8643) connector labeled “ SATA Ports 0-3 ” on the server
board
•
Two SATA ports accessed via two white single port connectors labeled “ SATA-4 ” and “ SATA-5 ” on
the server board
The AHCI sSATA controller provides support for up to four SATA ports on the server board
• Four SATA ports from the Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8643) connector labeled “ sSATA Ports 0-3 ” on the
server board
The following diagram identifies the location of all on-board SATA features.
Figure 19. Onboard SATA Features
The SATA controller and the sSATA controller can be independently enabled and disabled and configured
through the <F2> BIOS Setup Utility under the “Mass Storage Controller Configuration” menu screen. The
following table identifies supported setup options.
ESRT2 SATA RAID 5
Upgrade Key (iPN – RKSATA4R5)
Connector
SATA Ports 0 thru 3
sSATA Ports 0 thru 3
SATA Port 5
SATA Port 4
Multi-port Mini-SAS HD
connector
(SFF-8643)