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Chapter 3 Motherboard Connections
3.6 SATA Connections
I-SATA 3.0 Ports
The X11SCV-Q has five I-SATA 3.0 ports (I-SATA0 - I-SATA4). I-SATA0 can be used with
Supermicro SuperDOMs that are yellow SATA DOM connectors with power pins built in, and
do not require external power cables. Supermicro SuperDOMs are backward-compatible with
regular SATA HDDs or SATA DOMs that need external power cables. All these SATA ports
provide serial-link signal connections, which are faster than the connections of Parallel ATA.
M.2 Slot
There is one M.2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 slot that supports M Key 2242/2280 and one M.2 PCI-E x1
CNVi slot that supports E Key 2230. M.2 is formerly known as Next Generation Form Factor
(NGFF) and designed for internal mounting devices.
