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Chapter 4: Motherboard Connections
4.6 Storage Ports
I-SATA 3.0 and S-SATA 3.0 Connectors
The has eight I-SATA 3.0 ports (I-SATA0-3, I-SATA4-7) and four S-SATA
(S-SATA0-3) in addition to the M.2 HC-S-SATA 4/5 slots. These SATA ports are supported
by the Intel® C621A chipset
PCIe M.2 Slot & M.2-HC S-SATA4/5 Slots
A PCIe 3.0 M.2 slot (PCIE M.2) is located next to the TPM/Port80. In addition, two M.2-HC
S-SATA slots (JMD1/JMD2) also support PCIe 3.0 x4 for NVMe/SATA Solid State Devices
(SSDs). These M.2 slots support 2280 and 22110 form factors via SlimSAS x8 cables
(required). The M.2 slots allow for a variety of card sizes with increased functionality and
spatial efficiency.