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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Chapter 2
I/O Connectors
SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors
• 6 Serial ATA ports (Intel
®
C602J)
- 2 SATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s
- 4 SATA 2.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 3Gb/s
10 Serial ATA ports (Intel
®
C604)
- 2 SATA 3.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s
- 8 SATA 2.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 3Gb/s
• Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) controller
• Supports
RAID
0/1/5/10
Features
SATA 2.0 3Gb/s
7
RXN GND
TXP
TXN
GND
1
RXP
GND
SATA 1
SATA 0
SATA 5
SATA 7
SATA 3.0 6Gb/s
Note:
1. SATA port 4 provides adequate space for SATA DOM.
2. SATA 6 to SATA 9 on the RL830-C604 system board do not support the DVD boot
function.
R227
U19
C170
7
6
R227
U19
C170
7
6
SATA 2
SATA 4
SATA 8
SATA 9
The Serial ATA connectors are used to connect Serial ATA devices. Connect one end of the Se-
rial ATA data cable to a SATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device.
BIOS Setting
Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Advanced menu (“SATA Configuration” submenu) of the
BIOS. Refer to the chapter 3 for more information.
SATA 6
SATA 3
7
RXN GND
TXP
TXN
GND
1
RXP
GND