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Chapter 4: Motherboard Connections
M.2 Slot
This motherboard has one M.2 slot (J6). The M.2 slot supports PCIe 4.0 x4/SATA 3.0 (32Gb/s)
SSD cards in the 2280 and 22110 form factors.
SATA Port
There is one SATA 3.0 port (I-SATA6) on the motherboard, which provides connections for
five SATA 3.0 (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10), with four to 2.5" SATA BPN and one to 3.5" SATA BPN, one
SATA 3.0 with DOM power receptacle connector and one SATA 3.0 right angle receptacle
connector. SATA ports provide serial-link signal connections, which are faster than legacy
Parallel ATA. Supermicro SuperDOMs are backward compatible with regular SATA HDDs or
SATA DOMs that need external power cables.
Note:
For more information on the SATA HostRAID configuration, refer to the Intel SATA
HostRAID user's guide posted at
https://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/
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