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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1
1.2.8
Internal connectors
1.
Intel
®
X79 Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/2 [black]
These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6Gb/s
signal cables.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
configuration with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel
®
X79
chipset.
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These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial
ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID
Mode]. Refer to section 3.6.4 SATA Configuration for details.
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Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual
bundled in the motherboard support DVD.