Asus RS700-E7/RS8 - Manual (Page 56)

4-8 Chapter 4: Motherboard information
4.3 Internal connectors
1. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1–2 [Blue])
These connectors, controlled by Intel ® C602 chipset, are for the Serial ATA
signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives (SATA 5 connector for optical
drive use by default).
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Z9PP-D24
Z9PP-D24 SATA connectors
SATA5 GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SATA6 GN4
RSATA_1TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
2. PSAS 1 and 2 connectors
Supported by the ASUS ® PIKE Card, these connectors are for the SAS signal
cables for SAS hard disk drives that allows up to 6Gb/s of data transfer rate.
After installing the PIKE RAID card and SAS hard disk drives, ensure that
the SAS signal cables are connected to the PASA ports to create a RAID
configuration.
The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of SAS/SATA hard disks
installed.
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Z9PP-D24
Z9PP-D24 PSAS connectors
PSAS1
PSAS2
1. Ensure to install the ASUS PIKE RAID card for the HDDs to be recognized
for system bootup.
2. Ensure that the signal cables are connected to the PSAS1 and PSAS2
connectors.
3. Ensure that the SGPIO_SEL1 jumper on the backplane is set to pins 2-3.
Refer to 2.7 SATAII/SAS backplane cabling on page 2-19 for the jumper
setting details.