4.2 Connectors
SATA Power Connectors
The SATA power connectors at JSD1 and JSD2 provide 5V power to onboard SATA devices.
Refer to the table below for pin definitions.
I-SATA 3.0 and S-SATA 3.0 Ports
The X11DSC+ has eight I-SATA 3.0 ports (I-SATA0-3, I-SATA4-7) and six S-SATA ports
(S-SATA0-3, S-SATA4, S-SATA5) on the motherboard. The I-SATA ports are supported by
the Intel PCH C621 chipset, and the S-SATA ports are supported by Intel SCU. S-SATA4/S-
SATA5 can be used with Supermicro SuperDOMs which are yellow SATA DOM connectors
with power pins built in, and do not require external power cables.
Chapter 4: Motherboard Connections
SATA Power
Pin Definitions
Pin#
Definition
1
5V
2
Ground
3
Ground
SATA 3.0 Port
Pin Definitions
Pin#
Signal
1
Ground
2
SATA_TXP
3
SATA_TXN
4
Ground
5
SATA_RXN
6
SATA_RXP
7
Ground
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