Serial Ata Connector: Sata0 ~ Sata5 (Optional); Serial Attached Scsi Connector: Sas1 ~ Sas8 (Optional) - MSI 5000V Master2 Series User Manual

Serial Attached SCSI Connector: SAS1 ~ SAS8 (Optional)

The SAS connector is a new generation serial communication protocol for devices
designed to allow for much higher speed data transfers. It supports data transfer
speeds up to 3 Gbit/s. SAS uses serial communication instead of the parallel method
found in traditional SCSI devices but still uses SCSI commands for interacting with
SAS devices. Each SAS connector can connect to 1 disk drive.

Serial ATA Connector: SATA0 ~ SATA5 (Optional)

SATA0 ~ SATA5 are high-speed SATA II interface ports and support SATA II data rates
of 300MB/s. Each SATA II connector can connect to 1 hard disk device and is fully
compliant with Serial ATA 2.0 specifications.
Important
Please do not fold the SATA/SAS accessory cable into 90-degree angle.
Otherwise, data loss may occur during transmission.
Hardware Setup
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