Internal Connectors - Asus RS700-E7/RS8 User Manual

4.3

Internal connectors

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