2.SAS connectors (7-pin SAS1–4 [Blue]; 7-pin SAS5–8 [Black]; P8B-C/SAS/2L,P8B-C/SAS/4L only)

This motherboard comes with eight (8) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectors, the next-generation storage technology that supports both Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). Each connector supports one device.

3.Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1)

This LED connector is for the storage add-on card cable connected to the SATA or SAS add-on card. The read or write activities of any device connected to the SATA or SAS add-on card causes the front panel LED to light up.

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Chapter 2: Hardware information