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IBM Dual AMD OpteronTM SFF Barebone ZMAXdp User Manual

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IWILL ZMAXdp

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SATA Drive Connectors

These SATA connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for primary internal storage devices.

The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard

parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (UltraDMA133).

The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more flexible allowing easier routing inside the

chassis. The lower pin count of the Serial ATA cable eliminates the problem caused by

the wide, flat ribbon of the Parallel ATA interface.

Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connections are not available in this

barebone.