MSI MEG Z590 UNIFY User Manual - Page 17

Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices, Supports RAID 0, RAID 1

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Storage RAID Continued from previous page ∙∙6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset) ∙∙4x M.2 slots (Key M) ▪▪M2_1 (from CPU) ▫▫Available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU ▫▫Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4 ▫▫Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices ▪▪M2_2* & M2_3** slots ▫▫Support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s (from Z590 chipset, default)*** ▫▫Support up to PCIe 4.0 x4 (from CPU, by BIOS selection), it is available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU ▫▫M2_2 supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices ▫▫M2_3 supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices ▪▪M2_4 slot (from Z590 chipset)***/ **** ▫▫Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices ∙∙ Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel® Core™ processors * SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot. ** SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/ PCIe SSD in the M2_3 slot. *** Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready. Before using Intel® Optane™ memory modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest version from MSI website. **** PCI_E4 and M2_4 share the same bandwidth, if you want to use both of them simultaneously, the PCI_E4 will only support x1 speed and the M2_4 will only support x2 speed. But if you want to install and enable the graphics card in PCI_E4 slot, the M2_4 slot should be empty. ∙∙Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices ∙∙Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices Continued on next page Specifications 17

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Specifications
Continued from previous page
Storage
∙
6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (from Z590 chipset)
∙
4x M.2 slots (Key M)
▪
M2_1 (from CPU)
▫
Available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU
▫
Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
▫
Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
▪
M2_2* & M2_3** slots
▫
Support up to PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s (from
Z590 chipset, default)***
▫
Support up to PCIe 4.0 x4 (from CPU, by BIOS
selection), it is available only on 11th Gen Intel® CPU
▫
M2_2 supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices
▫
M2_3 supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage
devices
▪
M2_4 slot (from Z590 chipset)***
/
****
▫
Supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage
devices
∙
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel®
Core™ processors
* SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.
** SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/ PCIe SSD in
the M2_3 slot.
*** Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
.
Before using Intel® Optane™ memory
modules, please ensure that you have updated the drivers and BIOS to the latest
version from MSI website.
**** PCI_E4 and M2_4 share the same bandwidth, if you want to use both of
them simultaneously, the PCI_E4 will only support x1 speed and the M2_4 will
only support x2 speed. But if you want to install and enable the
graphics card
in
PCI_E4 slot, the M2_4 slot should be empty.
RAID
∙
Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA
storage devices
∙
Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices
Continued on next page