SATA Controller on W530 SATA III?

Hi all,
Im thinking of replacing my main drive bay HDD to a 7200 rpm drive and installing an SSD on ultrabay as my OS/boot drive.
I have intel 7 series c216 sata ahci controller, I suppose both of my main bay and ultrabay are SATA III. I wanted to confirm this info.
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Yes, both are SATA3.
But I would swap the main HD out for the SSD and put a 2nd HD in the ultrabay caddy, because you can hotswap it out for the CD/DVD drive should you require it.
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