Advanced Setup
NTMS6900 / ATXW-5520 Technical Reference
Chassis Plans
5-10
Three options are available:
Select
Disabled
to disable all ports. No drives are displayed on the screen.
Select
Compatible
to allow up to four serial devices.
Select
Enhanced
to allow up to six serial devices.
Configure SATA As
This option allows you specify how to configure the available SATA devices. It is only available
if the SATA#1 Configuration
option is set to Compatible or Enhanced.
The Setup screen displays the system option:
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Three options are available:
Select IDE to enable the SATA devices as IDE devices.
Select RAID to enable the SATA devices as a RAID device. When RAID is selected:
The SATA#2 Configuration screens disappear.
The Configure SATA#1 Device ID line appears with a default value of 2822
with an optional device ID setting of 3A25 available.
The Hot Plug Menu Displays below the Fourth IDE Master displays with a
default value of Disabled.
Select AHCI to enable Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and SATA hot plug capability.
When AHCI is selected:
The SATA#1 Configuration and SATA#2 Configuration screens disappear.
The Hot Plug Menu Displays below the Fourth IDE Master displays with a
default value of Disabled.
SATA#2 Configuration
The Setup screen displays the system option:
SATA#2 Configuration [Enhanced]
Two options are available:
Select
Disabled
to disable all ports.
Select
Enhanced
to allow up to the maximum available drives.
Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Master/Secondary IDE Slave
Third IDE Master
Fourth IDE Master
The line items displayed are determined by the SATA settings described previously. The values
for the line items depend on the devices detected by AMIBIOS.
