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Adaptec SATAII RAID
Using SATA
Select
The SATA
Select
utility enables you to change device and controller settings without
opening the system chassis or handling the card. To start SATA
Select
:
1. Turn on your computer and press
Ctrl+A
when prompted to access the ARC
utility.
2. If multiple controllers are installed, select the controller you want to configure,
then press
Enter
.
3. From the ARC menu, select
SATASelect
. The
Controller Configuration
and
SATA Configuration
menu options are displayed.
To exit SATA
Select
, press
Esc
until a message prompts you to exit. (If you
changed any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit.)
Choose
Yes
to exit and reboot the system. Any changes you made take effect
after the system boots.
Controller Configuration
To access Controller Configuration:
From the SATA
Select
menu, select
Controller Configuration
.
You can modify the following Controller Interface options:
Runtime BIOS
—
Enables or disables the controller
’
s runtime BIOS. The BIOS
must be enabled if you want to boot from the controller.
If Runtime BIOS is enabled and the Array-based BBS Support option is disabled,
the controller BIOS is enabled and will post the first array (or drive) attached
to the controller as a bootable hard disk drive. The default is
Enabled
.
Array-Based BBS Support
—
If Runtime BIOS, and this option are enabled, all
devices (array or drives) on each controller in the system are posted as BBS
devices.
In a BBS-enabled system, if array-based BBS support is enabled, the Hard
Drive Boot order menu includes entries for all arrays (or drives) connected to
the installed RAID controllers. The default is
Enabled
.
Physical Drives Display during POST
—
The default is
Disabled
.
SATA Configuration
To access SATA Configuration:
From the SATA
Select
menu, select
SATA Configuration
.
The
SATA Device Configuration
menu is displayed. Select the appropriate channel
from this menu.
You can modify the following SATA Device Configuration options:
Write Cache
—
Enables or disables write cache on the drive. W rite cache
enabled provides maximum performance. Default is
Yes
to enable.
v
Caution:
W hen caching is Enabled, there is a risk of data loss or corruption
during a power failure. Therefore you should enable caching unless your data
is highly sensitive, or your application performs completely reads.
DMA
—
Enables or disables the use of Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode for
the drive. Enabled provides maximum performance. Default is
Yes
to enable.
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