Supermicro SUPERSERVER 2048U-RTR4, User Manual

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Chapter 7: AMI BIOS
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Serial ATA Port 0~ Port 5
Select Enabled to enable a SATA port specified by the user. The options are
Disabled and Enabled .
Serial ATA Port 0 ~ Port 5 Hot Plug
Select Enabled to enable hot-plugging support for a port specified by the user,
which will allow the user to replace a SATA disk drive installed on this port without
shutting down the system. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
Serial ATA Port 0 ~ Port 5 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to start a
COMRESET initialization to the device. The options are Enabled and
Disabled .
Serial ATA Port 0 ~ Port 5 SATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the SATA port specified by the user should be
connected to a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard
Disk Drive and Solid State Drive.
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sSATA Configuration
When this submenu is selected, AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of
the SATA devices that are supported by the PCH-sSATA controller and displays
the following items:
sSATA Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard SATA controller supported by the Intel
PCH-sSATA controller. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
Configure sSATA as
Select IDE to configure an sSATA drive specified by the user as an IDE drive.
Select AHCI to configure an sSATA drive specified by the user as an AHCI drive.
Select RAID to configure an sSATA drive specified by the user as a RAID drive.
The options are IDE,
AHCI
, and RAID.
*If the item above "Configure sSATA as" is set to AHCI, the following items will
display:
Support Aggressive Link Power Management
When this item is set to Enabled, the SATA AHCI controller manages the power
usage of the SATA link. The controller will put the link to a low power state when
the I/O is inactive for an extended period of time, and the power state will return
to normal when the I/O becomes active. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.