Supero SUPERSERVER 5018R-M, User Manual

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Chapter 7: BIOS
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Port 0 ~ Port 5 Hot Plug
This feature designates this port for hot plugging. Set this item to Enabled for
hot-plugging support, which will allow the user to replace a SATA drive without
shutting down the system. The options are Enabled and
Disabled .
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 COMRE-
SET initialization to the device. The options are Enabled and
Disabled .
Port 0 ~ Port 5 SATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the SATA port specified by the user should be con -
nected 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, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence
of the SATA devices that are supported by the SCU controller and displays the
following items:
sSATA Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard SATA controller supported by the Intel
SCU chip. 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 op
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tions 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 sSATA AHCI controller manages the power
usage of the sSATA link. The controller will put the link in a low power mode
during extended periods of I/O inactivity, and will return the link to an active state
when I/O activity resumes. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
sSATA Port 0~ Port 3
This item displays the information detected on the installed sSATA drives on the
particular sSATA port.
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Model number of drive and capacity