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conga Tech Notes
The conga-TS87 has some technological features that require additional explanation. The following section will give the reader a better
understanding of some of these features. This information will also help to gain a better understanding of the information found in the System
Resources section of this user’s guide as well as some of the setup nodes found in the BIOS Setup Program description section.
8.1
Intel
®
PCH Features
8.1.1
Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology
The Intel
®
QM87 provides support for Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology, allowing AHCI functionality and RAID 0/1/5/10 support.
8.1.1.1
AHCI
The Intel
®
DH82QM87 or DH82HM86 provides hardware support for Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface
for SATA host controllers. Platforms supporting AHCI may take advantage of performance features such as no master/slave designation for
SATA devices (each device is treated as a master) and hardware-assisted native command queuing. AHCI also provides usability enhancements
such as Hot-Plug.
8.1.1.2
RAID
The industry-leading RAID capability provides high performance RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 functionality on the 4 SATA ports of Intel
®
QM87 PCH.
Software components include an Option ROM for pre-boot configuration and boot functionality, a Microsoft* Windows* compatible driver, and
a user interface for configuration and management of the RAID capability of the Intel
®
QM87 PCH.
Note
The conga-TS87 variants that feature the Intel
®
HM86 chipset do not support RAID.
8.1.2
Intel
®
Smart Response Technology
Intel
®
Smart Response Technology is a disk caching solution that can provide improved computer system performance with improved
power savings. It allows configuration of a computer systems with the advantage of having HDDs for maximum storage capacity with system
performance at or near SSD performance levels.