Heading Option Description
Save Changes
and Exit
Saves changes to system configuration and exits the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
Storage Device
Configuration
Lists all installed storage devices.
When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed.
Hard Disk
Identifies the hard disk drives on the system by model, firmware, serial number, connector color,
emulation type, multisector transfers, and translation mode.
CD-ROM
Identifies the CD-ROM drives on the system.
Diskette Type (for legacy diskette drives only)
Identifies the highest capacity media type accepted by the diskette drive. Options are 3.5" 1.44
MB, 5.25" 1.2 MB, and Not Installed.
Default Values
Enables you to set the default values for , SAS, and SATA devices.
Translation Mode (SATA disks only)
Enables you to select the translation mode to be used for the device, which enables the BIOS to
access disks partitioned and formatted on other systems and might be necessary for users of older
versions of UNIX (R) (for example, SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted,
Off, and Automatic.
NOTE The automatic option has been added to allow BIOS to automatically determine
the translation mode used to configure a previously formatted SAS, SATA, or USB mass
storage device. This functionality prevents you from having to know how the mass storage
device was previously formatted.
Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be changed. If the
selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was active when the
disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible.
Storage
Options
Removable Media Boot
Enable or disables ability to boot the system from removable media.
Legacy Diskette Write
Enables or disables ability to write data to legacy media.
BIOS DMA Data Transfers
Determine the point where BIOS enables DMA transfers for both SAS and SATA devices when
possible during POST to increase transfer speed.
SATA Emulation
Sets the SATA emulation mode with the following options:
RAID+AHCI
This option is the default and offers best performance. It requires one of the two Intel SATA option
ROMs to run. In this mode, the Option ROM manages the drives, so they are not shown in Device
Configuration.
Table 3-1 Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu descriptions (continued)
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