Supermicro SUPERSERVER 5018R-M - Page 101

Chapter 7: BIOS
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SATA Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard SATA controller supported by the Intel
PCH chip. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Congure SATA as
Select IDE to congure a SATA drive specied by the user as an IDE drive. Select
AHCI to congure a SATA drive specied by the user as an AHCI drive. Select
RAID to congure a SATA drive specied by the user as a RAID drive. The options
are IDE, AHCI, and RAID.
*If the item above "Congure SATA 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 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.
SATA Port 0~ Port 5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drive on the
particular SATA port.
• Model number of drive and capacity
• Software Preserve Support
Port 0~ Port 5
Select Enabled to enable a SATA port specied by the user. The options are
Disabled and Enabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 5 Hot Plug
This feature designates the port specied for hot plugging. Set this item to En-
abled for hot-plugging support, which will allow the user to replace a SATA disk
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 initialize the
device. The options are Enabled and Disabled.