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Chapter 4: BIOS

Port 0 ~ Port 5 SATA Device Type

Use this item to specify if the SATA port specied 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.

sSATA Conguration

When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the SATA

devices that are supported by the Intel PCH chip and displays the following items:

sSATA Controller(s)

This item enables or disables the onboard sSATA controller supported by the Intel PCH chip.

The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Congure sSATA as

Select IDE to congure an sSATA 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.

sSupport Aggressive Link Power Mgmt

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.

*If the item above "Congure sSATA as" is set to RAID, the following items will

display:

sSATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver

Select UEFI to load the EFI drvier for system boot. Select Legacy to load a legacy driver

for system boot. The options are Legacy ROM and UEFI Driver.

sSATA/sSATA RAID Boot Select

Use this feature to select the boot capability for SATA and sSATA RAID controllers. The

options are SATA Contoller, sSATA Controller, and Both.

sSATA Port 0 ~ Port 3

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 3 Hot Plug

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 Disabled and Enabled.

Supermicro X10SRM-F User Manual

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