SUPER MICRO Computer SUPERSERVER 6012L-6 User Manual

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Chapter 7: AMIBIOS

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Primary IDE Master

When entering "Setup", BIOS automatically detects the presence of

IDE devices. This displays the auto detection status of the IDE de-

vices. You can also manually configure the IDE drives by providing the

following information:

This option allows the user to configure the IDE devices. When the desired

item is highlighted (selected), press "Enter" and the following screen will be

displayed:

Type

This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts

to boot from after AMIBIOS POST is completed. The settings

include Not installed, Auto, CDROM and ARMD. The "Auto"

setting allows BIOS to automatically detect the presence of

the IDE controller.

LBA/Large Mode

LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing

data on a disk drive. In LBA mode, the maximum drive capac

ity is 137 GB. The settings are Disabled and Auto. Select

"Disabled" to disable LBA mode. Select "Auto" to enable LBA

mode if your device supports it and is not already formatted

with the LBA mode.

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Mode

This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option

The settings include Disabled and Auto. Disabled: This op

tion prevents the BIOS from using Multi-Sector Transfer on

the specified channel. The data to and from the device will

occur one sector at a time.

Auto: This option allows the

BIOS to auto detect device support for Multi-Sector Trans

fers on the specified channel. If supported, this option al

lows the BIOS to auto detect the number of sectors per block

for transfer from the hard disk drive to memory. The data

transfer to and from the device will occur multiple sectors at

a time (if the device supports it).

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