Asus RS100-E4/PI2 User Manual

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ASUS RS100-E4/PI2

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Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]

Allows selection of the onboard IDE operation mode depending on the

installed operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced] if you are using

native OS, e.g. Windows® 2000/XP. Set to [Compatible] if you are

using legacy OS, e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS-DOS. Configuration

options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]

Set Configure SATA As to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0 or RAID1,

configurations using the Intel

®

Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to

create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded

SATA RAID Setup Utility.

OnBoard Serial-ATA BOOTROM [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial

ATA features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by

allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host

Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. For details on AHCI, go

to:

www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm

www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012305.htm

The SATA controller is set to Native mode when this item is set to [RAID]

or [AHCI].

ALPE and ASP [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Aggressive Link Power

Management and Aggressive Slumber/Partial Enabled. Configuration

options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Stagger Spinup Support [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Stagger Spinup support function.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
AHCI Port 3 Interlock Switch [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable AHCI Port 3 Interlock Switch.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Set the item Configure SATA as to [RAID] if you want to use or

configure the SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0

SP1 operating system environment. Due to the OS limitation, you must

set a SATA RAID to use any SATA device (at least two SATA devices are

needed for the RAID configuration). Refer to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6

for details on how to set a SATA RAID.

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