Dell Precision T1600 (Early 2011) - Manual (Page 57)

System Configuration
Serial Port Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the
serial port to:
• Disabled
• COM1
• COM2
• COM3
• COM4
NOTE: The operating system may allocate resources even
though the setting is disabled.
SATA Operation Configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive
controller.
• RAID Autodetect / AHCI = RAID if signed drives, otherwise
AHCI.
• RAID Autodetect / AATA = RAID if signed drives, otherwise
ATA.
• RAID ON / ATA = SATA is configured for RAID on every boot.
• Legacy = The hard drive controller is configured for legacy
mode
NOTE: Legacy mode provides for compatibility with some
older operating systems that do not support native resources
assigned to the drive controller. RAID Mode is incompatible
with ImageServer. Please disable RAID mode if enabling
ImageServer.
Drives These fields let you enable or disable various drives on board:
• SATA-0
• SATA-1
• SATA-2
• SATA-3
Smart Reporting This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives
are reported during system startup. This technology is part of the
SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology)
specification. This option is disabled by default.
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