Chapter 4, Bios settings – Lanner FW-8771 User Manual

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BIOS Settings

Chapter 4

Network Application Platforms

SATA Controllers Configuration Settings

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects

the presence of SATA devices. The SATA Port items show

“Empty” if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding

SATA port.

SATA Controllers

Item

Selection

Enable or
Disable SATA
Controller(s)

Set this value to enable or disable SATA
controllers

SATA Mode Selection

The system supports advanced SATA features such as

software RAID.

Item

Selection

IDE Mode

Set to IDE mode when your want to use the
Serial-ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical
storage devices.

AHCI Mode

Set to AHCI mode when you want the SATA
hard disk drives to use the AHCI (Advanced
Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the
onboard storage driver to enable advanced SATA
features that increases storage performance or
workloads where multiple simultaneous read/
write requests are outstanding, most often
occurring in server-type applications (native
command queuing). It also facilitates hot
swapping.

RAID

Set to the RAID mode when you want to create
a RAID configuration from the SATA Hard disk
drives. Thie chipset supports software RAID

by

using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager

software. For more information, visit

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/

matrixstorage_sb.htm#benefit

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