Appendix B: Using the ARC Utility ●58
SATASelect Options

The following table lists the available and default settings for each SATAlSelect option and the

description of each option. The default settings are appropriate for most systems and appear in

bold type in the table. Adaptec recommends that you do not change the settings.

SATASelect Options Available Settings Description
Controller Configuration
Runtime BIOS Enabled
Disabled
Disabled:Scan bus
Controls the state of the BIOS at POST time.
When Enabled, the HostRAID controller BIOS
allows the controller to act as a bootable
device. Disabling the BIOS allows another
suitable HostRAID controller to act as the boot
device.
BBS Support Device
Controller
When BBS support is set to Device base, the
system’s BIOS will list each attached bootable
device to the HostRAID controller as an
individual entry. When BBS support is set to
Controller base, the system’s BIOS will only list
the HostRAID controller in the system boot
order. This is useful in a multi-HostRAID
controller configuration.
Physical Drives Display
during Post
Enabled
Disabled
When Enabled, attached physical devices are
displayed during system POST. Displaying the
devices adds a few seconds to the overall POST
time.
SATA Configuration
Write Cache Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables write cache on the on
legacy and non-configured drives. Write cache
enabled provides maximum performance.
Default is Yes to enable.
DMA (1420SA only) Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables the use of Direct Memory
Access (DMA) mode for the drive. Enabled
provides maximum performance. Default is Yes
to enable.
Device Security Lock
(1430SA & 1220SA
Only)
Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables the device security lock
option. When enabling this option, a Security
Freeze Lock command is issued to the device.
SMART Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables the predictive failure
feature of the disk drive. When enabled the
SMART status of the drive (Healthy or Failed)
will be displayed along with the physical drive
display during POST. If the drive does not
support SMART, the SMART status is not
displayed. Default is Yes to enable.
Allow Read Ahead Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables the read ahead cache
algorithm on the drive. Enabled provides
maximum performance under most
circumstances. Default is Yes.