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| Translation Parameters (ATA disks only) |
| NOTE: This feature appears only when User translation mode is selected. |
| Allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used by the BIOS |
| to translate disk I/O requests (from the operating system or an application) into terms the hard drive |
| can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may not exceed 256. The |
| number of sectors per track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible and changeable when |
| the drive translation mode is set to User. |
| Default Values IDE/SATA |
| Allows you to specify the default values for the Multisector Transfers, Transfer Mode, and Translation |
| Mode for ATA devices. |
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Storage Options | Removable Media Boot |
| Enables/disables ability to boot the system from removable media. |
| Legacy Diskette Write |
| Enables/disables ability to write data to legacy diskettes. |
| BIOS DMA Data Transfers |
| Allows you to control how BIOS disk I/O requests are serviced. When Enable is selected, the BIOS |
| will service ATA disk read and write requests with DMA data transfers. When Disable is selected, |
| the BIOS will service ATA disk read and write requests with PIO data transfers. |
| SATA Emulation |
| Allows you to choose how the SATA controller and devices are accessed by the operating system. The |
| only supported option is IDE, which is the deault. |
| NOTE: RAID is not supported on the xw3400 Workstation. |
| SATA 0 and 2 |
| Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Primary channel of the first SATA |
| controller. This feature only applies when SATA Emulation = IDE. |
| NOTE: Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel. |
| SATA 1 and 3 |
| Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Secondary channel of the first SATA |
| controller. This feature only applies when SATA Emulation = IDE. |
| NOTE: Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel. |
| SATA 4 (some models) |
| Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Primary channel of the second SATA |
| controller. This feature only applies when SATA Emulation = IDE. |
| NOTE: Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel. |
| SATA 5 (some models) |
| Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the Secondary channel of the second SATA |
| controller. This feature only applies when SATA Emulation = IDE. |
| NOTE: Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the channel. |
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DPS | Allows you to execute |
| (DPS) |
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ENWW | Computer Setup (F10) utilities 7 |