56 ISP2150 2U Rack Server Platform Product Guide
Primary/Secondary IDE Master and Slave Submenu
Feature Choices Description
Type Auto
None
CD-ROM
IDE Removable
ATAPI Removable
User
Auto forces the server to attempt autodetection of the drive type.
None informs the server to ignore this drive.
CD ROM allows the manual entry of some fields described below.
IDE Removable allows the manual entry of some fields described
below.
ATAPI Removable allows the manual entry of some fields
described below.
User allows the manual entry of all fields described below.
CHS Format
Cylinders 0 to 65535 Number of Cylinders on Drive.
This field is changeable only for Type User.
Heads 1 to 16 Number of read/write heads on drive.
This field is available only for Type User.
Sectors 0 to 63 Number of sectors per track.
This field is available only for Type User.
Maximum
Capacity N/A Computed size of drive from cylinders, heads, and sectors
entered. This field is informational only.
LBA Format
Total Sectors N/A This field is informational only.
Maximum
Capacity N/A This field is informational only.
Multi-Sector
Transfer Disabled
2, 4, 8, or 16
sectors
Determines the number of sectors per block for multi-sector
transfers.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
LBA Mode
Control Disabled
Enabled Enabling LBA causes logical block addressing to be used in place
of cylinders, heads, and sectors.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
32 Bit I/O Disabled
Enabled Enabling allows 32 bit IDE data transfers.
Transfer Mode Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4
FPIO 3 / DMA 1
FPIO 4 / DMA 2
Selects the method for moving data to and from the drive.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Ultra DMA
Mode Disabled
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Selects the Ultra DMA mode used for moving data to/from
the drive.
Note: Bold type indicates the default choice.