Table 22. Submenus under the CPU Configuration (continued)

Item

Option

Description

 

 

 

ACPI T State

Disabled

Enable or disable the

 

[Enabled]

microprocessor throttling in

 

 

ACPI.

 

 

 

Notes:

1. The settings in [ ] are the default settings in the Setup Utility program.

2. The above options might vary depending on the type of the installed microprocessor.

Table 23. Submenus under the Mass Storage Controller Configuration

Item

Option

Description

 

 

 

SATA Configuration

Disabled

Enable or disable the

 

[Enabled]

integrated SATA controller.

 

 

 

Configure SATA as

[IDE]

To select the hard disk drive

 

RAID

mode. If this option is set to

 

 

IDE, all the SATA connectors

 

 

will be configured as

 

 

stand-alone SATA connectors.

 

 

 

Notes:

1. The settings in [ ] are the default settings in the Setup Utility program.

2. The SATA Configuration item might not apply because your server came with an integrated SAS controller.

Table 24. Submenus under the SuperIO Configuration

Item

Option

Description

 

 

 

Serial Port1 Address

Disabled

Select the I/O base address

 

[3F8/IRQ4]

and interrupt for serial port

 

3E8/IRQ4

1.

 

2E8/IRQ3

 

 

 

 

Serial Port2 Address

Disabled

Select the I/O base address

 

[2F8/IRQ3]

and interrupt for serial port

 

3E8/IRQ4

2.

 

2E8/IRQ3

 

 

 

 

Note: The settings in [ ] are the default settings in the Setup Utility program.

 

 

Table 25. Submenus under the USB Configuration

 

 

 

 

Item

Option

Description

 

 

 

Legacy USB Support

Disabled

Enable or disable the support

 

[Enabled]

on legacy USB devices.

 

Auto

 

 

 

 

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

FullSpeed

Select the USB speed.

 

[HiSpeed]

 

 

 

 

Hotplug USB FDD Support

Disabled

Enable or disable the support

 

Enabled

on the hot-swap USB

 

[Auto]

diskette drive.

 

 

 

Note: The settings in [ ] are the default settings in the Setup Utility program.

For external USB devices, the USB Mass Storage Device Configuration submenu is as below:

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Lenovo RD230 manual Submenus under the Mass Storage Controller Configuration

RD230 specifications

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