SUPER MICRO Computer 1018D-73MTF user manual SATA Configuration

Chapter 7: BIOS

EHCI Hand-Off

This item is for Operating Systems that do not support Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) hand-off. When this item is enabled, EHCI ownership change will be claimed by the EHCI driver. The settings are Enabled and Disabled.

XHCI Mode

This feature handles the operation mode for the XHCI (Extensible Host Control- ler Interface) controller. The settings are Smart Auto, Auto, Enabled, Disabled and Manual.

SATA Configuration

When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the SATA Devices and displays the following items:

SATA Controllers

This item Enables or Disables the built-in SATA controllers on the motherboard. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

SATA Mode Selection

This item selects the mode for the installed SATA drives. The options are IDE, AHCI and RAID.

SATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver (Available if the item above - SATA Mode Select is set to AHCI or RAID)

Select Enabled to use the SATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI driver for system boot. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

If the item above -SATA Mode Select is set to AHCI, the following items are displayed:

Serial ATA Port 0~ Port 5

This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives on the particular SATA port.

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Model number of drive and capacity

Software Preserve Support

Port 0 ~ Port 5 Hot Plug

This feature designates the port specified for hot plugging. Set this item to En- abled for hot-plugging support, which will allow the user to replace a SATA disk drive without shutting down the system. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

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