SUPER MICRO Computer 5017C-MTF, 5017C-MTRF manual IDE/SATA Configuration

Models: 5017C-MTRF 5017C-MTF

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Chapter 7: BIOS

Wake on LAN from S5

Select Enabled to enable the capabiltiy to 'wake-up' the system from the S5 power state (Soft Off State) through the Ethernet controller. The set- tings are Enabled and Disabled.

Legacy USB Support

This feature enables support for legacy USB devices. Select Auto to dis- able legacy support if USB devices are not present. Select Disable to have USB devices available only for EFI applicatioins. The options are Enabled, Disabled and Auto.

BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

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

IDE/SATA Configuration

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

SATA Mode

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

IDE Mode

The following items are displayed when IDE Mode is selected:

Serial-ATA Controller 0~1

This feature is used to activate/deactivate the SATA controller, and sets the compatibility mode. The options are Enhanced and Compatible. The default of Serial-ATA Controller 1 is Enhanced.

SATA Port0~Port5

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

AHCI Mode

The following items are displayed when AHCI Mode is selected:

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SUPER MICRO Computer 5017C-MTF, 5017C-MTRF manual IDE/SATA Configuration

5017C-MTRF, 5017C-MTF specifications

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