SUPER MICRO Computer SBA-7222G-T2 user manual IDE Configuration Submenu

SBA-7222G-T2 Blade Module User’s Manual

IDE Configuration

The menu options in the IDE ConfiguraTION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table 6-4

	Table 6-4. IDE Configuration Submenu
Menu Option	Description
OnBoard PCI IDE	This option enables or disables the onboard PCI IDE controller.
Controller
OnChip SATA	This option enables or disables the on-chip SATA channel.
Channel
OnChip SATA Type	This option specifies the on-chip SATA type. Options include Native IDE, RAID,
	AMD_AHCI and Legacy IDE.
SATA IDE Combined	This option enables or disables SATA IDE Combined Mode in your system.
Mode
PATA Channel Config	This option specifies the PATA Channel configuration. You may specify either
	SATA as Primary or SATA as Secondary as options.
Primary/Secondary/	These submenus are specifying options for each installed Master/Slave drive in
Third/Fourth Master/	the system. Their common options are described below.
Slave submenus
Device	Static device information is shown at the top of this submenu for Device, Vendor,
	Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA and S.M.A.R.T
Information
	information.
Type	Use thsi option to select the type of device connected to the system. Options
	include Not Installed, Auto, CD/DVD and ARMD.
LBA/Large Mode	LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk drive.
	The options are Disabled and Auto.
	Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data
	transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode
Block	is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt.
(Multi-Sector	Select "Disabled" to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device one
Transfer)	sector at a time. Select "Auto" to allows the data transfer from and to the device
	occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it. The options are Auto
	and Disabled.
	PIO (Programmable I/O) mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive
	and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the cycle time
	decreases.
	The options are Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect
	the PIO mode. Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined.
PIO Mode	Select 0 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 0, which has a data transfer rate of 3.3
	MBs. Select 1 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 1, which has a data transfer rate of
	5.2 MBs. Select 2 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 2, which has a data transfer
	rate of 8.3 MBs. Select 3 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 3, which has a data
	transfer rate of 11.1 MBs. Select 4 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 4, which has a
	data transfer rate of 16.6 MBs. This setting generally works with all hard disk
	drives manufactured after 1999. For other disk drives, such as IDE CD-ROM
	drives, check the specifications of the drive.

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