Supermicro PDSMi User Manual page 52

PDSMi User's Manual
Parallel ATA
This setting allows the user to enable/disable the function of Parallel ATA and
confi gure Parallel ATA settings. The options are Disabled, "Parallel ATA (Enabled)".
"Channel 0", "Channel 1", and "Both".
Serial ATA
This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Native Mode Operation
Select the native mode for ATA. The options are: Serial ATA and Auto.
SATA Controller Mode
Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be auto-detected and
placed in the Legacy Mode. Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives
to be auto-detected and placed in the Native IDE Mode. (*Note: The Enhanced
mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version.)
When the SATA Controller Mode is set to "Enhanced", the following items will
display:
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID
Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA RAID. The options are Enabled
and Disabled (*Default). (*For the Windows OS environment, if this feature is set
to Enabled, be sure to use the RAID driver. If set to Disabled, use the Non-RAID
driver.) (*Note: If this item-SATA RAID is set to Enabled, the next item-"SATA AHCI
Enable" will not be available. If this feature is set to "Enhanced", the following
feature will be available:)
SATA AHCI
Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface.
(*Warning: Exercise extreme caution when using this function. This
feature is for advanced programmers only.) The options are Enabled
and Disabled.
ICH RAID CodeBase
Select Intel to enable Intel's ICH RAID Controller for the Windows OS. Select
Adaptec to enable Adaptec's RAID Controller for the Linux OS. The options are
Intel and Adaptec.
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