Table of Contents
Advertisement
Port 0 ~ Port 3 sSATA Device Type (Available when a SATA port is
detected)
Use this item to specify if the sSATA port specified by the user should be con-
nected to a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard Disk
Drive and Solid State Drive.
*If the item above "Configure sSATA as" is set to RAID, the following items will
display:
sSATA Support Aggressive Link Power Management
When this item is set to Enabled, the sSATA AHCI controller manages the power
usage of the SATA link. The controller will put the link to a low power state when
the I/O is inactive for an extended period of time, and the power state will return
to normal when the I/O becomes active. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
sSATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver
Select EFI to load the EFI driver for system boot. Select Legacy to load a legacy
driver for system boot. The options are Disabled, EFI, and Legacy.
SATA/sSATA RAID Boot Select
Select SATA Controller to boot the system from a SATA RAID device. Select
sSATA Controller to boot the system from a S-SATA RAID device. Select Both to
boot the system either from a SATA RAID device or from an sSATA RAID device.
Please note that the option-Both is not supported by the Windows Server 2012/
R2 OS. The options are Both, SATA Controller, and sSATA Controller.
sSATA Port 0~ Port 3
This item displays the information detected on the installed sSATA drives on the
particular sSATA port.
•
Model number of drive and capacity
•
Software Preserve Support
sSATA Port 0~ Port 3
Select Enabled to enable an sSATA port specified by the user. The options are
Disabled and Enabled.
sSATA Port 0 ~ Port 3 Hot Plug
Set this item to Enabled for hot-plugging support, which will allow the user
to replace an sSATA drive without shutting down the system. The options are
Disabled and Enabled.
4-21
Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
Advertisement
Table of Contents
