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External SATA Port 0~5
Select Enabled to enable Extended SATA Port 0 ~ Port 5 support. The op-
tions are Enabled and Disabled.
Staggered Spin-up
Select Enabled to enable Staggered Spin-up support to prevent excessive
power consumption caused by multiple HDDs spinning-up simultaneously.
The options are Enabled and Disabled.
RAID Mode
The following items are displayed when RAID Mode is selected:
Port 0~5 Hot Plug
Select Enabled to enable hot-plug support for a port specified by the user.
The options are Enabled and Disabled.
SAS Configuration
If a SAS port is detected in the system, the following items will be displayed.
OnChip SAS Oprom
Select Enabled to support the onboard SAS Option ROM to boot up the system via
a storage device if a SAS device is installed.
SAS Option ROM Codebase
Select Intel to use the Intel SAS controller to support onboard SAS Option ROM.
Select LSI to use the LSI SAS controller to support onboard SAS Option ROM.
Device0~Device7: The AMI BIOS will automatically detect the onboard SAS
devices and display the status of each SAS device as detected.
Thermal Configuration
Thermal Management
Select Enabled to initialize the PCH Thermal subsystem device located at D31:F6.
The options are Enabled and Disabled. If Enabled is selected, the following item
appears:
ME SMBus Thermal Reporting
Select Enabled to support ME SMBus (Management Engine System Management
Bus) reporting. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
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