ASROCK 939SLI32-ESATA2 Installation Manual page 26

2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SA
2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F
HDDs and eSA HDDs and eSAT T T T T AII Devices HDDs and eSA HDDs and eSA HDDs and eSA
939SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions
for SATA / SATAII / eSATAII Devices in RAID / AHCI mode. ULi M1697
southbridge chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host
controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host
controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. AHCI also provides
usability enhancements such as Hot Plug. AHCI requires appropriate
software support (e.g., an AHCI driver, which is contained in our support
CD).
NOTE
What is Hot Plug Function?
If the SATA / SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called
"Hot Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs
while the system is still power-on and in working condition.
However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been
installed into the SATA / SATAII HDD.
What is Hot Swap Function?
If SATA / SATAII HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is called "Hot Swap" for
the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATAII HDDs while the system
is still power-on and in working condition.
eSATAII is equipped with Hot Plug capability that enables you to exchange
drives easily. For example, with eSATAII interface, you may simply plug your
eSATAII devices to the eSATAII ports instead of opening your chassis to
exchange your SATAII hard disk.
If you obey "safely remove hardware" mechanism like USB flash drive, you
can enable eSATAII device write cache on the driver by ULi RAID configuration
tools to enhance the eSATAII performance. While keeping write data to disk can
be flush out when removing the eSATAII device.
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ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 Motherboard
unctions for SAT T T T T A / SA unctions for SA unctions for SA
unctions for SA
AII Devices AII Devices AII Devices AII Devices
A / SAT T T T T AII A / SA A / SA AII AII AII
A / SA AII