HP xw9400 Service And Technical Reference Manual page 35

Table 3-1 Computer Setup Utility menu descriptions (continued)
Heading Option
Storage Device
Configuration
ENWW
Description
Lists all installed non-SAS and non-SATA storage devices.
When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed.
CD-ROM
Identifies the optical drives on the system.
Diskette (for legacy diskette drives only)
Identifies the highest capacity media type accepted by the diskette drive. Options are 3.5" 1.44
MB, 5.25" 1.2 MB, and Not Installed.
Default Values
Enables you to set the default values for IDE and SATA devices such as the following:
● Multisector Transfers (IDE devices only)–Specifies how many sectors are transferred per
multi-sector Programmed Input/Output (PIO) operation. Options (subject to device
capabilities) are Disabled, 8, and 16.
● Transfer Mode (IDE devices only)–Specifies the active data transfer mode. Options (subject
to device capabilities) are PIO 0, Max PIO, Enhanced DMA, Ultra DMA 0, and Max UDMA.
●
Translation Mode (IDE/SATA disks only)–Enables you to select the translation mode to be
used for the device, which enables the BIOS to access disks partitioned and formatted on
other systems and may be necessary for users of older versions of UNIX (for example, SCO
UNIX version 3.2). Options are Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, Off, User, and Automatic.
NOTE The Automatic option allows BIOS to automatically determine the translation
mode used to configure a previously-formatted IDE, SATA, or USB mass storage
device. Hence, you do not have to know how the mass storage device was previously
formatted.
Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be changed.
If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was active
when the disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible.
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