Intel S2600CP Service Manual page 121

Compatibility provides PATA emulation on the SATA device, allowing the use of legacy
IDE/PATA drivers. Enhanced provides Native SATA support, using native SATA drivers
included with the vast majority of current OSes. AHCI enables the Advanced Host Controller
Interface, which provides Enhanced SATA functionality plus possible additional functionality
(Native Command Queuing, Hot Plug, Staggered Spin Up). It uses AHCI drivers available for the
majority of current OSes.
RAID Mode provides host based RAID support on the onboard SATA ports. RAID levels
supported and required drivers depend on the RAID stack selected
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4. AHCI eSATA Options
Option Values:
Help Text:
- SATA mode enables the switchable internal AHCI SATA (port 0)
- eSATA mode enables the switchable external AHCI eSATA (port 0)
- These modes are mutually exclusive, so SATA port 0 will only be active on one
connector, not both
Comments:
eSATA. This option setting only appears when the SATA Controller is enabled and only for
platforms which support eSATA.
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5. AHCI Capable RAID Options
Option Values:
Help Text:
- Intel
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Intel
- Intel
0/1/10/5 support. Uses Intel
Comments:
RAID Mode has been selected as the operational SATA Mode. This setting selects the RAID
stack to be used for SATA RAID with the onboard AHCI SATA controller.
If a RAID Volume has not previously been created that is compatible with the RAID stack
selected, it will be necessary to Save and Exit and reboot in order to create a RAID Volume.
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SATA
eSATA
In order to use the external eSATA connection, this option must be set to
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Intel ESRT2 (LSI*)
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Intel RSTe
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ESRT2 (Powered By LSI*): Supports RAID 0/1/10 and optional RAID 5 with
RAID C600 Upgrade Keys. Uses Intel ESRT2 drivers (based on LSI* MegaSR).
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RSTe: Provides pass-through drive support. Also provides host based RAID
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This option only appears when the SATA Controller is enabled, and
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Server System P4000CP Family Service Guide (Preliminary)
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RSTe iastor drivers.
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