Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME User Manual page 121

SATA Controller(s) [Enabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI
(Advanced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the onboard storage
driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage
performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally
optimize the order of commands.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to [RAID].
M.2/U.2 PCIE Storage RAID Support [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIE port to SATA for RAID Remapping.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Express1 PCIE Storage RAID Support [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIE port to SATA for RAID Remapping.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Express2 does not support PCIE Storage RAID, only SATA Express1.
PCIEX4_4 PCIE Storage RAID Support [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIE port to SATA for RAID Remapping.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SMART Self Test [On]
SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system that
shows a warning message during POST (Power-On Self Test) when an error occurs in the
hard disks.
Configuration options: [On] [Off]
Aggressive LPM Support [Disabled]
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving
conditions. When set to [Enabled], the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA6G_1(Gray) - SATA6G_6(Gray)
SATA6G_1(Gray) - SATA6G_6(Gray) [Enabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
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