Supermicro SYS-6027R-TRF [103/122] Sata conﬁ guration

Chapter 7: BIOS

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SATA Conﬁ guration

When this submenu is slected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence

of IDE or SATA devices and displays the following items.

SATA Port0~SATA Port5

The AMI BIOS displays the status of each SATA port as detected by the BIOS.

SATA Mode

Use this feature to conﬁ gure SATA mode for a selected SATA port. The options are

Disabled, IDE Mode, AHCI Mode, and RAID Mode. The following are displayed

depending on your selection:

IDE Mode

The following items are displayed when IDE Mode is selected:

Serial-ATA (SATA) Controller 0~1

Use this feature to activate or dactivate the SATA controller, and set

the compatibility mode. The options for Controller 0 are Enhanced and

Compatible. The default setting for SATA Controller 1 is Enhanced.

AHCI Mode

The following items are displayed when the AHCI Mode is selected:

Aggressive Link Power Management

Select Enabled to enable Aggressive Link Power Management to support

Cougar Point B0 stepping and beyond. The options are Enabled and

Disabled.

Port 0~Port 5 Hot Plug

Select Enabled to enable hot-plug support for a port speciﬁ ed by the user so

that the user is allowed to change a hardware component or a device without

shutting down the system. The options 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.