Dell PowerEdge R540 EMC Installation and Service Manual - Page 49

SATA Settings, Viewing SATA Settings, SATA Settings details, System Setup Main Menu

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Option Description Option Description Number of Cores Specifies the number of cores per processor. Maximum Memory Specifies the maximum memory capacity per processor. Capacity Microcode Specifies the microcode. SATA Settings You can use the SATA Settings screen to view the settings of SATA devices and enable SATA and PCIe NVMe RAID mode on your system. Viewing SATA Settings To view the SATA Settings screen, perform the following steps: Steps 1. Power on, or restart your system. 2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message: F2 = System Setup NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. 3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4. On the System BIOS screen, click SATA Settings. SATA Settings details About this task The SATA Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Description Embedded SATA Security Freeze Lock Write Cache Port n Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to AHCI Mode, or RAID Mode. This option is set to AHCI Mode by default. Enables you to send Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is applicable only for AHCI mode. This option is set to Enabled by default. Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to Disabled by default. Enables you to set the drive type of the selected device. For AHCI Mode or RAID Mode, BIOS support is always enabled. Option Description Model Drive Type Capacity Specifies the drive model of the selected device. Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port. Specifies the total capacity of the drive. This field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives. Pre-operating system management applications 49

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Option
Description
Option
Description
Number of Cores
Specifies the number of cores per processor.
Maximum Memory
Capacity
Specifies the maximum memory capacity per processor.
Microcode
Specifies the microcode.
SATA Settings
You can use the
SATA Settings
screen to view the settings of SATA devices and enable SATA and PCIe NVMe RAID mode on your
system.
Viewing SATA Settings
To view the
SATA Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1.
Power on, or restart your system.
2.
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
SATA Settings
.
SATA Settings details
About this task
The
SATA Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Embedded SATA
Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to
AHCI Mode
, or
RAID Mode
. This option is set to
AHCI Mode
by default.
Security Freeze
Lock
Enables you to send
Security Freeze Lock
command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is
applicable only for AHCI mode. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Write Cache
Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to
Disabled
by
default.
Port n
Enables you to set the drive type of the selected device.
For
AHCI Mode
or
RAID Mode
, BIOS support is always enabled.
Option
Description
Model
Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
Drive Type
Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Capacity
Specifies the total capacity of the drive. This field is undefined for removable media
devices such as optical drives.
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