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SATA Settings details, NVMe Settings

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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 Off , AHCI, or RAID modes. This option is set to AHCI Mode by default. Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. 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. Sets 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. NOTE: If no device is installed, it displays Unkown. Drive Type Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port. NOTE: If no device is installed, it displays Unkown Device. Capacity Specifies the total capacity of the drive. This field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives. NOTE: If no device is installed, it displays N/A. NVMe Settings The NVMe settings enable you to set the NVMe drives to either RAID mode or Non-RAID mode. NOTE: To configure these drives as RAID drives, click System BIOS Settings > SATA Settings > Embedded SATA Option and enable RAID mode. If not, you must set this field to Non-RAID mode. View NVMe settings To view the NVMe Settings screen, perform the following steps: Steps 1. Turn 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. Pre-operating system management applications 29

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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
Off
,
AHCI
, or
RAID
modes. This option is set to
AHCI Mode
by
default.
Security Freeze
Lock
Sends
Security Freeze Lock
command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. 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
Sets 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.
NOTE:
If no device is installed, it displays Unkown.
Drive Type
Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
NOTE:
If no device is installed, it displays Unkown Device.
Capacity
Specifies the total capacity of the drive. This field is undefined for removable media
devices such as optical drives.
NOTE:
If no device is installed, it displays N/A.
NVMe Settings
The NVMe settings enable you to set the NVMe drives to either
RAID
mode or
Non-RAID
mode.
NOTE:
To configure these drives as RAID drives, click System BIOS Settings > SATA Settings > Embedded SATA Option
and enable RAID mode. If not, you must set this field to Non-RAID mode.
View NVMe settings
To view the
NVMe Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1.
Turn 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.
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