Intel SR1670HV Service Guide - Page 69

BIOS Updates and Configuration Figure 85. IDE Configuration Menu 6.3.3.4.1 SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] TIPS If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. 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. If you want to use LSI*Software RAID or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID]. 6.3.3.4.2 Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] Disables or enables device write protection. This is effective only if the device is accessed through the BIOS. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 6.3.3.4.3 IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] 6.3.3.5 AHCI Configuration Sub-Menu This menu is the section for AHCI configuration. 54 Intel® Server System SR1670HV Service Guide