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Asus Pedestal Server TS100-E4/PI2 User Manual

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Allows selection of the onboard IDE operation mode depending on the

installed operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced] if you are using

native OS, e.g. Windows® 2000/XP. Set to [Compatible] if you are

using legacy OS, e.g. Windows ME/98/NT, MS‑DOS. Configuration op-

tions: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]

Set Configure SATA As to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0 or RAID1,

configurations using the Intel

®

Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to

create a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded

SATA RAID Setup Utility.

OnBoard Serial-ATA BOOTROM [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Onboard Serial-ATA BOOTROM.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA

features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by allow-

ing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Con-

troller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. For details on AHCI, go to:

www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012304.htm

www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-012305.htm
The SATA controller is set to Native mode when this item is set to [RAID]

or [AHCI].

ALPE and ASP [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Aggressive Link Power Manage-

ment and Aggressive Slumber/Partial Enabled. Configuration options:

[Disabled] [Enabled]

Stagger Spinup Support [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Stagger Spinup support function.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

AHCI Port 3 Interlock Switch [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable AHCI Port 3 Interlock Switch. Configu-

ration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Set the item Configure SATA as to [RAID] if you want to use or config-

ure the SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 SP1

operating system environment. Due to the OS limitation, you must set

a SATA RAID to use any SATA device (at least two SATA devices are

needed for the RAID configuration). Refer to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6

for details on how to set a SATA RAID.

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