SATA Settings
Use this window to control embedded SATA ports settings.
NOTE: The help page may include information about features and values that are not supported on your system. Server Administrator displays only the features and values that are supported on your system.
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User Privileges
Selection | View | Manage |
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SATA Settings | Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only) | Administrator, Elevated Administrator (Linux only) |
NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see
Privilege levels in the Server Administrator GUI.
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NOTE: Based on available hardware, dependencies may exist between the various attributes for settings. For example, setting an attribute value may change the state of the dependent attributes to non-editable or editable, as the case may be. For example, changing the
Embedded SATA settings to
ATA Mode allows you to configure the individual port settings. Setting the
Embedded SATA to any other mode does not allow you to configure the ports.
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Embedded SATA
Allows the Embedded SATA to be set to Off, AHCI, or RAID Mode.
Security Freeze Lock
Sends the Security Freeze Lock command to the Embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is only applicable to AHCI mode and not on RAID mode.
Write Cache
Sends Enable or Disable Write Cache command to the Embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is only applicable to AHCI mode and not on RAID mode.
Port A, Port B, Port C, Port D, Port E, Port F, Port G, Port H, Port I, Port J, Port K, Port L, Port M, and Port N
Sets the drive type of the selected device. When the Embedded SATA setting is ATA Mode, set this field to Auto to enable BIOS support for the device. Select Off to turn off BIOS support for the device. When the Embedded SATA setting is AHCI Mode or RAID Mode, BIOS always enables support for the device and this field is read-only.
Model
Displays the drive model of the selected device.
Drive Type
Indicates type of device that is attached to this SATA port.
Capacity
Displays the total capacity of a hard-disk drive. This field is undefined for removable-media devices such as optical drives.