Technical information

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Floppy Configuration
The Floppy Configuration submenu displays the type of floppy drive installed in the server.
PIO Mode When set to Auto, BIOS setup automatically
detects if the installed hard disk supports the
function. If supported, it allows for faster
data recovery and read/write timing that
reduces hard disk activity time. This
results in better hard disk performance.
Mode 0 to 4 provide successive increase
of performance.
Auto
0
1
2
3
4
DMA Mode Selects DMA ( Direct Memory Access )
mode. Options include:
Auto: Auto detected
SWDMAn: SingleWordDMAn
MWDMAn: MultiWordDMAn
UDMAn: UltraDMAn
Auto
SWDMAn
MWDMAn
UDMAn
S.M.A.R.T Enables or disables the S.M.A.R.T ( Self-
Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology) function of the internal hard
disk.
If “Auto” is selected, BIOS setup will enable
the S.M.A.R.T function if the driver supports
it.
Auto
Disabled
Enabled
32-bit Data
Transfer
Enables or disables the 32-bit data
transfer function
Disabled
Enabled
ARMD
Emulation Type
Selects the ARMD ( ATAPI Removable
Media Device ) emulation type.
Auto
Floppy
Hard Disk
Parameter Description Option