Owners Manual

Option Description

Family-Model-

Stepping

Species the family, model, and stepping of the processor as dened by Intel.

Brand Species the brand name.

Level 2 Cache Species the total L2 cache.

Level 3 Cache Species the total L3 cache.

Number of Cores Species the number of cores per processor.

SATA Settings

You can use the SATA Settings screen to view the SATA settings of SATA devices and enable SATA on your system.

NOTE: The XC Series Appliance and XC Core System does not support the NVDIMM-N, RAID, or UEFI settings.

Viewing SATA Settings

To view the SATA Settings screen, perform the following 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 nish 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

NOTE

: The XC Series Appliance and XC Core System does not support the NVDIMM-N, RAID, or UEFI settings.

The SATA Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Description

Embedded SATA Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to AHCI, or RAID modes. This option is set to AHCI by default.

Security Freeze

Lock

Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is applicable only

for ATA and AHCI mode. This option is set to Enable by default.

Write Cache Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to Disable by

default.

Port A Sets the drive type of the selected device. For the Embedded SATA settings in ATA mode, set this eld to Auto to

enable BIOS support. Set it to OFF to turn o BIOS support.

For AHCI or RAID mode, BIOS support is always enabled.

Option Description

Model Species the drive model of the selected device.

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