Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Boards S4600LH2/T2 TPS
Revision 2.0
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Compatibility provides PATA emulation on the SATA device, allowing the use of legacy IDE/PATA
drivers. Enhanced provides Native SATA support, using native SATA drivers included with the vast
majority of current OSes. AHCI enables the Advanced Host Controller Interface, which provides
Enhanced SATA functionality. plus possible additional functionality (Native Command Queuing, Hot
Plug, Staggered Spin Up). It uses AHCI drivers available for the majority of current OSes.
RAID Mode provides host based RAID support on the onboard SATA ports. RAID levels supported and
required drivers depend on the RAID stack selected
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AHCI eSATA Options
Option Values: SATA
eSATA
Help Text:
- SATA mode enables the switchable internal AHCI SATA (port 1)
- eSATA mode enables the switchable external AHCI eSATA (port 1)
- These modes are mutually exclusive, so SATA port 1 will only be active on one connector, not
both
Comments: In order to use the external eSATA connection, this option must be set to eSATA.
When the external eSATA connector is selected, it disables the corresponding internal SATA port 1
connector. When set to SATA, the internal connector for SATA port 1 is active, and the external eSATA
connector is disabled.
This option setting only appears when the SATA Controller is enabled and only for platforms which
support eSATA.
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