Technical Product Specification

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Intel
®
Server Board S5400SF TPS System BIOS
Revision 2.02
Intel order number: D92944-007
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Table 35. Setup Utility — ATA Controller Configuration Screen Fields
Setup Item Options Help Text Comments
Onboard PATA
Controller
Enabled
Disabled
Onboard Parallel ATA (PATA)
controller.
Onboard SATA
Controller
Enabled
Disabled
Onboard Serial ATA (SATA)
controller.
When enabled, the SATA
controller can be configured in
IDE, RAID, or AHCI Mode. RAID
and AHCI modes are mutually
exclusive.
SATA Mode
Enhanced
Legacy
[Enhanced] - Configures all
SATA ports as individual ports.
This is also known as the native
mode.
[Legacy] - Configures SATA
ports to be primary and/or
secondary channels. This is also
known as the compatibility mode.
In the Legacy Mode, the BIOS
can enumerate only four drives. It
provides four options to choose a
mix of SATA and PATA drives
(see Legacy IDE Channel option
below).
In the Enhanced Mode, the BIOS
is not limited to legacy PATA four-
drive limitations, and can
enumerate the two PATA drives
and four SATA drives (totaling six
drives) regardless of the AHCI
mode, and can list/boot to the
remaining two SATA drives as
well with AHCI support.
AHCI and RAID Modes are
supported only when SATA Mode
is selected as “Enhanced”.
Legacy IDE Channel
SATA Only
Secondary SATA
Primary SATA
PATA Only
[SATA Only] - Master/slave for
primary are SATA port 0/2.
Master/slave for secondary are
port 1/3.
[Secondary SATA] - Master/slave
for primary are PATA.
Master/slave for secondary are
SATA port 1/3.
[Primary SATA] - Master/slave
for primary are SATA port 0/2.
Master/slave for secondary they
are PATA.
[PATA Only] - Master/slave for
primary are PATA. SATA ports
are disabled.
This item is displayed only when
Legacy is chosen for the SATA
Mode.