Users Guide

NOTE: Depending on the platform, some attributes may or may not be displayed.

SATA Settings Screen

Menu Item Description

Embedded SATA Allows the embedded SATA to be set to Off, ATA, AHCI, or RAID mode. By default,

Embedded SATA is set to AHCI Mode.

Port A Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port A. By default, Port

A is set to Auto.

Port B Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port B. By default, Port

B is set to Auto.

Port C Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port C. By default, Port

C is set to Auto.

Port D Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port D. By default, Port

D is set to Auto.

Port E Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port E. By default, Port

E is set to Auto.

Port F Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port F. By default, Port

F is set to Auto.

NOTE: Ports A, B, C, and D are used for the backplane drives, port E for the optical drive (CD/DVD),

and port F for the tape drive.

Boot Settings screen

Menu item Description

Boot Mode Allows you to set the boot mode of the system.

CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if

the operating system is not installed in the same boot mode.

If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this

field to BIOS allows compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems. By default, the

Boot Mode option is set to BIOS.

NOTE: Setting this field to UEFI disables BIOS Boot Settings menu. Setting this

field to BIOS disables the UEFI Boot Settings menu.

Boot Sequence

Retry

Allows you to enable or disable the boot sequence retry feature. If this field is

enabled and the system fails to boot, the system reattempts the boot sequence

after 30 seconds. By default, the Boot Sequence Retry option is set to Disabled.

BIOS Boot Settings Allows you to enable or disable BIOS Boot options.

NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS.

UEFI Boot Settings Allows you to enable or disable UEFI Boot options. The Boot options include IPv4

PXE and IPv6 PXE. By default, the UEFI PXE boot protocol is set to IPv4.