User’s Manual

ASUS WS C246 PRO
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Chapter 3
3.6.5 PCH Storage Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The
SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA
port.
SATA Controller(s)
This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
The following items appear only when SATA Controller(s) is set to [Enabled].
SATA Mode Selection
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to
use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). The
AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced
Serial ATA features that increases storage performance
on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally
optimize the order of commands.
[ Intel RST Premium With
Intel Optane System
Acceleration (RAID)]
Set to [Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System
Acceleration (RAID)] when you want to create a RAID
configuration from the SATA hard disk drives.
SMART Self Test
SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system that
shows a warning message during POST (Power-on Self Test) when an error occurs in the
hard disks.
Configuration options: [On] [Off]
SATA6G_1(Gray) - SATA6G_8(Gray)
SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_8
This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Hot Plug
These items appears only when the SATA Mode is set to [AHCI] and allows you to
enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
• SATA6G_5 and SATA6G_6 is only available when PCIEX16_4 & SATA5/6/7/8
Configuration is set to [PCIEX16_4 x2 mode & SATA5/6].
• SATA6G_5 to SATA6G_8 is only available when PCIEX16_4 & SATA5/6/7/8
Configuration is set to [SATA5/6/7/8 mode].