Technical Product Specification

BIOS Setup Utility Intel® Server Boards S5520HC, S5500HCV, and S5520HCT TPS
Revision 1.9
Intel order number E39529-013
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Table 26. Setup Utility — Mass Storage Controller Configuration Screen Fields
Setup Item
Options
Help Text
Comments
Intel
®
Entry SAS RAID
Module
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled or Disable the Intel
®
SAS Entry RAID
Module
Unavailable if the SAS Module
(AXX4SASMOD) is not present.
Configure Intel
®
Entry
SAS RAID Module
IT/IR RAID
Intel
®
ESRTII
IT/IR RAID – Supports Entry-Level HW RAID 0,
RAID 1, and RAID 1e, as well as native SAS
pass through mode; Intel
®
ESRTII - Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II, which
supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5
mode. RAID 5 support requires optional
Software RAID 5 Activation Key
Unavailable if the SAS Module
(AXX4SASMOD) is disabled or
not present.
Onboard SATA
Controller
Enabled
Disabled
Onboard Serial ATA (SATA) controller.
SATA Mode
Enhanced
Compatibility
AHCI
SW RAID
[ENHANCED] - Supports up to 6 SATA ports
with IDE Native Mode.
[COMPATIBILITY] - Supports up to 4 SATA
ports[0/1/2/3] with IDE Legacy mode and 2
SATA ports[4/5] with IDE Native Mode.
[AHCI] - Supports all SATA ports using the
Advanced Host Controller Interface.
[SW RAID] - Supports configuration of SATA
ports for RAID via RAID configuration software.
No longer displays when the
Onboard SATA Controller is
disabled.
Changing this setting requires a
reboot before you can set the
HDD boot order.
[SW RAID] option is unavailable
when EFI Optimized Boot is
Enabled. SW RAID can only be
used in Legacy Boot mode.
SATA Port 0
< Not
Installed/Drive
information>
Information only. This field is
unavailable when RAID Mode is
enabled.
SATA Port 1
< Not
Installed/Drive
information>
Information only. This field is
unavailable when RAID Mode is
enabled.
SATA Port 2
< Not
Installed/Drive
information>
Information only. This field is
unavailable when RAID Mode is
enabled.
SATA Port 3
< Not
Installed/Drive
information>
Information only. This field is
unavailable when RAID Mode is
enabled.
SATA Port 4
< Not
Installed/Drive
information>
Information only. This field is
unavailable when RAID Mode is
enabled.
SATA Port 5
< Not
Installed/Drive
information>
Information only. This field is
unavailable when RAID Mode is
enabled.