- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Working on your computer
- LCD panel features
- Hard drive indicator codes
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- System Overview
- Front bezel (optional)
- Removing the system cover
- Installing the system cover
- Inside the system
- Cooling shroud
- System memory
- General memory module installation guidelines
- Sample memory configurations
- Removing memory modules
- Installing memory modules
- Hard drives
- Removing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank
- Installing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank
- Removing Hard Drive
- Installing Hard Drive
- Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive into a hard-drive carrier
- Optical drive (optional)
- Cooling fans
- Removing a cooling fan
- Installing a cooling fan
- Removing the cooling-fan assembly
- Installing the cooling-fan assembly
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Replacing the internal USB key
- PCIe card holder
- Cable retention bracket
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing an expansion card from expansion-card riser 2 or 3
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion-card riser 2 or 3
- Removing an expansion card from the expansion-card riser 1
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion-card riser 1
- Removing the riser 1 blank
- Installing the riser 1 blank
- Removing expansion-card risers
- Installing expansion-card risers
- GPU card installation guidelines
- Installing a GPU card
- Removing a GPU card
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- Integrated storage controller card
- Network daughter card
- Heat sink and processor
- Power supply units
- Hot spare feature
- Removing the power supply unit blank
- Installing the power supply unit blank
- Removing an AC power supply unit
- Installing an AC power supply unit
- System battery
- Hard-drive backplane
- Removing the hard-drive backplane
- Installing the hard-drive backplane
- Control panel assembly
- System board
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct
- Troubleshooting a serial Input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting an SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a hard drive
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- Error Messages
- System messages
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Specifications
- System Setup
- Boot Menu
- Timing Key Sequences
- Dell Diagnostics
- About system setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup Main Menu
- System BIOS screen
- System Information screen details
- Memory Settings screen details
- Processor Settings screen details
- SATA Settings screen details
- Boot Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices screen details
- Serial Communication screen details
- System Profile Settings screen details
- System Security settings screen details
- Miscellaneous Settings screen details
- NIC indicator codes
- Power indicator codes
- Contacting Dell
Dell Precision Rack 7910 Owner's Manual
SATA Settings screen details
You can use the SATA Settings screen to view the SATA settings of SATA devices and enable RAID on your system.
About this task
The SATA Settings screen details are explained below.
- Menu Item
- Description
- Embedded SATA
- Enables the embedded SATA to be set to Off, ATA, AHCI, or RAID modes. By default, the Embedded SATA option is set to AHCI.
- Security Freeze Lock
- Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the Embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is only applicable to ATA and AHCI mode.
- Write Cache
- Enables or disables the command for Embedded SATA drives during POST.
- Port A
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port B
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port C
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port D
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port E
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port F
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port G
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port H
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port I
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
- Port J
- Sets the drive type of the selected device. For Embedded
SATA settings in ATA mode, set
this field to Auto to enable BIOS support.
Set it to OFF to turn off BIOS support.
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support.
- Model
- Displays the drive model of the selected device.
- Drive Type
- Displays the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
- Capacity
- Displays the total capacity of the hard drive. The field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.
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