User manual MSI MS-9218 V3.0

[. . . ] P1-105 Series MS-9218 1U Rackmount Server G52-92181X1 i Copyright Notice T he material in this document is the intellec tual property of M ICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. W e take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice. Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] Installed M emory/ Available to OS/ Used by Devices The three items show the memory status of the system. (Read-only) 3-6 BIOS Setup Advanced Items in the menu are divided into several sub-menus. To enter the sub-menu, highligh the sub-menu you want to configure and press <Enter>. 3-7 M S-9218 Server PCI Configuration The sub-menu is used to configure PCI settings for optimal system performance. PCI Device, Slot #3 / Slot #2 / Slot #1 The sub-menu is used to configure the specified PCI device. Option ROM Scan Use this feature to initialize device expansion ROM. 3-8 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Control The sub-menu is used to configure chipset features for optimal system performance. Parallel ATA A This setting enables/disables the onboard PATA controller. Serial ATA A This setting allows you to enable or disable the onchip Serial-ATA controller. SATA Controller M ode Option This setting specifies SATA controller mode. [Compatible] SATA and PATA drives are auto-detected and placed in Legacy mode. [Enhanced] SATA and PATA drives are auto-detected and placed in Native IDE mode. Important Legacy Mode: * In this mode, system BIOS just assign the traditional 14 and 15 IRQs to use for HDD. * Older OS's that do not support switch to Native Mode (DOS, Win2K, Win98/ME. . . ) should set SATA and PATA to Legacy Mode. * Maximum 4 ATA devices to connect. 3-9 M S-9218 Server * Combine mode and Non-Combine mode. - Combined Mode: S-ATA devices P-ATA devices Maximum of 2 devices each, total 4 devices at maximum. Native Mode: * In this mode, system BIOS will search all available IRQs to use for HDD. * Maximum 6 ATA devices to connect (4 for P-ATA & 2 for S-ATA). SATA RAID & AHCI Enable If this setting is set to [Enabled] and the SATA RAID function is not configured, only AHCI mode will be supported. 3-10 BIOS Setup Advanced Processor Options Core M ulti-Processing Intel multi-core architecture has a single Intel processor package that contains two or more processor "execution cores, " or computational engines to enable enhanced performance and more-efficient simultaneous processing of multiple tasks. HyperThreading The processor uses Hyper-Threading technology to increase transaction rates and reduces end-user response times. The technology treats the two cores inside the processor as two logical processors that can execute instructions simultaneously. If you disable the function, the processor will use only one core to execute the instructions. Please disable this item if your operating system doesn't support HT Function, or unreliability and instability may occur. Important Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platform Components: * CPU: An Intel® Pentium® 4 / Xeon Processor with HT Technology; * Chipset: An Intel® Chipset that supports HT Technology; * BIOS: A BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled; * OS: An operating system that supports HT Technology. For more information on Hyper-threading Technology, go to: www. intel. com/info/hyperthreading 3-11 M S-9218 Server Single Logical Proc. Thermal Management 2 Thermal Management throttles the processor back as it reaches its maximum operating temperature. Throttling reduces the number of processing cycles, thereby diminishing the heat dissipation of the CPU. Once the CPU has reached a safe operating temperature, thermal throttling is automatically disabled, and normal full speed processing begins again. Set Max Ext CPUID = 3 This setting sets the Max CPUID extended function value to 3. C1 Enhanced Mode This item allows you to enable/disable the C1E power management feature (for E0 CPU or later) which can drop clock speed and voltage on the processor. [. . . ] Assigning Array Properties Important Once the array is created and its properties are assigned, you cannot change the array properties using the ACU. Note that only the available array types, RAID 0 and RAID 1, are displayed. Available stripe sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (default). Important Adaptec recommends that you do not change the default. A-20 Adaptec SATA RAID 4. Create RAID via allows you to select between the different creation methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1. [. . . ]