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Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 BIOS and UEFI Reference Guide

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SATA Settings

To view the SATA Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > SATA Settings.
Table 1. SATA Settings detailsThis table provides the details of the options available on the SATA Settings screen.
Option Description
Embedded SATA Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to Off, AHCI mode , or RAID modes. This option is set to AHCI Mode by default.
NOTE
  1. You might also need to change the Boot Mode setting to UEFI. Otherwise, you should set the field to Non-RAID mode.
  2. No ESXi and Ubuntu OS support under RAID mode.
Security Freeze Lock Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is applicable only for AHCI Mode. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Write Cache Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Port n Sets the drive type of the selected device.
For AHCI Mode or RAID Mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
Table 2. Port n This table provides the details of all the ports available in the device.
Options Descriptions
Model Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
Drive Type Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Capacity Specifies the total capacity of the drive. This field is undefined for removable media devices such as optical drives.

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