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Table 7. SATA Settings details (continued)

Option

Security Freeze Lock

Write Cache

Port n

NVMe Settings

This option sets the NVMe drive mode. If the system contains NVMe drives that you want to configure in a RAID array, you

must set both this field and the Embedded SATA field on the SATA settings menu to RAID Mode. You may also need to change

the Boot Mode setting to UEFI.

To view the NVMe Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS >

NVMe Settings.

Table 9. NVMe Settings details

Option

NVMe mode

BIOS NVMe driver

Boot Settings

You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also enables you to specify the boot

order.

● UEFI: The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform

firmware. The interface consists of data tables with platform related information, boot and runtime service calls that are

available to the operating system and its loader. The following benefits are available when the Boot Mode is set to UEFI:

○ Support for drive partitions larger than 2 TB.

○ Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot).

○ Faster boot time.

NOTE:

You must use only the UEFI boot mode in order to boot from NVMe drives.

● BIOS: The BIOS Boot Mode is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.

Description

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.

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.

Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This

option is set to Disabled by default.

Sets the drive type of the selected device.

For AHCI Mode or RAID modes, BIOS support is always enabled.

Table 8. Port n

Options

Model

Drive Type

Capacity

Description

Enables or disables the boot mode. The option is set to Non-RAID mode by default.

Sets the drive type to boot the NVMe driver. The available options are Dell Qualified

Drives and All Drives. This option is set to Dell Qualified Drives by default.

Descriptions

Specifies the drive model of the selected

device.

Specifies the type of drive attached to

the SATA port.

Specifies the total capacity of the drive.

This field is undefined for removable

media devices such as optical drives.

Pre-operating system management applications