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Devices and I/O Ports

Table 1. Devices and I/O ports
ItemOptionsDescription
Onboard SATA 1 Mode
  • AHCI (Default)

  • RAID

Configure SATA 1 as AHCI or RAID.
Onboard SATA 2 Mode
  • AHCI (Default)

  • RAID

Configure SATA 2 as AHCI or RAID.
Onboard SATA 3 Mode
  • AHCI (Default)

  • RAID

Configure SATA 3 as AHCI or RAID.
Active Video
  • Onboard Device (Default)

  • Add-in Device

This setting only applies if the server has an add-in video adapter. When the option ROM is set to Legacy for both onboard and add-in video adapters, the Active Video setting controls which single adapter will display the System Setup utility.

Regardless of this setting, the system boot early video is displayed at the onboard video only, and the management controller remote console shows the onboard video only. This setting does not affect how the OS chooses to display its graphical desktop.

PCI 64-Bit Resource Allocation
  • Enabled

  • Disabled

  • Auto (Default)

[Enabled] or [Disabled] the allocation of 64-bit resources for PCI.

[Auto] would allocate some resources below 4GB for legacy compatibility.

IOMMU
  • Disabled

  • Enabled (Default)

Enable/Disable IOMMU.

SRIOV
  • Enabled (Default)

  • Disabled

[Enabled] or [Disabled] the support of resource allocation for Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) virtual functions during boot.

PCIe ARI Forwarding
  • Disabled (Default)

  • Enabled

ARI Forwarding Enable for each downstream port.

 
Enable/Disable Onboard Device(s)

N/A

Enable or disable onboard devices or slots.

Enable/Disable Adapter Option ROM Support

N/A

Control Legacy and UEFI-compliant adapter support.

Disabling UEFI/Legacy support may adversely affect pre-boot/boot functions.

Set Option ROM Execution Order

N/A

Control legacy ROM load order.

PCIe Gen Speed Selection

N/A

Choose the generation speed for available PCIe slots.

Override Slot Bifurcation

N/A

This is used to override the slot bifurcation setting of the physical x16 slot to support the adapter with multiple devices.

 
Console Redirection Settings

N/A

Settings for console redirection and COM port settings.

USB Configuration

N/A

Disable USB storage devices or individual ports.