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Operations Manual
SV-2003-X2 Server
Part Number: 1006446 Page 22 of 72
Version 1.0. 10/30/07
4.5.1.2 Com / Serial Port
Most personal computers have two serial ports.
In the BIOS you can assign
COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 to serial port 1 or
2.
Most BIOS' also allow you to set the I/O and
IRQ but this is mostly done automatically.
4.5.1.3 Hard Drives
Most modern BIOS' allow automatic detection
of disk parameters. The settings can be
individually configured for the primary master
and slave device and the secondary master
and slave device. The following are some of
the primary settings that apply to hard drives
as well as CD/DVD-ROM drives, tape backup
drive, etc.
Common disk types are:
• User-defined Cylinders, Heads, Sectors (CHS)
values
• Auto-automatically detects hard disks
parameters at every startup
• 1-46-predefined combinations of CHS values
• CDROM-used for AT Attachment Packet
Interface (ATAPI) CD-ROM drives
• ARMD-used for ATAPI ZIP and LS 120 drives
• DVDROM
Size - Determines the capacity of the drive CHS
values
• Number of Cylinders
• Number of Heads
• Number of Sectors
• LBA (Large Block Addressing)-technology to
overcome the 528 MB limit