Option
Description
Memory Operating
Mode
Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are
Optimizer Mode
,
Single Rank Spare Mode
,
Multi
Rank Spare Mode
, and
Mirror Mode
. This option is set to
Optimizer Mode
by default.
NOTE:
The Memory Operating Mode option can have different default and available options depending
on the memory configuration of your system.
Current State of
Memory Operating
Mode
Specifies the current state of the memory operating mode.
Node Interleaving
Specifies if Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this field is set to
Enabled
, memory
interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If this field is set to
Disabled
, the system
supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory configurations. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Snoop Mode
Specifies the
Snoop Mode
options. The
Snoop Mode
options available are
Home Snoop
,
Early Snoop
, and
Cluster on Die
. This option is set to
Early Snoop
by default. This field is available only when the
Node Interleaving
is set to
Disabled
.
Opportunistic Self-
Refresh
Enables or disables opportunistic self-refresh feature. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Persistent Memory
This field controls Persistent Memory on the system.
Processor Settings
You can use the
Processor Settings
screen to view the processor settings and perform specific functions such as enabling virtualization
technology, hardware prefetcher,and logical processor idling.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the
Processor Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Power on, or restart your system.
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Processor Settings
.
Processor Settings details
The
Processor Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Logical Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is set to
Enabled
, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to
Disabled
, the BIOS displays only one
logical processor per core. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
CPU Interconnect
Speed
Enables you to govern the frequency of the communication links among the processors in the system.
NOTE:
The standard and basic bin processors support lower link frequencies.
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