Table 14. Memory settings
Menu Item
Description
System Memory Size
Displays the amount of memory installed in the system.
System Memory Type
Displays the type of memory installed in the system.
System Memory Speed
Displays the system memory speed.
System Memory Voltage
Displays the system memory voltage.
Video Memory
Displays the amount of video memory.
System Memory Testing
Specifies whether system memory tests are run during system boot.
Options are
Enabled
and
Disabled
. By default, the
System Memory
Testing
option is set to
Disabled
.
Memory Operating Mode
Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are
Optimizer Mode
,
Advanced ECC Mode
,
Mirror Mode
,
Spare Mode
,
Spare with Advanced ECC Mode
, and
Dell Fault Resilient Mode
. By
default, the
Memory Operating Mode
option is set to
Optimizer Mode
.
NOTE: The
Memory Operating Mode
can have different defaults
and available options based on the memory configuration of your
system.
NOTE: The
Dell Fault Resilient Mode
establishes an area of memory
that is fault resilient. This mode can be used by an operating system
that supports the feature to load critical applications or enables the
operating system kernel to maximize system availability.
Node Interleaving
Specifies if Non-Uniform Memory architecture (NUMA) is supported. If
this field is
Enabled
, memory interleaving is supported if a symmetric
memory configuration is installed. If
Disabled
, the system supports
NUMA (asymmetric) memory configurations. By default,
Node
Interleaving
option is set to
Disabled
.
Snoop Mode
Specifies the Snoop Mode options. Snoop Mode options available are
Home Snoop
,
Early Snoop
,
Cluster on Die
. By default, the Snoop Mode
option is set to
Early Snoop
. The field is only available when Node
Interleaving is
Disabled
.
Editing processor settings
You can use the
Processor Settings
screen to view the processor settings. You can also enable
virtualization technology, hardware prefetcher, and logical processor idling.
1.
Go to
System Setup Main Menu
, and then click
System BIOS
.
2.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Processor Settings
.
The
Processor Settings
screen displayed.
Processor settings screen
The
Processor Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
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