Supermicro SUPERO X8ST3-F, User Manual

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Throttling - Closed Loop
Throttling improves reliability and reduces power in the processor by au-
tomatic voltage control during processor idle states. Available options are
Disabled and
Enabled.
Intel VT-d
Select Enabled to enable Intel's Virtualization Technology support for Direct I/O VT-d
by reporting the I/O device assignments to VMM through the DMAR ACPI Tables.
This feature offers fully-protected I/O resource-sharing across the Intel platforms,
providing the user with greater reliability, security and availability in networking and
data-sharing. The settings are Enabled and
Disabled .
SR-IOV Support
Enable this item to support Single Root I/O Virtualization and Sharing (SR-IOV).
The options are
Disabled and Enbaled.
Intel I/OAT
The Intel I/OAT (I/O Acceleration Technology) significantly reduces CPU overhead
by leveraging CPU architectural improvements, freeing resources for more other
tasks. The options are Disabled and
Enabled .
Active State Power Management
Select Enabled to start Active-State Power Management for signal transactions
between L0 and L1 Links on the PCI Express Bus. This maximizes power-saving
and transaction speed. The options are Enabled and
Disabled .
Route Port 80h Cycles to
This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to. The
options are Disabled,
PCI and LPC.
USB Functions
This feature allows the user to decide the number of onboard USB ports to be en-
abled. The Options are: Disabled, 2 USB ports, 4 USB ports, 6 USB ports, 8 USB
ports, 10 USB Ports and
12 USB Ports .
USB 2.0 Controller
Select Enabled to activate the onboard USB 2.0 controller. The options are
En-
abled and Disabled.