Supermicro SUPERSERVER 1028R-WC1R, User Manual

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Chapter 7: BIOS
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Flow Control
This feature allows the user to set the fl ow control for Console Redirection to
prevent data loss caused by buffer overfl ow. Send a "Stop" signal to stop sending
data when the receiving buffer is full. Send a "Start" signal to start sending data
when the receiving buffer is empty. The options are None, Hardware RTS/CTS,
and Software Xon/Xoff.
Data Bits
Use this feature to set the data transmission size for Console Redirection. The
options are 7 and 8 (Bits).
Parity
A parity bit can be sent along with regular data bits to detect data transmission
errors. Select Even if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits
is even. Select Odd if the parity bit is set to 0, and the number of 1's in data bits
is odd. Select None if you do not want to send a parity bit with your data bits in
transmission. Select Mark to add mark as a parity bit to be sent along with the
data bits. Select Space to add a Space as a parity bit to be sent with your data
bits. The options are None , Even, Odd, Mark, and Space.
Stop Bits
A stop bit indicates the end of a serial data packet. Select 1 Stop Bit for standard
serial data communication. Select 2 Stop Bits if slower devices are used. The
options are 1 and 2.
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ACPI Settings
Use this feature to confi gure Advanced Confi guration and Power Interface (ACPI)
power management settings for your system.
ACPI Sleep State
Use this feature to select the ACPI State when the system is in sleep mode. Select
S1 (CPU Stop Clock) to erase all CPU caches and stop executing instructions.
Power to the CPU(s) and RAM is maintained, but RAM is refreshed. Select Suspend
to use power-reduced mode. Power will only be supplied to limited components
(such as RAMs) to maintain the most critical functions of the system. The options
are S1 (CPU Stop Clock) and Suspend Disabled.
NUMA (NON-Uniform Memory Access)
This feature enables the Non-Uniform Memory Access ACPI support. The options
are Enabled and Disabled.