Supermicro X8DT6, User Manual

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Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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Headless Mode
When this feature is enabled, the system will function normally without a keyboard,
monitor or mouse installed in the system. The options are Enabled and Disabled .
NUMA Support
Select Enabled to enable Non-Uniform Memory Access support to improve CPU
performance for a system that has an OS with NUMA support. The options are
Enabled , Disabled and NUMA for SLES11.
WHEA Support
Select Enabled to enable Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) support
which provides a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware errors
on a Windows OS to reduce system crashes due to hardware errors and to en-
hance system recovery and health monitoring. The default setting is Enabled .
High Precision Event Timer
Select Enabled to activate the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) that produces
periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock (RTC) does
in synchronizing multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing
the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC
Instruction embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used
to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and
Disabled.
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Trusted Computing (Optional for OEM only)
TCG/TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Support
Select Yes on this item and enable the TPM jumper on the motherboard to enable
TCG (TPM 1.1/1.2)/TPM support for data integrity and network security. The options
are No and Yes. If this feature is set to Yes, the following items will display:
TPM Enable/Disable Status
This item displays the status of TPM Enabled/Disabled state.
TPM Owner Status
This item displays the status of TPM Ownership.
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IPMI Confi guration
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is used to monitor system health
and to manage the system as a whole. For more information on the IPMI specifi ca-
tions, please visit Intel's website at www.intel.com.