Supero SUPERSERVER 6017R-NTF, User Manual

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Chapter 7: BIOS
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ACPI Setting
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) , Suspend and Disabled.
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, 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 (Available when a TPM device is detected
by the BIOS)
Confi guration
TPM Support
Select Enabled on this item and enable the TPM jumper on the serverboard to
enable TPM support to improve data integrity and network security. The options
are Enabled and Disabled.
TPM State
Select Enabled to enable TPM security settings to improve data integrity and
network security. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Pending Operation: This item displays the status of a pending operation.
Current Status Information: This item displays the information regarding the
current TPM status.