Themis RES-22XR3, Installation Manual

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RES-22XR3 Installation Manual - Configuration 1 Version 1.3
3.3.9.6 High Performance Event Timer
Select Enabled to activate the High Performance 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 Instruc-
tion embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace
the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are
Enabled (default) and Dis-
abled.
3.3.9.7 NUMA Support
Select Enabled to enable Non-Uniform Memory Access support for an “NUMA-
Aware” OS to improve CPU performance. Select Disabled to provide better memory
access for an “non-NUMA” OS. Select NUMA for SLES 11 for better CPU perfor-
mance on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. The options are
Enabled (default),
Disabled and NUMA for SLES 11.
3.3.9.8 WHEA Support
Select Enabled to activate Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) support
which will provide a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware errors
on Windows platforms in order to reduce system crashes and to enhance system
recovery and health monitoring. The default setting is
Enabled.
3.3.10 Trusted Computing (Available when a TPM device is
detected)
3.3.10.1 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 in order to improve data integrity and network
security. The options are
No (default) and Yes. If this feature is set to Yes, the fol-
lowing items will display:
Indicate Physical
Select Yes for a TPM device to be detected by the system at each system boot. The
options are Yes and
No (default).