Option
Description
NOTE:
The Dell Fault Resilient Mode option establishes an area of memory that is fault resilient. This
mode can be used by an operating system that supports the feature to load critical applications or
enables the operating system kernel to maximize system availability.
Current State of
Memory Operating
Mode
Specifies the current state of the memory operating mode.
Node Interleaving
Specifies if Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this field is set to
Enabled
, memory
interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If the field is set to
Disabled
, the system
supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory configurations. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Opportunistic Self-
Refresh
Enables or disables opportunistic self-refresh feature. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Processor Settings
You can use the
Processor Settings
screen to view the processor settings, and perform specific functions such as enabling virtualization
technology, hardware prefetcher, logical processor idling, and opportunistic self-refresh.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the
Processor Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on, or restart your system.
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Processor Settings
.
Processor Settings details
The
Processor Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Logical Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is set to
Enabled
, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to
Disabled
, the BIOS displays only one
logical processor per core. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
CPU Interconnect
Speed
Enables you to govern the frequency of the communication links among the CPUs in the system.
NOTE:
The standard and basic bin processors support lower link frequencies.
The options available are
Maximum data rate
,
10.4 GT/s
, and
9.6 GT/s
. This option is set to
Maximum data rate
by default.
Maximum data rate indicates that the BIOS runs the communication links at the maximum frequency supported by
the processors. You can also select specific frequencies that the processors support, which can vary.
Pre-operating system management applications
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