
Option
Description
System Memory
Voltage
Specifies the memory voltage.
Video Memory
Specifies the amount of video memory.
System Memory
Testing
Specifies whether the memory tests are run during appliance boot. Options are
Enabled
and
Disabled
. This option
is set to
Disabled
by default.
Memory Operating
Mode
Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are
Optimizer Mode
,
Advanced ECC Mode
,
Mirror
Mode
,
Spare Mode
,
Spare with Advanced ECC Mode
,
Dell Fault Resilient Mode
and
Dell NUMA Fault Resilient
Mode
. This option is set to
Optimizer Mode
by default.
NOTE:
The Memory Operating Mode option can have different default and available options based on
the memory configuration of your appliance.
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 appliance availability.
NOTE:
VxRail appliances require that the Optimizer mode be selected.
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
appliance supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory configurations. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Snoop Mode
Specifies the Snoop Mode options. The Snoop Mode options available are
Home Snoop
,
Early Snoop
, and
Cluster
on Die
. This option is set to
Early Snoop
by default. This field is available only when the
Node Interleaving
is set
to
Disabled
.
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, and logical processor idling.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the
Processor Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on, or restart your appliance.
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 appliance to finish booting, and then
restart your appliance 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.
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Pre-operating system management applications