Intel® Server Board S3420GP TPS
BIOS User Interface
Revision 2.4
Intel order number E65697-010
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Setup Item
Options
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L2 Cache RAM
Information only.
Size of the
Processor L2 Cache
L3 Cache RAM
Information only.
Size of the
Processor L3 Cache.
Processor Version
Information only.
ID string
from the Processor.
Current QPI Link Speed
Information only.
Current
speed that the QPI Link is
using.
QPI Link Frequency
Information only.
Current
frequency that the QPI Link is
using.
Intel
®
Turbo Boost
Technology
Enabled
Disabled
Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology allows the
processor to automatically increase its
frequency if it is running below power,
temperature, and current specifications.
This option is only visible if all
processor in the system
support Intel
®
Turbo Boost
Technology.
Enhanced Intel
SpeedStep
®
Technology
Enabled
Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
®
Technology
allows the system to dynamically adjust
processor voltage and core frequency, which
can result in decreased average power
consumption and decreased average heat
production.
Contact your OS vendor regarding OS
support of this feature.
Intel
®
Hyper-Threading
Technology
Enabled
Disabled
Intel
®
HT Technology allows multithreaded
software applications to execute threads in
parallel within the processor.
Contact your OS vendor regarding OS
support of this feature.
Core Multi-Processing
All
1
2
Enable 1, 2 or All cores of installed
processor packages.
Execute Disable Bit
Enabled
Disabled
Execute Disable Bit can help prevent certain
classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks.
Contact your OS vendor regarding OS
support of this feature.
Intel
®
Virtualization
Technology
Enabled
Disabled
Intel
®
Virtualization Technology allows a
platform to run multiple operating systems
and applications in independent partitions.
Note
: A change to this option requires the
system to be powered off and then back on
before the setting takes effect.
Intel
®
Virtualization
Technology for Directed
I/O
Enabled
Disabled
Enable/Disable Intel
®
Virtualization
Technology for Directed I/O.
Report the I/O device assignment to VMM
through DMAR ACPI Tables
Pass-through DMA
Support
Enabled
Disabled
Enable/Disable Intel
®
VT-d Pass-through
DMA support.
Only visible when Intel
®
Virtualization Technology for
Directed I/O is enabled.
Hardware Prefetcher
Enabled
Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher is a speculative
prefetch unit within the processor(s).
Note
: Modifying this setting may affect
system performance.