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Processor settings screen – Dell PowerVault DR4100 User Manual

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Menu Item

Description

Video Memory

Displays the amount of video memory.

System Memory
Testing

Specifies whether system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and
Disabled. By default, the System Memory Testing option is set to Disabled.

Memory Operating
Mode

Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available depending on the memory
configuration of your system are Optimizer Mode, Advanced ECC Mode, Mirror Mode, Spare
Mode, and Spare with Advanced ECC Mode. By default, the Memory Operating Mode option is
set to Optimizer Mode.

NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode can have different defaults and available options
based on the memory configuration.

Node Interleaving

If this field is Enabled, memory interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is
installed. If Disabled, the system supports asymmetric Non-Uniform Memory Architecture
(NUMA) memory configurations. By default, Node Interleaving option is set to Disabled.

Serial Debug Output

By default, it is set to disabled.

Processor Settings Screen

Menu Item

Description

Logical Processor

Allows you to enable or disable logical processors and display the number of logical
processors. If the Logical Processor option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical
processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS only displays one logical processor per
core. By default, the Logical Processor option is set to Enabled.

QPI Speed

Allows you to set the QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings. By default, the QPI Speed
option is set to Maximum data rate.

NOTE: The QPI speed option displays only when both the processors are installed.

Alternate RTID
(Requestor
Transaction ID)
Setting

Allows you to allocate more RTIDs to the remote socket increasing cache performance
between the sockets or work in normal mode for NUMA. By default, the Alternate RTID
(Requestor Transaction ID) Setting is set to Disabled.

Virtualization
Technology

Allows you to enable or disable the additional hardware capabilities provided for virtualization.
By default, the Virtualization Technology option is set to Enabled.

Adjacent Cache Line
Prefetch

Allows you to optimize the system for applications that require high utilization of sequential
memory access. By default, the Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch option is set to Enabled. You can
disable this option for applications that require high utilization of random memory access.

Hardware Prefetcher Allows you to enable or disable hardware prefetcher. By default, the Hardware Prefetcher

option is set to Enabled.

DCU Streamer
Prefetcher

Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit streamer prefetcher. By default, the DCU
Streamer Prefetcher option is set to Enabled.

DCU IP Prefetcher

Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit IP prefetcher. By default, the DCU IP
Prefetcher option is set to Enabled.

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