Sata Settings Screen Details - Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

Option Description
DCU Streamer Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is
Prefetcher set to Enabled by default.
DCU IP Prefetcher Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) IP prefetcher. This option is set to
Enabled by default.
Configurable TDP Enables you to reconfigure the processor Thermal Design Power (TDP) levels
during POST based on the power and thermal delivery capabilities of the system.
TDP verifies the maximum heat the cooling system is required to dissipate. This
option is set to Nominal by default.
X2Apic Mode Enables or disables the X2Apic mode.
Dell Controlled Controls the turbo engagement. Enable this option only when System Profile is set
Turbo to Performance.
Number of Cores Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. This option is set to All
per Processor by default.
Processor 64-bit Specifies if the processor(s) support 64-bit extensions.
Support
Processor Core Displays the maximum core frequency of the processor.
Speed
Processor 1
The following settings are displayed for each processor installed in the system:
Option
Brand
Level 2 Cache
Level 3 Cache
Number of Cores

SATA Settings screen details

You can use the SATA Settings screen to view the SATA settings of SATA devices and enable RAID on
your system.
To view the SATA Settings screen, click System Setup Main Menu → System BIOS → SATA Settings.
The SATA Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description
Embedded SATA Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to Off, AHCI, or RAID modes. This
option is set to AHCI by default.
Security Freeze Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the Embedded SATA drives during POST.
Lock This option is applicable only for AHCI mode.
NOTE: This option is only available on certain stock keeping units (SKUs) of the
processors.
NOTE: Depending on the number of installed CPUs, there may be up to four
processor listings.
Description
Displays the brand name.
Displays the total L2 cache.
Displays the total L3 cache.
Displays the number of cores per processor.
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