Dell E28S Series Owner's Manual page 68

Pre-operating system management applications
Node Interleaving
Snoop Mode
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:
Procedure
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.
Processor Settings details
About this task
The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Logical Processor
QPI Speed
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Enables you to control QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings.