Cpu Information Screen; Integrated Devices Screen - Dell PowerVault 500 Owner's Manual

Option Description
System Memory Size Displays the amount of system memory.
System Memory Displays the type of system memory.
Type
System Memory Displays the system memory speed.
Speed
Video Memory Displays the amount of video memory.
System Memory Specifies whether system memory tests are run at system boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled.
Testing
Redundant Memory Enables or disables the redundant memory feature. When set to Spare Mode, the first rank of memory on each DIMM is reserved for
(Disabled default) memory sparing. See
Snoop Filter Enables or disables the snoop filter option.
(Disabled default)
Low Power Mode Enables or disables the low power mode of the memory. When set to Disabled, the memory runs at full speed. When set to Enabled,
(Disabled default) the memory runs at a reduced speed to conserve energy.
NOTE: On some systems and memory combinations, changing the value from Enabled to Disabled requires a cold reboot.

CPU Information Screen

Table 2-4 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the CPU Information screen.
Table 2-4. CPU Information Screen
Option Description
Bus Speed Displays the bus speed of the processors.
Logical Processor Displays when the processors support HyperThreading. Enabled permits all logical processors to be used by the operating system.
(Enabled default) Only the first logical processor of each processor installed in the system is used by the operating system if Disabled is selected.
Adjacent Cache Line Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory access. Disable this option for applications that require high use of random
Prefetch memory access.
(Enabled default)
Virtualization Displays when the processor(s) support Virtualization Technology. Enabled permits virtualization software to utilize Virtualization
Technology Technology functions incorporated in the processor design. This feature can only be used by software that supports Virtualization
Technology.
(Disabled default)
Hardware Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher.
Prefetcher
(Enabled default)
Demand-Based Enables or disables demand-based power management. When enabled, the CPU Performance State tables will be reported to the
Power Management operating system; when disabled, the CPU Performance State tables will not be reported to the operating system. If any of the CPUs
(Enabled default) do not support demand-based power management, the field will become read-only, and automatically set to Disabled.
Processor X ID Displays the family and model number of each processor. A submenu displays processor core speed, amount of level 2 cache, and
number of cores.

Integrated Devices Screen

Table 2-5 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the Integrated Devices screen.
Table 2-5. Integrated Devices Screen Options
Option Description
Integrated SAS Enables or disables the integrated SAS controller.
Controller
(Enabled default)
Embedded SATA (Off Allows the integrated SATA controller to be set to Off or ATA Mode.
default)
IDE CD-ROM Controller Enables the integrated IDE controller. When set to Auto, each channel of the integrated IDE controller is enabled if IDE devices
(Auto default) are attached to the channel and the external IDE controller is not detected.
NOTE:
User Accessible USB Enables or disables the system's user accessible USB ports. Options are All Ports On, Only Back Ports On, and All Ports Off.
Ports
(All Ports On default)
Internal USB Port (On Enables or disables the system's internal USB port. This option is active only when User Accessible USB ports is set to All Ports
Memory Sparing Support. Redundant memory feature is disabled if the Node Interleaving field is enabled.
This CD-ROM option will not appear on this menu screen if your system does not include this optional device.