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Select this choice to view or change the memory settings. To configure
memory mirroring, select System Settings → Memory → Memory Mode →
Mirrored.
– Devices and I/O Ports
Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and
input/output (I/O) ports. You can configure the serial ports; configure remote
console redirection; enable or disable integrated Ethernet controllers, the
SAS/SATA adapter, SATA optical drive channels, and PCI slots; and view the
system Ethernet MAC addresses. If you disable a device, it cannot be
configured, and the operating system will not be able to detect it (this is
equivalent to disconnecting the device).
– Power
Select this choice to view or change power capping to control consumption,
processors, and performance states.
- Active Energy Manager
Select this choice to enable or disable power capping. If you enable power
capping, the Active Energy Manager program will limit the maximum
power that is consumed by the server.
Note: It is available only when System Settings → Processors → Processor
Performance States is enabled.
- Power/Performance Bias
Select this choice to determine how the power management of the
microprocessor is controlled. You can choose either Platform Controlled
(system) or OS Controlled (operating system) to control the setting. Not all
operating systems support this feature.
- Platform Controlled Type
Select this choice to determine how to balance between performance and
power consumption. Choosing Maximum Performance will disable power
management functions and allow the most aggressive use of turbo.
Choosing Minimal Power will maximizes the use of power management
features for least power consumption and disable turbo.
Note: It is available only when System Settings → Power →
Power/Performance Bias → Platform Controlled is enabled.
- Workload Configuration
Select this choice to determine how to balance between I/O bandwidth and
balanced workload. Choosing I/O sensitive will get higher I/O bandwidth
while expansion cards are used. Choosing Balanced will allow enough
frequency for workload while the microprocessor cores are idle.
– Operating Modes
Select this choice to view or change the operating profile (performance and
power utilization). This choice specify a preset operating mode to configure
the server for maximum power savings, maximum efficiency, and maximum
performance.
- Choose Operating Mode
Select the operating mode based on your preference. Power savings and
performance are also highly dependent on hardware and software running
on the system. When a present mode is selected, the low-level settings are
not changeable and will be grayed out.
- Memory Speed
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