Sata Settings Details - Dell PowerEdge R330 Owner's Manual

Option Description
Hardware Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Prefetcher
DCU Streamer Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by
Prefetcher 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
needed 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 to Performance.
Turbo
Number of Cores Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. This option is set to All by default.
per Processor
Processor 64-bit Specifies if the processor(s) support 64-bit extensions.
Support
Processor Core Specifies the maximum core frequency of the processor.
Speed
Processor 1
The following settings are displayed for each processor installed in the system:
Option
Family-Model-
Stepping
Brand
Level 2 Cache
Level 3 Cache
Number of Cores

SATA Settings details

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. This option is applicable
Lock only for AHCI mode.
Write Cache Enables or disables the command for Embedded SATA drives during POST.
Port A
For AHCI or RAID mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
Option
Model
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
Specifies the family, model, and stepping of the processor as defined by Intel.
Specifies the brand name.
Specifies the total L2 cache.
Specifies the total L3 cache.
Specifies the number of cores per processor.
Description
Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
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