Dell PowerEdge R830 Owner's Manual page 43

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.
Execute Disable Enables you to run the disable memory protection technology. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Logical Processor Enables you to improve the energy efficiency of a system. It uses the operating system core parking
Idling algorithm and parks some of the logical processors in the system which in turn allows the corresponding
processor cores to transition into a lower power idle state. This option can only be enabled if the operating
system supports it. It is set to Disabled 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
Related links
Processor Settings
Viewing Processor Settings
SATA Settings
You can use the SATA Settings screen to view the SATA settings of SATA devices and enable RAID on your system.
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.
NOTE: Depending on the number of CPUs, there may be up to four processors listed.
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.
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