Processor Settings - Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation And Service Manual

Option Description
Memory Operating Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Single Rank Spare Mode, Multi
Mode Rank Spare Mode, and Mirror Mode. This option is set to Optimizer Mode by default.
Current State of Specifies the current state of the memory operating mode.
Memory Operating
Mode
Node Interleaving 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.
Snoop Mode 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.
Opportunistic Self- Enables or disables opportunistic self-refresh feature. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Refresh
Persistent Memory This field controls Persistent Memory on the system.

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:
1 Turn on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
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.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.
Processor Settings details
The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description
Logical Processor
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.
CPU Interconnect Enables you to govern the frequency of the communication links among the CPUs in the system.
Speed
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Pre-operating system management applications
NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have different default and available options based on
the memory configuration of your system.
NOTE: The standard and basic bin processors support lower link frequencies.