Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation And Service Manual page 44

Option Description
System Memory Specifies whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled. This
Testing option is set to Disabled by default.
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 this field is set to Disabled, the system
supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory configurations. This option is set to Disabled by default.
ADDDC Setting Enables or disables ADDDC Setting feature. When Adaptive Double DRAM Device Correction (ADDDC) is enabled,
failing DRAM's are dynamically mapped out. When set to Enabled it can have some impact to system performance
under certain workloads. This feature is applicable for x4 DIMMs only. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Opportunistic Self- Enables or disables opportunistic self-refresh feature. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Refresh
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, logical processor idling.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Power 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 processors in the system.
Speed
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NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have different default and available options depending
on the memory configuration of your system.
NOTE: The standard and basic bin processors support lower link frequencies.