Advanced Power Management Configuration - Supermicro X10DRT-L User Manual

X10DRT-L/LIBQ/LIBF Motherboard User's Manual
X2APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller)
Based on Intel's Hyper-Threading architecture, each logical processor (thread) is
assigned 256 APIC IDs (APIDs) in 8-bit bandwidth. When this feature is set to En-
able, the APIC ID will be expanded (X2) from 8 bits to 16 bits to provide 512 APIDs
to each thread to enhance CPU performance. The options are Disable and Enable.
AES-NI
Select Enable to use the Intel Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) New Instruc-
tions (NI) to ensure data security. The options are Enable and Disable.
Intel Virtualization Technology
Select Enable to use Intel Virtualization Technology support for Direct I/O VT-d sup-
port by reporting the I/O device assignments to the VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor)
through the DMAR ACPI tables. This feature offers fully-protected I/O resource
sharing across Intel platforms, providing greater reliability, security and availability
in networking and data-sharing. The options are Enable and Disable.

Advanced Power Management Configuration

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Advanced Power Management Configuration
Power Technology
Select Energy Efficient to support power-saving mode. Select Custom to custom-
ize system power settings. Select Disabled to disable power-saving settings. The
options are Disable, Energy Efficient, and Custom.
Energy Performance Tuning
When enabled, this item selects whether the BIOS or Operating System can turn on
the energy performance bias tuning. The options are Enable and Disable.
Energy Performance BIAS Setting.
This feature allows balancing Power Efficiency vs Performance. This will override
whatever setting is in the Operating System. The options are Performance, Bal-
anced Performance, Balanced Power, and Power.
Energy Efficient Turbo
Use this item to configure the frequency of the processor to be energy efficient.
Select Enable to maximize performance. The options are Enable and Disable.
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