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SBI-7428R-C3 Blade Module User's Manual
Table 6-3. Boot Feature Submenu (Continued)
Menu Option
Wait for 'F1' If Error
Interrupt 19 Capture
Watch Dog Function
Power Button Function
Restore on AC Power Loss
Menu Option
CPU Information
Clock Spread Spectrum
Hyper-threading (ALL)
Cores Enabled
Execute Disable Bit
PPIN Control
Hardware Prefetcher
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
Description
When enabled, the system will wait for the F1 key to be pressed if an
error occurs. Options are Enabled or Disabled.
When enabled this setting allows option ROMs to trap Interrup 19.
Options include Immediate or Postponed.
This setting allows the system to restart when it is not active more
than 5 minutes. Option include Enabled and Disabled.
This setting specifies the power button's function when pressed.
Option include 4 Seconds Override or Instant Off.
This setting specifies what the system will do when power is restored
after an AC power loss to the system. Options include Stay Off
(system power remains off after power loss), Power-On (system
power turns on after power loss) or Last State (allows the system to
resume its last state before the power loss).
Table 6-4. CPU Configuration Submenu
Description
CPU Information is statically shown here for both processors in your
system.
This setting enables or disables spread spectrum modulation.
Options are Enabled and Disabled.
This setting is Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized for
Hyper-threading technology), and Disabled for other OSes (any OS
not optimized for Hyper-threading techology). When Disabled, only
one thread per enabled core is enabled.
Use this setting to specify the CPU cores to enable for your system.
This is specified by a number from 0 to 12. Specifying "0" means all
cores are enabled. 12 cores are available.
XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks
when combined with a supporting OS such as Windows Server 2003
SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2 or RedHat Enterprise 3
Update 3. Options include Enabled or Disabled.
Use this setting to unlock and enable/disable PPIN control. Options
include Unlock/Disable and Unlock/Enable.
If set to Enabled, the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of
data and instructions from the main memory to the L2 cache in the
forward or backward manner to improve CPU performance. Options
are Enabled and Disabled.
For UP platforms leave it enabled. for DP/MP servers, this setting
may be used to tune performance to the specific application.
The CPU fetches the cache line for 64-bytes if this option is set to
Disabled. The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128-bytes as
comprised if Enabled.
For UP platforms leave it enabled. for DP/MP servers, this setting
may be used to tune performance to the specific application.
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