Dell XPS 17 9730 Service Manual page 58

Table 16. System setup options—Pre-Boot Behavior menu (continued)
Pre-Boot Behavior
MAC Address Pass-Through
MAC Address Pass-Through
Sign of Life
Early Logo Display
Early Keyboard Backlight
Table 17. System setup options—Virtualization menu
Virtualization
Intel Virtualization Technology
Enable Intel Virtualization Technology
(VT)
VT for Direct I/O
Enable Intel VT for Direct I/O
Intel Trusted Execution Technology
(TXT)
Enable Intel Trusted Execution
Technology (TXT)
DMA Protection
Enable Pre-Boot DMA Support
Enable OS Kernel DMA Support
Table 18. System setup options—Performance menu
Performance
Multi-Core Support
Active Cores
Intel SpeedStep
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By default, 0 seconds is selected.
Replaces the external NIC MAC address (in a supported dock or dongle) with
the selected MAC address from the computer.
By default, System Unique MAC Address is selected.
Displays Logo Sign of Life.
Default: ON
Displays Keyboard Backlight Sign of Life.
Default: ON
Enables or disables the computer to run a virtual machine monitor (VMM).
Default: ON
Enables or disables the computer to perform Virtualization Technology for
Direct I/O (VT-d). VT-d is an Intel method that provides virtualization for
memory map I/O.
Default: ON
Controls whether a Measured Virtual Machine Monitor (MVMM) can use the
additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel Trusted Execution Technology.
Default: OFF
Controls Pre-Boot DMA protection for both Internal and External ports.
Default: ON
Controls Kernel DMA protection for both Internal and External ports. This
setting does not directly enable DMA protection in the OS.
Default: ON
Changes the number of CPU cores available to the operating system. The
default value is set to the maximum number of cores.
By default, All Cores is selected.