Dell PowerEdge M420 Important Information Manual page 2

New System Features With Opteron 6200 Series
Processors
• The processor frequency drops to 500 MHz when the system is idle to reduce
power consumption.
• Application Power Management — The Thermal Design Power (TDP) of the
processor denotes its power consumption. This feature optimizes system
power consumption.
• Performance Monitoring Counters — The Northbridge P-States (performance
states) allows more users to access the performance monitor counters at the
same time. This feature reduces power consumption and optimizes
performance within the specified TDP.
• Low Voltage Memory Modules (DDR3L DIMMs) — The Opteron 6200 series
processors support DDR3L DIMMs at a lower operating voltage of 1.35 V.
NOTE:
configurations within allowable limits.
New BIOS Setup Options
Processor Settings Screen
Option
Number of Cores per Processor
(All default)
L2 Cache
L3 Cache
Core Performance Boost Mode
(Enabled default)
NOTE:
Also known as Turbo CORE.
BIOS setup options allow you to control frequency and voltage
Description
Allows you to control the number of enabled
cores (up to 16) in each processor.
Displays the level 2 cache size (up to 16 MB).
Displays the level 3 cache size (up to 16 MB).
NOTE:
Minimum partition size is 2 MB.
In this mode, workloads using a lesser number
of cores boost the exercised cores to higher
performance states.