Supermicro Supero X8DTH-6F User Manual page 83

synchronizing multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing the de-
pendency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc-
tion embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace
the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
NUMA Support
Select Enabled to enable Non-Uniform Memory Access support for an "NUMA-
Aware" OS to improve CPU performance. Select Disabled to provide better memory
access for an "non-NUMA" OS. Select NUMA for SLES 11 for better CPU perfor-
mance on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. The options are Enabled, Disabled
and NUMA for SLES11.
WHEA Support
Select Enabled to enable Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) support
which will provide a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware
errors on Windows platforms in order to reduce system crashes due to hardware
errors and to enhance system recovery and health monitoring. The default setting
is Enabled.
Trusted Computing (Available when a TPM device is
detected)
TCG/TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Support
Select Yes on this item and enable the TPM jumper on the motherboard to enable
TCG (TPM 1.1/1.2)/TPM support in order to improve data integrity and network
security. The options are No and Yes. If this feature is set to Yes, the following
items will display:
Indicate Physical
Select Yes for a TPM device to be detected by the system at each system boot.
The options are Yes and No.
TPM Deactivated
Select Set to activate a TPM device at bootup. Select Clear to deactivate a TPM
device. The options are Set, Clear and Don't Change.
TPM Owner
Select Enable Install to set up a TPM ownership. Select Clear to void a TPM
ownership. Select Disable Install to disable TPM ownership setup support. The
options are Don't Change, Enable Install, Disable Install and Clear.
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