System Bios Settings; Fan Speed Settings In Bios; Processor Settings In Bios - Seagate ST1100FR0000 User Manual

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After a system restart, prior to booting the operating system, enter the system BIOS setup to verify several important
settings. Note that each BIOS often has its own nomenclature for these settings, so the exact wording of the configuration
parameters may not match the examples. Not all BIOS's will have all of these options.
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If your system has BIOS settings for configuring system fan speeds, select options that maximize the airflow.
On HP systems: BIOS -> Advanced Options -> Thermal Configuration -> Increased/Maximum Cooling
On Dell systems: System Settings -> iDRAC Settings -> Thermal
• Maximum Performance
• Fan Speed Offset
• High Fan Speed Offset
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The following settings are often found under the "Advanced: Processor/Chipset Control" BIOS menus.
Disable the following optional settings:
• Processor Performance States / C States / C-State Tech / EIST
• C1E States / C1 Enhanced States
• (Link) Active State Power Management
Enable the following on Intel
• Hyperthreading / Logical Processors
• Turbo Mode
Finally, if there are performance profiles (System Power Modes) available, set them to "Maximum Performance."
Intel has identified an issue in Xeon E5-2600 series processors that may result in severe
drops of PCIe and X8 Accelerator bandwidth when running workloads that have low CPU
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consumption. To avoid this issue, C2 and C1E processor power states must be disabled.
For details, please see Erratum BT160 in the document at the URL below:
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/xeon-e5-family-spec-update.pdf
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