Memory Settings Screen; Processor Settings Screen - Dell PowerEdge M620 Owner's Manual

Memory Settings Screen

Menu Item Description
System Memory Size Displays the amount of memory installed in the system.
System Memory Type Displays the type of memory installed in the system.
System Memory Displays the system memory speed.
Speed
System Memory Displays the system memory voltage.
Voltage
Video Memory Displays the amount of video memory.
System Memory Specifies whether system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and
Testing Disabled. By default, the System Memory Testing option is set to Disabled.
Memory Operating Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available depending on the memory
Mode configuration of your system are Optimizer Mode, Advanced ECC Mode, Mirror Mode, Spare
Mode, Spare with Advanced ECC Mode, and Dell Fault Resilient Mode. By default, the Memory
Operating Mode option is set to Optimizer Mode.
Node Interleaving If this field is Enabled, memory interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is
installed. If Disabled, the system supports Non-Uniform Memory architecture (NUMA)
(asymmetric) memory configurations. By default, Node Interleaving option is set to Disabled.

Processor Settings Screen

Menu Item Description
Logical Processor Allows you to enable or disable logical processors and display the number of logical
processors. If the Logical Processor option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical
processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS only displays one logical processor per
core. By default, the Logical Processor option is set to Enabled.
QPI Speed Allows you to set the QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings. By default, the QPI Speed
option is set to Maximum data rate.
Alternate RTID Allows you to allocate more RTIDs to the remote socket increasing cache performance
(Requestor between the sockets or work in normal mode for NUMA. By default, the Alternate RTID
Transaction ID) (Requestor Transaction ID) Setting is set to Disabled.
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NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode can have different defaults and available options
based on the memory configuration.
NOTE: The Dell Fault Resilient Mode establishes an area of memory that is fault resilient.
This mode can be used by an operating system that supports the feature to load critical
applications or enables the operating system kernel to maximize system availability.
NOTE: The QPI Speed option is displayed only when both the processors are installed.