Introduction to Intersight Managed Mode Server Bios Tokens

Introduction to Intersight Managed Mode Server BIOS Tokens

Intersight Managed Mode provides two methods for making global modifications to the BIOS settings on servers in Cisco UCS domain. You can create one or more BIOS policies that include a specific grouping of BIOS settings that match the needs of a server or set of servers, or you can use the Cisco provided predefined BIOS policy settings which are optimized for particular server platforms and use cases.

Both the BIOS policy and the default BIOS settings for a server platform enables you to fine tune the BIOS settings for a server managed by IMM.

Depending on the specific workload requirements of a data center such as CPU-intensive, I/O-intensive, or energy-efficient operations and so on, Cisco provides optimized, ready-to-use BIOS token configurations. These configurations are designed to streamline policy deployment and enhance system performance by aligning BIOS settings with workload demands. Additionally, custom policies can be created to meet unique requirements.

Cisco Intersight Managed Mode supports the following M5, M6, M7, and M8 servers:

  • Cisco UCS C220 M8, Cisco UCS C240 M8, Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node


    Note


    This platform is supported from 4.3(6a) onwards.


  • Cisco UCS C225 M8 and Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node


    Note


    This platform is supported from 4.3(5a) onwards.


  • Cisco UCS C245 M8

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5


Note


The Version column in the table denotes the minimum firmware version where the BIOS token is supported and its consecutive version support.



Note


For tokens having long value description, the Values column can be seen blank. In this case, you can scroll down the column to see their values.



Note


All tokens also include a 'Platform default' option. The Platform default is identified by the setting in bold font. The BIOS uses the value for this attribute contained in the BIOS defaults for the server type and vendor.


What's New


Note


This document includes BIOS token information starting from 4.3(3a) and continue to cover all subsequent versions. It does not cover any versions prior to 4.3(3a).


Table 1. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 6.0(1.250229)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

GPU Direct CPU1

X210 M8, X410 M8

New

GPU Direct CPU2

X210 M8, X410 M8

New

GPU Direct CPU3

X410 M8

New

GPU Direct CPU4

X410 M8

New

Table 2. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 6.0(1a.0)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

Uncore Frequency Scaling

XE1X0M8

New

Uncore Frequency Scaling IO

XE1X0M8

New

C1 Auto Demotion

XE1X0M8

New

C1 Auto UnDemotion

XE1X0M8

New

Partial Mirror percentage

XE1X0M8

New

PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionROM

XE1X0M8

New

PCIe Slots CDN Control

XE1X0M8

New

PCIe Slot n Link Speed

XE1X0M8

New

PCIe Slot n Option ROM

XE1X0M8

New

PCIe RAS Support

XE1X0M8

New

Power ON Password

XE1X0M8

New

Multikey Total Memory Encryption (MK-TME)

XE1X0M8

New

Total Memory Encryption (TME)

XE1X0M8

New

SGX Auto MP Registration Agent

XE1X0M8

New

SGX QoS

XE1X0M8

New

SGX Write Enable

XE1X0M8

New

Sgx-Epoch

XE1X0M8

New

SProcessor Epoch 0

XE1X0M8

New

SProcessor Epoch 1

XE1X0M8

New

SGX PubKey Hashn

XE1X0M8

New

UMA

XE1X0M8

New

NUMA

XE1X0M8

New

Virtual Numa

XE1X0M8

New

LLC Dead Line

XE1X0M8

New

IPV6 HTTP Support

XE1X0M8

New

IPV4 HTTP Support

XE1X0M8

New

DMA Control Opt-In Flag

XE1X0M8

New

Error Check Scrub

XE1X0M8

New

PRMRR Size

XE1X0M8

New

Core Multi Processing

XE1X0M8

New

Select Owner EPOCH Input Type

XE1X0M8

New

IPV4 PXE Support

XE1X0M8

New

IPV6 PXE Support

XE1X0M8

New

Network Stack

XE1X0M8

New

Consistent Device Naming (CDN) Control

XE1X0M8

New

Enhanced Memory Test

XE1X0M8

New

BME DMA Mitigation

XE1X0M8

New

MMIO High Granularity Size

XE1X0M8

New

MMIO High Base

XE1X0M8

New

Select Memory RAS Configuration

XE1X0M8

New

Memory mapped IO above 4GB

XE1X0M8

New

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher

XE1X0M8

New

DFX OSB

XE1X0M8

New

Processor CMCI

XE1X0M8

New

Configurable TDP Level

XE1X0M8

New

Energy Performance

XE1X0M8

New

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tech

XE1X0M8

New

Processor EPP Profile

XE1X0M8

New

IOAT Configuration

XE1X0M8

New

Hardware Prefetcher

XE1X0M8

New

CPU Hardware Power Management

XE1X0M8

New

Intel Dynamic Speed Select

XE1X0M8

New

Intel HyperThreading Tech

XE1X0M8

New

Intel Turbo Boost Tech

XE1X0M8

New

Intel Speed Select

XE1X0M8

New

Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support

XE1X0M8

New

Intel(R) VT

XE1X0M8

New

DCU IP Prefetcher

XE1X0M8

New

KTI Prefetch

XE1X0M8

New

LLC Prefetch

XE1X0M8

New

XPT Prefetch

XE1X0M8

New

XPT Remote Prefetch

XE1X0M8

New

DCU Streamer Prefetch

XE1X0M8

New

Package C State

XE1X0M8

New

Patrol Scrub Configuration

XE1X0M8

New

Processor C1E

XE1X0M8

New

Processor C6 Report

XE1X0M8

New

EIST PSD Function

XE1X0M8

New

Sub Numa Clustering

XE1X0M8

New

Workload Configuration

XE1X0M8

New

USB Port Front

XE1X0M8

New

USB Port KVM

XE1X0M8

New

USB Port:M.2 Storage

XE1X0M8

New

Sha-1

XE1X0M8

New

Sha256

XE1X0M8

New

Sha384

XE1X0M8

New

Trusted Platform Module State

XE1X0M8

New

Trust Domain Extension

XE1X0M8

New

TDX Secure Arbitration Mode (SEAM) Loader

XE1X0M8

New

TPM Pending Operation

XE1X0M8

New

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

XE1X0M8

New

Front NVME n Link Speed

XE1X0M8

New

Front NVME n Option rom

XE1X0M8

New

Baud Rate

XE1X0M8

New

CDN Control

XE1X0M8

New

Adaptive Memory Training

XE1X0M8

New

Adaptive Refresh Management Level

XE1X0M8

New

BIOS Techlog Level

XE1X0M8

New

OptionROM Launch Optimization

XE1X0M8

New

Console Redirection

XE1X0M8

New

Flow Control

XE1X0M8

New

FRB 2 Timer

XE1X0M8

New

OS Boot Watchdog Timer Policy

XE1X0M8

New

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

XE1X0M8

New

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

XE1X0M8

New

Terminal Type

XE1X0M8

New

Boot Performance Mode

XE1X0M8

New

Select PPR Type

XE1X0M8

New

Memory Thermal Throttling Mode

XE1X0M8

New

Memory Size Limit in GB

XE1X0M8

New

QPI Link Frequency Select

XE1X0M8

New

IIO eDPC Support

XE1X0M8

New

P STATE Coordination

XE1X0M8

New

SGX Factory Reset

XE1X0M8

New

SGX Package Information In-Band Access

XE1X0M8

New

Security Device Support

XE1X0M8

New

LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bits

XE1X0M8

New

Turbo Mode

XE1X0M8

New

Power Performance Tuning

XE1X0M8

New

CDN Support for LOM

XE1X0M8

New

Software Guard Extensions (SGX)

XE1X0M8

New

NUMA Optimized

XE1X0M8

New

Above 4G Decoding

XE1X0M8

New

Cores Enabled

XE1X0M8

New

Latency Optimized Mode

XE1X0M8

New

Runtime Post Package Repair

XE1X0M8

New

ACPI SRAT Special Purpose Memory Flag

XE1X0M8

New

UEFI Memory Map Special Purpose Memory Flag

XE1X0M8

New

Energy Efficient Turbo

XE1X0M8

New

Rank Margin Tool

XE1X0M8

New

Re-Size BAR Support

XE1X0M8

New

PreBoot DMA Protection

XE1X0M8

New

CPU Performance

XE1X0M8

New

Security Device Support

XE1X0M8

New

Table 3. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 6.0(1b)/6.0(1.250120)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

IIO eDPC Support

X210c M8, X210c M7, X410c M7

New

CDN Support for LOM

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8, X210c M7, X410c M7

Changed

Note

 
Support for the bios discontinued.
Table 4. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(6c)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

IIO eDPC Support

C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8

New

Sub NUMA Clustering

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

Changed

Table 5. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(6a)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

Latency Optimized Mode

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

PreBoot DMA Protection

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Runtime Post Package Repair

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

MLOM OptionROM

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

MLOM Link Speed

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

Rear NVME n Link Speed

C240 M8

New

Rear NVME n OptionROM

C240 M8

New

PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionROM

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

PCIe Slots CDN Control

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

Power ON Password

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

VGA Priority

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

USB Port Rear

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

USB Port Front

X210c M8, X41c0 M8

New

Multikey Total Memory Encryption (MK-TME)

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Total Memory Encryption (TME)

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

SGX QoS

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Select Owner EPOCH Input Type

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

SGX Write Enable

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

SGX Auto MP Registration Agent

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Sgx-Epoch

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

SProcessor Epoch 1

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

SGX PubKey Hashn

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

UMA

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

NUMA Optimized

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

UPI Link Enablement

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

UPI Power Manangement

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

LLC Dead Line

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Enhanced CPU Performance

C240 M8, X210c M8

New

IPV6 HTTP Support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

IPV4 HTTP Support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

DMA Control Opt-In Flag

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Error Check Scrub

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

PRMRR Size

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

UEFI Memory Map Special Purpose Memory Flag

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

ACPI SRAT Special Purpose Memory Flag

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210 M8

New

Re-Size BAR Support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Core Multi Processing

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Select Owner EPOCH Input Type

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

VMD Enablement

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

IPV4 PXE Support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

IPV6 PXE Support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Network Stack

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

MRAIDn Link Speed

C240 M8

New

MRAID n OptionROM

C240 M8

New

MRAID Option ROM

C220 M8

New

MRAID Link Speed

C220 M8

New

Consistent Device Naming (CDN) Control

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Enhanced Memory Test

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

BME DMA Mitigation

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

MMIO High Granularity Size

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

MMIO High Base

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Partial Mirror percentage

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Memory RAS Configuration

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Memory mapped IO above 4GB

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

PRMRR Size

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

DFX OSB

X210c M8

New

Processor CMCI

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Configurable TDP Level

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Energy Performance

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tech

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Processor EPP Profile

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

IOAT Configuration

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Hardware Prefetcher

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

CPU Hardware Power Management

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Intel Dynamic Speed Select

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Intel HyperThreading Tech

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Intel Turbo Boost Tech

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Intel(R) VT

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

DCU IP Prefetcher

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

KTI Prefetch

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

LLC Prefetch

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Package C State

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Patrol Scrub Configuration

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Processor C1E

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Processor C6 Report

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

P STATE Coordination

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

UPI Link Speed

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Sub Numa Clustering

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Uncore Frequency Scaling

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Workload Configuration

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

XPT Prefetch

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210 M8

New

Intel Speed Select

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

USB Port KVM

X210c M8

New

USB Port:M.2 Storage

X210 M8

New

Sha-1

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

Sha256

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Sha384

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Trusted Platform Module State

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Trust Domain Extension

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

TDX Secure Arbitration Mode (SEAM) Loader

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

TPM Pending Operation

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Rear NVME nLink Speed

C240 M8

New

Rear NVME noption rom

C240 M8

New

Front NVME n Link Speed

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

Front NVME n ption rom

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

Baud Rate

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

CDN Control C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Adaptive Memory Training

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

BIOS Techlog Level

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

OptionROM Launch Optimization

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Console Redirection

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Flow Control

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

FRB 2 Timer

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

OS Boot Watchdog Timer Policy

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

OS Watchdog Timer

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Terminal Type

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

PCIe Slot:MLOM Link Speed

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

PCIe Slot n Link Speed

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

PCIe Slot n Option ROM

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

PCIe Slot:MLOM OptionROM

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

Boot Performance Mode

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Select PPR Type

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

PCIe RAS support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Memory Thermal Throttling Mode

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Memory Size Limit in GB

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

External SSC Enable

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

QPI Link Frequency Select

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

IIO eDPC Support

C220 M8, C240 M8

New

DCU Streamer Prefetch

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

P STATE Coordination

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

SGX Factory Reset

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

SGX Package Information In-Band Access

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Security Device Support

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bits

C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

New

Table 6. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(5c)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

UEFI Memory Map Special Purpose Memory Flag

C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7

New

ACPI SRAT Special Purpose Memory Flag

C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7 New
CCD Control C245 M8, C225 M8, X215c M8 Changed
Power Profile Selection F19h C245 M8, C225 M8, X215c M8 Changed
CPU Downcore control F19 M10h-1Fh C245 M8, C225 M8, X215c M8 Changed
Table 7. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(5a)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

PCIe Slot:MLOM Link Speed C225 M8 New
PCIe Slot:MLOM OptionROM C225 M8 New
PCIe Slot n OptionROM C225 M8 New
PCIe Slot MSTOR Link Speed C225 M8 New
PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionRO C225 M8 New
MRAID n Link Speed C225 M8 New
MRAID n OptionROM C225 M8 New
Front NVME n Link Speed C225 M8 New
Front NVME n OptionROM C225 M8 New
Rear NVME n Link Speed C225 M8 New
Rear NVME n OptionROM C225 M8 New
VGA Priority C225 M8 New
FRB 2 Timer C225 M8, X215c M8 New
OS Watchdog Timer Policy C225 M8, X215c M8 New
OS Watchdog Timer Timeout C225 M8, X215c M8 New
OS Watchdog Timer C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Flow Control C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Baud rate C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Terminal type C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Console redirection C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Security Device Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Trusted Platform Module State C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SHA-1 PCR Bank C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SHA256-PCR-Bank C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SHA384 PCR Bank C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Above 4G Decoding C225 M8, X215c M8 New
CDN Control C225 M8, X215c M8 New
PCIe Slots CDN Control C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Power ON Password C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Core Performance Boost C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Ln Stream HW Prefetcher C225 M8, X215c M8 New
NUMA Nodes per Socket C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Chipselect Interleaving C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Bank Group Swap C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Determinism Slider C225 M8, X215c M8 New
IPv4 PXE Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
IPV6 PXE Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
IOMMU C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SMT Mode C225 M8, X215c M8 New
CPU Downcore control F19 M10h-1Fh C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Downcore control F19 MA0h-AFh C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SR-IOV Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SMEE C225 M8, X215c M8 New
BIOS Techlog Level C225 M8, X215c M8 New
OptionROM Launch Optimization C225 M8, X215c M8 New
PCIe ARI Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Re-Size BAR Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
TSME C225 M8, X215c M8 New
IPv4 HTTP Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
IPv6 HTTP Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Network Stack C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SEV-SNP Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
CPPC C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Power Profile Selection F19h C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SNP Memory Coverage C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SNP Memory Size to Cover in MB C225 M8, X215c M8 New
BME DMA Mitigation C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Post Package Repair C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Runtime Post Package Repair C225 M8, X215c M8 New
APBDIS C225 M8, X215c M8 New
CCD Control C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Streaming Stores Control C225 M8, X215c M8 New
ACPI SRAT L3 Cache As NUMA Domain C225 M8, X215c M8 New
DF C-States C225 M8, X215c M8 New
SEV-ES ASID Space Limit C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Local APIC Mode C225 M8, X215c M8 New
DRAM Scrub Time C225 M8, X215c M8 New
PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support C225 M8, X215c M8 New
4-link xGMI max speed C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Memory Interleaving C225 M8, X215c M8 New
DF PState Frequency Optimizer C225 M8, X215c M8 New
AVX512 C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Power Down Enable C225 M8, X215c M8 New
xGMI Force Link Width C225 M8, X215c M8 New
Memory Refresh Rate C225 M8, X215c M8 New
TPM Pending Operation C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8 New
Enhanced Memory Test C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8 New
Enhanced CPU Performance C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8 New
Burst and Postponed Refresh C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8 New
Global C State Control C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8 Changed
Table 8. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(4b)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

DF PState Frequency Optimizer

C245 M8

New
AVX512

C245 M8

New
Power Down Enable

C245 M8

New
Fixed SOC P-State SP5 F19h

C245 M8

New
xGMI Force Link Width

C245 M8

New
4-link xGMI max speed

C245 M8

New
SEV-ES ASID Space Limit

C245 M8

New
Runtime Post Package Repair

C245 M8

New
Re-Size BAR Support

C245 M8

New
Power Profile Selection F19h

C245 M8

New
CPU Downcore control F19 M10h-1Fh

C245 M8

New

Downcore control F19 MA0h-AFh

C245 M8

New

CPPC

C245 M8

New

SMT Mode

C245 M8

New

SVM Mode

C245 M8

New

IPV4 HTTP Support

C245 M8

New

IPV6 HTTP Support

C245 M8

New

IPV4 PXE Support

C245 M8

New

IPV6 PXE Support

C245 M8

New

PCIe ARI Support

C245 M8

New

MRAID n Link Speed

C245 M8

New

MRAID n OptionROM

C245 M8

New

PCIe Slot MSTOR Link Speed

C245 M8

New

PCIe Slot n Link Speed

C245 M8

New

Front NVME n Link Speed

C245 M8

New

Front NVME n OptionROM

C245 M8

New

PCIe Slot:MLOM Link Speed

C245 M8

New

PCIe Slot:MLOM OptionROM

C245 M8

New

PCIe Slot n OptionROM

C245 M8

New

Rear NVME n Link Speed

C245 M8

New

Rear NVME n OptionROM

C245 M8

New

Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Support

C245 M8

New

PCIe Slots CDN Control

C245 M8

New

Consistent Device Naming

C245 M8

New

BME DMA Mitigation

C245 M8

New

Burst and Postponed Refresh

C245 M8

New

IOMMU

C245 M8

New

Bank Group Swap

C245 M8

New

Chipset Interleave

C245 M8

New

DRAM Scrub Time

C245 M8

New

Post Package Repair

C245 M8

New

SMEE

C245 M8

New

Memory Mapped IO above 4GB

C245 M8

New

VGA Priority

C245 M8

New

Core Performance Boost

C245 M8

New

Global C State Control

C245 M8

New

Ln Stream HW

C245 M8

New

Determinism Slider

C245 M8

New

Transparent Secure Memory Encryption

C245 M8

New

Burst and Postponed Refresh

C245 M8

New

APBDIS

C245 M8

New

Streaming Stores Control

C245 M8

New

DF C-States

C245 M8

New

CCD Control

C245 M8

New

ACPI SRAT L3 Cache As NUMA Domain

C245 M8

New

Local APIC Mode

C245 M8

New

PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support

C245 M8

New

SMT Mode

C245 M8

New

Baud Rate

C245 M8

New

BIOS Techlog Level

C245 M8

New

OptionROM Launch Optimization

C245 M8

New

Console Redirection

C245 M8

New

Flow Control

C245 M8

New

FRB-2 Timer

C245 M8

New

OS Boot Watchdog Timer

C245 M8

New

OS Boot Watchdog Timer Policy

C245 M8

New

OS Boot Watchdog Timer Timeout

C245 M8

New

Terminal Type

C245 M8

New

SHA-1 PCR Bank

C245 M8

New

SHA256 PCR Bank

C245 M8

New

SHA384 PCR Bank

C245 M8

New

Trusted Platform Module State

C245 M8

New

Security Device Support

C245 M8

New

Memory Interleaving

C245 M8

Changed

Dram Scrub Time

C245 M8

Changed

CCD Control

C245 M8

Changed

SEV-SNP Support

C245 M8

Changed

Memory Refresh Rate

C245 M8

Changed

Table 9. New/Changed/Deprecated BIOS Tokens for 4.3(4a)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

DFX OSB

X410c M7, X210c M7

New

SHA384 PCR Bank*

C225 M6, C245 M6, C220 M6, C240 M6, x210 M6, B200 M6

New

Local APIC Mode*

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

DRAM Scrub Time

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Memory Interleaving

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

EDC Control Throttle

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

DLWM Support

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Memory Clock Speed 7xx3 (AMD 3rd Gen CPU)

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Memory Clock Speed 7xx2 (AMD 2nd Gen CPU)

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

xGMI Link Configuration

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Preferred IO 7xx3 (AMD 3rd Gen CPU)

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Preferred IO 7xx2 (AMD 2nd Gen CPU)

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Core Watchdog Timer Enable

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Serial Mux

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Memory Refresh Rate

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Power Performance Tuning

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

PRMRR Size

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Changed

DCPMM Firmware Downgrade

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

CR QoS

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

NVM Performance Setting

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

CR FastGo Config

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

Snoopy mode for AD

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

Snoopy for 2LM

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

Volatile Memory Mode

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

eADR

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated

Memory Bandwidth Boost

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Deprecated


Note


SHA384 PCR Bank Bios token supports PID models UCS-TPM-002D and UCS-TPM-002D-D.



Note


For Local APIC Mode Bios token, Compatability values are not supported for AMD EPYC 7XX2 series.


Table 10. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(3c)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

MMIO High Granularity Size

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

MMIO High Base

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

IOAT Configuration

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

Table 11. New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(3a)

BIOS Token

Platform

New/Changed

Trust Domain Extension (TDX)

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

TDX Secure Arbitration Mode (SEAM) Loader

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

SHA384 PCR Bank

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

QpiLinkSpeed

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Changed

C1 Auto demotion

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Changed

C1 Auto UnDemotion

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Changed

For more information on BIOS tokens, see Cisco UCS Server BIOS Tokens in Intersight Managed Mode.