Reboot Host Immediately checkbox

Upon checking, reboots the host server immediately. You must check the checkbox after saving changes.

TPM Support

set TPMAdminCtrl

TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a microchip designed to provide basic security-related functions primarily involving encryption keys. This option allows you to control the TPM Security Device support for the system. It can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The server does not use the TPM.

• Enabled—The server uses the TPM.

Power ON Password Support drop-down

Save button

Saves the settings for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs and closes the dialog box.

If the Reboot Host Immediately check box is checked, the server is rebooted immediately and the new BIOS settings go into effect. Otherwise the changes are saved until the server is manually rebooted.

Reset button

Resets the values for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to the settings that were in effect when this dialog box was first opened.

Restore Defaults button

Sets the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to their default settings.

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

set IntelHyperThread

Whether the processor uses Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, which allows multithreaded software applications to execute threads in parallel within each processor. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not permit hyperthreading.

• Enabled—The processor allows for the parallel execution of multiple threads.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Number of Enabled Cores

set CoreMultiProcessing

Allows you to disable one or more of the physical cores on the server. This can be one of the following:

• All—Enables all physical cores. This also enables Hyper Threading on the associated logical processor cores.

• 1 through n—Specifies the number of physical processor cores that can run on the server. Each physical core has an associated logical core.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Execute Disable

set ExecuteDisable

Classifies memory areas on the server to specify where application code can execute. As a result of this classification, the processor disables code execution if a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer. This setting helps to prevent damage, worm propagation, and certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not classify memory areas.

• Enabled—The processor classifies memory areas.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Intel VT

set IntelVT

Whether the processor uses Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), which allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not permit virtualization.

• Enabled—The processor allows multiple operating systems in independent partitions.

Intel VT-d

set IntelVTD

Whether the processor uses Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not use virtualization technology.

• Enabled—The processor uses virtualization technology.

Intel VT-d Coherency Support

set CoherencySupport

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Coherency. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support coherency.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d Coherency as required.

Intel VT-d ATS Support

set ATS

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Address Translation Services (ATS). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support ATS.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d ATS as required.

CPU Performance

set CPUPerformance

Sets the CPU performance profile for the server. The performance profile consists of the following options:

• DCU Streamer Prefetcher

• DCU IP Prefetcher

• Hardware Prefetcher

• Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch

This can be one of the following:

• Enterprise—All options are enabled.

• High_Throughput—Only the DCU IP Prefetcher is enabled. The rest of the options are disabled.

• HPC—All options are enabled. This setting is also known as high performance computing.

• Custom—All performance profile options can be configured from the BIOS setup on the server. In addition, the Hardware Prefetcher and Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch options can be configured in the fields below.

Hardware Prefetcher

set HardwarePrefetch

Whether the processor allows the Intel hardware prefetcher to fetch streams of data and instruction from memory into the unified second-level cache when necessary. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The hardware prefetcher is not used.

• Enabled—The processor uses the hardware prefetcher when cache issues are detected.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher

set AdjacentCacheLinePrefetch

Whether the processor fetches cache lines in even/odd pairs instead of fetching just the required line. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor only fetches the required line.

• Enabled— The processor fetches both the required line and its paired line.

DCU Streamer Prefetch

set DcuStreamerPrefetch

Whether the processor uses the DCU IP Prefetch mechanism to analyze historical cache access patterns and preload the most relevant lines in the L1 cache. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not try to anticipate cache read requirements and only fetches explicitly requested lines.

• Enabled—The DCU prefetcher analyzes the cache read pattern and prefetches the next line in the cache if it determines that it may be needed.

DCU IP Prefetcher

set DcuIpPrefetch

Whether the processor uses the DCU IP Prefetch mechanism to analyze historical cache access patterns and preload the most relevant lines in the L1 cache. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not preload any cache data.

• Enabled—The DCU IP prefetcher preloads the L1 cache with the data it determines to be the most relevant.

Direct Cache Access Support

set DirectCacheAccess

Allows processors to increase I/O performance by placing data from I/O devices directly into the processor cache. This setting helps to reduce cache misses. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Data from I/O devices is not placed directly into the processor cache.

• Enabled—Data from I/O devices is placed directly into the processor cache.

Power Technology

set CPUPowerManagement

Enables you to configure the CPU power management settings for the following options:

• Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology

• Intel Turbo Boost Technology

• Processor Power State C6

Power Technology can be one of the following:

• Custom—The server uses the individual settings for the BIOS parameters mentioned above. You must select this option if you want to change any of these BIOS parameters.

• Disabled—The server does not perform any CPU power management and any settings for the BIOS parameters mentioned above are ignored.

• Energy_Efficient—The server determines the best settings for the BIOS parameters mentioned above and ignores the individual settings for these parameters.

Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology

set EnhancedIntelSpeedStep

Whether the processor uses Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, which allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency. This technology can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor never dynamically adjusts its voltage or frequency.

• Enabled—The processor utilizes Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and enables all supported processor sleep states to further conserve power.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Intel Turbo Boost Technology

set IntelTurboBoostTech

Whether the processor uses Intel Turbo Boost Technology, which allows the processor to automatically increase its frequency if it is running below power, temperature, or voltage specifications. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not increase its frequency automatically.

• Enabled—The processor utilizes Turbo Boost Technology if required.

Processor Power State C6

set ProcessorC6Report

Whether the BIOS sends the C6 report to the operating system. When the OS receives the report, it can transition the processor into the lower C6 power state to decrease energy usage while maintaining optimal processor performance. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The BIOS does not send the C6 report.

• Enabled—The BIOS sends the C6 report, allowing the OS to transition the processor to the C6 low power state.

Processor Power State C1 Enhanced

set ProcessorC1EReport

Whether the CPU transitions to its minimum frequency when entering the C1 state. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The CPU continues to run at its maximum frequency in C1 state.

• Enabled—The CPU transitions to its minimum frequency. This option saves the maximum amount of power in C1 state.

Frequency Floor Override

set CpuFreqFloor

Whether the CPU is allowed to drop below the maximum non-turbo frequency when idle. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— The CPU can drop below the maximum non-turbo frequency when idle. This option decreases power consumption but may reduce system performance.

• Enabled— The CPU cannot drop below the maximum non-turbo frequency when idle. This option improves system performance but may increase power consumption.

P-STATE Coordination

set PsdCoordType

Allows you to define how BIOS communicates the P-state support model to the operating system. There are 3 models as defined by the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification.

• HW_ALL—The processor hardware is responsible for coordinating the P-state among logical processors with dependencies (all logical processors in a package).

• SW_ALL—The OS Power Manager (OSPM) is responsible for coordinating the P-state among logical processors with dependencies (all logical processors in a physical package), and must initiate the transition on all of the logical processors.

• SW_ANY—The OS Power Manager (OSPM) is responsible for coordinating the P-state among logical processors with dependencies (all logical processors in a package), and may initiate the transition on any of the logical processors in the domain.

Energy Performance

set CpuEngPerfBias

Allows you to determine whether system performance or energy efficiency is more important on this server. This can be one of the following:

• Balanced_Energy

• Balanced_Performance

• Energy_Efficient

• Performance

Select Memory RAS

set SelectMemoryRAS

How the memory reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) is configured for the server. This can be one of the following:

• Maximum_Performance—System performance is optimized.

• Mirroring—System reliability is optimized by using half the system memory as backup.

• Lockstep—If the DIMM pairs in the server have an identical type, size, and organization and are populated across the SMI channels, you can enable lockstep mode to minimize memory access latency and provide better performance. This option offers better system performance than Mirroring and better reliability than Maximum Performance but lower reliability than Mirroring and lower system performance than Maximum Performance.

DRAM Clock Throttling

set DRAMClockThrottling

Allows you to tune the system settings between the memory bandwidth and power consumption. This can be one of the following:

• Balanced— DRAM clock throttling is reduced, providing a balance between performance and power.

• Performance—DRAM clock throttling is disabled, providing increased memory bandwidth at the cost of additional power.

• Energy_Efficient—DRAM clock throttling is increased to improve energy efficiency.

NUMA

set NUMAOptimize

Whether the BIOS supports Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The BIOS does not support NUMA.

• Enabled—The BIOS includes the ACPI tables that are required for NUMA-aware operating systems. If you enable this option, the system must disable Inter-Socket Memory interleaving on some platforms.

Low Voltage DDR Mode

set LvDDRMode

Whether the system prioritizes low voltage or high frequency memory operations. This can be one of the following:

• Power_Saving_Mode—The system prioritizes low voltage memory operations over high frequency memory operations. This mode may lower memory frequency in order to keep the voltage low.

• Performance_Mode—The system prioritizes high frequency operations over low voltage operations.

DRAM Refresh rate

set DramRefreshRate

Allows you to set the rate at which the DRAM cells are refreshed. This can be one of the following:

• 1x—DRAM cells are refreshed every 64ms.

• 2x—DRAM cells are refreshed every 32ms.

• 3x—DRAM cells are refreshed every 21ms.

• 4x—DRAM cells are refreshed every 16ms.

• Auto—DRAM cells refresh rate is automatically chosen by the BIOS based on the system configuration. This is the recommended setting for this parameter.

Channel Interleaving

set ChannelInterLeave

Whether the CPU divides memory blocks and spreads contiguous portions of data across interleaved channels to enable simultaneous read operations. This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines what interleaving is done.

• 1_Way—Some channel interleaving is used.

• 2_Way

• 3_Way

• 4_Way—The maximum amount of channel interleaving is used.

Rank Interleaving

set RankInterLeave

Whether the CPU interleaves physical ranks of memory so that one rank can be accessed while another is being refreshed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines what interleaving is done.

• 1_Way—Some rank interleaving is used.

• 2_Way

• 4_Way

• 8_Way—The maximum amount of rank interleaving is used.

Patrol Scrub

set PatrolScrub

Whether the system actively searches for, and corrects, single bit memory errors even in unused portions of the memory on the server. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The system checks for memory ECC errors only when the CPU reads or writes a memory address.

• Enabled—The system periodically reads and writes memory searching for ECC errors. If any errors are found, the system attempts to fix them. This option may correct single bit errors before they become multi-bit errors, but it may adversely affect performance when the patrol scrub is running.

Demand Scrub

set DemandScrub

Whether the system corrects single bit memory errors encountered when the CPU or I/O makes a demand read. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— Single bit memory errors are not corrected.

• Enabled— Single bit memory errors are corrected in memory and the corrected data is set in response to the demand read.

Altitude

set Altitude

The approximate number of meters above sea level at which the physical server is installed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines the physical elevation.

• 300_M—The server is approximately 300 meters above sea level.

• 900_M—The server is approximately 900 meters above sea level.

• 1500_M—The server is approximately 1500 meters above sea level.

• 3000_M—The server is approximately 3000 meters above sea level.

QPI Link Frequency Select

set QPILinkFrequency

The Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link frequency, in gigatransfers per second (GT/s). This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines the QPI link frequency.

• 6.4_GT/s

• 7.2_GT/s

• 8.0_GT/s

QPI Snoop Mode Drop-down list

SATA Mode

set SataMode

Mode of operation of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) Solid State Drives (SSD).

• Disabled— All SATA ports is disabled, and drivers are not enumerated.

• AHCI Mode—The default mode. Drives operate according to newer standard of Advance Host Controller Interface(AHCI).

Legacy USB Support

set LegacyUSBSupport

Whether the system supports legacy USB devices. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—USB devices are only available to EFI applications.

• Enabled—Legacy USB support is always available.

• Auto—Disables legacy USB support if no USB devices are connected.

Port 60/64 Emulation

set UsbEmul6064

Whether the system supports 60h/64h emulation for complete USB keyboard legacy support. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—60h/64 emulation is not supported.

• Enabled—60h/64 emulation is supported.

  You should select this option if you are using a non-USB aware operating system on the server.

All USB Devices

set AllUsbDevices

Whether all physical and virtual USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—All USB devices are disabled.

• Enabled—All USB devices are enabled.

USB Port: Rear

set UsbPortRear

Whether the rear panel USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the rear panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are not detected by the BIOS and operating system.

• Enabled—Enables the rear panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are detected by the BIOS and operating system.

USB Port: Internal

set UsbPortInt

Whether the internal USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the internal USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are not detected by the BIOS and operating system.

• Enabled—Enables the internal USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are detected by the BIOS and operating system.

USB Port: KVM

set UsbPortKVM

Whether the vKVM ports are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the vKVM keyboard and/or mouse devices. Keyboard and/or mouse will not work in the vKVM window.

• Enabled—Enables the vKVM keyboard and/or mouse devices.

USB Port: vMedia

set UsbPortVMedia

Whether the virtual media devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the vMedia devices.

• Enabled—Enables the vMedia devices.

PCI ROM CLP

set PciRomClp

PCI ROM Command Line Protocol (CLP) controls the execution of different Option ROMs such as PxE and iSCSI that are present in the card. By default, it is disabled.

• Enabled— Enables you to configure execution of different option ROMs such as PxE and iSCSI for an individual ports separately.

• Disabled—The default option. You cannot choose different option ROMs. A default option ROM is executed during PCI enumeration.

ASPM Support

set ASPMSupport

Allows you to set the level of ASPM (Active Power State Management) support in the BIOS. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—ASPM support is disabled in the BIOS.

• Force L0s—Force all links to L0 standby (L0s) state.

• Auto—The CPU determines the power state.

Out-of-Band Mgmt Port

set comSpcrEnable

Allows you to configure the COM port 0 that can be used for Windows Emergency Management services. ACPI SPCR table is reported based on this setup option. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Configures the COM port 0 as a general purpose port for use with the Windows Operating System.

• Enabled—Configures the COM port 0 as a remote management port for Windows Emergency Management services.

Console Redirection

set ConsoleRedir

Allows a serial port to be used for console redirection during POST and BIOS booting. After the BIOS has booted and the operating system is responsible for the server, console redirection is irrelevant and has no effect. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—No console redirection occurs during POST.

• COM_0—Enables console redirection on COM port 0 during POST.

• COM_1—Enables console redirection on COM port 1 during POST.

Terminal Type

set TerminalType

What type of character formatting is used for console redirection. This can be one of the following:

• PC-ANSI—The PC-ANSI terminal font is used.

• VT100—A supported vt100 video terminal and its character set are used.

• VT100+—A supported vt100-plus video terminal and its character set are used.

• VT-UTF8—A video terminal with the UTF-8 character set is used.

Bits per second

set BaudRate

What BAUD rate is used for the serial port transmission speed. If you disable Console Redirection, this option is not available. This can be one of the following:

• 9600—A 9,600 BAUD rate is used.

• 19200—A 19,200 BAUD rate is used.

• 38400—A 38,400 BAUD rate is used.

• 57600—A 57,600 BAUD rate is used.

• 115200—A 115,200 BAUD rate is used.

Flow Control

set FlowCtrl

Whether a handshake protocol is used for flow control. Request to Send / Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) helps to reduce frame collisions that can be introduced by a hidden terminal problem. This can be one of the following:

• None—No flow control is used.

• Hardware_RTS/CTS—RTS/CTS is used for flow control.

Putty KeyPad

set PuttyFunctionKeyPad

Allows you to change the action of the PuTTY function keys and the top row of the numeric keypad. This can be one of the following:

• VT100—The function keys generate ESC OP through ESC O[.

• LINUX—Mimics the Linux virtual console. Function keys F6 to F12 behave like the default mode, but F1 to F5 generate ESC [[A through ESC [[E.

• XTERMR6—Function keys F5 to F12 behave like the default mode. Function keys F1 to F4 generate ESC OP through ESC OS, which are the sequences produced by the top row of the keypad on Digital terminals.

• SCO—The function keys F1 to F12 generate ESC [M through ESC [X. The function and shift keys generate ESC [Y through ESC [j. The control and function keys generate ESC [k through ESC [v. The shift, control and function keys generate ESC [w through ESC [{.

• ESCN—The default mode. The function keys match the general behavior of Digital terminals. The function keys generate sequences such as ESC [11~ and ESC [12~.

• VT400—The function keys behave like the default mode. The top row of the numeric keypad generates ESC OP through ESC OS.

Redirection After BIOS POST

set RedirectionAfterPOST

Whether BIOS console redirection should be active after BIOS POST is complete and control given to the OS bootloader. This can be one of the following:

• Always_Enable—BIOS Legacy console redirection is active during the OS boot and run time.

• Bootloader—BIOS Legacy console redirection is disabled before giving control to the OS boot loader.

CDN Support for VIC

set CdnEnable

Whether the Ethernet Network naming convention is according to Consistent Device Naming (CDN) or the traditional way of naming conventions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— CDN support for VIC cards is disabled.

• Enabled— CDN support is enabled for VIC cards.

  Note	CDN support for VIC cards work with Windows 2012 or the latest OS only.

All PCIe Slots OptionROM

set PcieOptionROMs

Whether the server can use Option ROM present in the PCIe Cards. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for all PCIe slots are not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROMs for all the PCIe slots are available.

• UEFI_Only—The Opiton ROMs for slot n are available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The Option ROM for slot n are available for legacy only.

PCIe Slot:n OptionROM

set PcieSlotnOptionROM

Whether the server can use the Option ROMs present in the PCIe Cards. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for slot n is not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROM for slot n is available.

• UEFI_Only—The Option ROM for slot n is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The Option ROM for slot n is available for legacy only.

PCIe Mezzanine OptionROM

set PcieMezzOptionROM

Whether the PCIe mezzanine slot expansion ROM is available to the server. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— The Option ROM for slot M is not available.

• Enabled— The Option ROM for slot M is available.

• UEFI_Only—The Option ROM for slot M is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The expansion slot for slot M is available for legacy only.

SIOC1 Link Speed

Set PcieSlot1LinkSpeed

System IO Controller 1 (SIOC1) add-on slot 1 link speed.

• GEN1 — Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2 — Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3— The default link speed. Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled — Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

SIOC2 Link Speed

set PcieSlot2LinkSpeed

System IO Controller 2 (SIOC2) add-on slot 2 link speed.

• GEN1 — Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2 — Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3— The default link speed. Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled — Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

Mezz Link Speed

Mezz link speed. This can be one of the following:

• GEN 1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN 2— Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN 3—The default link speed. Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

Save Changes button

Saves the settings for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs and closes the dialog box.

If the Reboot Host Immediately check box is checked, the server is rebooted immediately and the new BIOS settings go into effect. Otherwise the changes are saved until the server is manually rebooted.

Reset button

Restores the values for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to the settings that were in effect when this dialog box was first opened.

Restore Defaults button

Sets the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to their default settings.

FRB-2 Timer

set FRB-2

Whether the FRB2 timer is used by Cisco IMC to recover the system if it hangs during POST. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The FRB2 timer is not used.

• Enabled—The FRB2 timer is started during POST and used to recover the system if necessary.

OS Watchdog Timer

set OSBootWatchdogTimer

Whether the BIOS programs the watchdog timer with a specified timeout value. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The watchdog timer is not used to track how long the server takes to boot.

• Enabled—The watchdog timer tracks how long the server takes to boot. If the server does not boot within the length of time specified by the set OSBootWatchdogTimerTimeout command, the Cisco IMC logs an error and takes the action specified by the set OSBootWatchdogTimerPolicy command.

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

set OSBootWatchdogTimerTimeOut

If OS does not boot within the specified time, OS watchdog timer expires and system takes action according to timer policy. This can be one of the following:

• 5_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 5 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 10_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 10 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 15_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 15 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 20_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 20 minutes after it begins to boot.

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

set OSBootWatchdogTimerPolicy

What action the system takes if the watchdog timer expires. This can be one of the following:

• Do_Nothing—The server takes no action if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

• Power_Down—The server is powered off if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

• Reset—The server is reset if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

Reboot Host Immediately checkbox

Upon checking, reboots the host server immediately. You must check the checkbox after saving changes.

TPM Support

TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a microchip designed to provide basic security-related functions primarily involving encryption keys. This option allows you to control the TPM Security Device support for the system. It can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The server does not use the TPM.

• Enabled—The server uses the TPM.

Power ON Password Support drop-down

Save button

Saves the settings for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs and closes the dialog box.

If the Reboot Host Immediately check box is checked, the server is rebooted immediately and the new BIOS settings go into effect. Otherwise the changes are saved until the server is manually rebooted.

Reset button

Resets the values for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to the settings that were in effect when this dialog box was first opened.

Restore Defaults button

Sets the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to their default settings.

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

set IntelHyperThread

Whether the processor uses Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, which allows multithreaded software applications to execute threads in parallel within each processor. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not permit hyperthreading.

• Enabled—The processor allows for the parallel execution of multiple threads.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Number of Enabled Cores

set CoreMultiProcessing

Allows you to disable one or more of the physical cores on the server. This can be one of the following:

• All—Enables all physical cores. This also enables Hyper Threading on the associated logical processor cores.

• 1 through n—Specifies the number of physical processor cores that can run on the server. Each physical core has an associated logical core.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Execute Disable

set ExecuteDisable

Classifies memory areas on the server to specify where application code can execute. As a result of this classification, the processor disables code execution if a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer. This setting helps to prevent damage, worm propagation, and certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not classify memory areas.

• Enabled—The processor classifies memory areas.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Intel VT

set IntelVT

Whether the processor uses Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), which allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not permit virtualization.

• Enabled—The processor allows multiple operating systems in independent partitions.

Intel VT-d

set IntelVTD

Whether the processor uses Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not use virtualization technology.

• Enabled—The processor uses virtualization technology.

Intel VT-d Interrupt Remapping

set InterruptRemap

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Interrupt Remapping. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support remapping.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d Interrupt Remapping as required.

Intel VT-d PassThrough DMA

set PassThroughDMA

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Pass-through DMA. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support pass-through DMA.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d Pass-through DMA as required.

Intel VT-d Coherency Support

set CoherencySupport

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Coherency. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support coherency.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d Coherency as required.

Intel VT-d ATS Support

set ATS

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Address Translation Services (ATS). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support ATS.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d ATS as required.

CPU Performance

set CPUPerformance

Sets the CPU performance profile for the server. The performance profile consists of the following options:

• DCU Streamer Prefetcher

• DCU IP Prefetcher

• Hardware Prefetcher

• Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch

This can be one of the following:

• Enterprise—All options are enabled.

• High_Throughput—Only the DCU IP Prefetcher is enabled. The rest of the options are disabled.

• HPC—All options are enabled. This setting is also known as high performance computing.

• Custom—All performance profile options can be configured from the BIOS setup on the server. In addition, the Hardware Prefetcher and Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch options can be configured in the fields below.

Hardware Prefetcher

set HardwarePrefetch

Whether the processor allows the Intel hardware prefetcher to fetch streams of data and instruction from memory into the unified second-level cache when necessary. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The hardware prefetcher is not used.

• Enabled—The processor uses the hardware prefetcher when cache issues are detected.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher

set AdjacentCacheLinePrefetch

Whether the processor fetches cache lines in even/odd pairs instead of fetching just the required line. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor only fetches the required line.

• Enabled— The processor fetches both the required line and its paired line.

DCU Streamer Prefetch

set DcuStreamerPrefetch

Whether the processor uses the DCU IP Prefetch mechanism to analyze historical cache access patterns and preload the most relevant lines in the L1 cache. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not try to anticipate cache read requirements and only fetches explicitly requested lines.

• Enabled—The DCU prefetcher analyzes the cache read pattern and prefetches the next line in the cache if it determines that it may be needed.

DCU IP Prefetcher

set DcuIpPrefetch

Whether the processor uses the DCU IP Prefetch mechanism to analyze historical cache access patterns and preload the most relevant lines in the L1 cache. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not preload any cache data.

• Enabled—The DCU IP prefetcher preloads the L1 cache with the data it determines to be the most relevant.

Direct Cache Access Support

set DirectCacheAccess

Allows processors to increase I/O performance by placing data from I/O devices directly into the processor cache. This setting helps to reduce cache misses. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Data from I/O devices is not placed directly into the processor cache.

• Enabled—Data from I/O devices is placed directly into the processor cache.

Power Technology

set CPUPowerManagement

Enables you to configure the CPU power management settings for the following options:

• Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology

• Intel Turbo Boost Technology

• Processor Power State C6

Power Technology can be one of the following:

• Custom—The server uses the individual settings for the BIOS parameters mentioned above. You must select this option if you want to change any of these BIOS parameters.

• Disabled—The server does not perform any CPU power management and any settings for the BIOS parameters mentioned above are ignored.

• Energy_Efficient—The server determines the best settings for the BIOS parameters mentioned above and ignores the individual settings for these parameters.

Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology

set EnhancedIntelSpeedStep

Whether the processor uses Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, which allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency. This technology can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor never dynamically adjusts its voltage or frequency.

• Enabled—The processor utilizes Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and enables all supported processor sleep states to further conserve power.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Intel Turbo Boost Technology

set IntelTurboBoostTech

Whether the processor uses Intel Turbo Boost Technology, which allows the processor to automatically increase its frequency if it is running below power, temperature, or voltage specifications. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not increase its frequency automatically.

• Enabled—The processor utilizes Turbo Boost Technology if required.

Processor C3 Report

set ProcessorC3Report

Whether the BIOS sends the C3 report to the operating system. When the OS receives the report, it can transition the processor into the lower C3 power state to decrease energy usage while maintaining optimal processor performance. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—BIOS does not send C3 report.

• Enabled—BIOS sends the C3 report, allowing the OS to transition the processor to the C3 low power state.

Processor C6 Report

set ProcessorC6Report

Whether the BIOS sends the C6 report to the operating system. When the OS receives the report, it can transition the processor into the lower C6 power state to decrease energy usage while maintaining optimal processor performance. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The BIOS does not send the C6 report.

• Enabled—The BIOS sends the C6 report, allowing the OS to transition the processor to the C6 low power state.

Processor Power State C1 Enhanced

set ProcessorC1EReport

Whether the CPU transitions to its minimum frequency when entering the C1 state. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The CPU continues to run at its maximum frequency in C1 state.

• Enabled—The CPU transitions to its minimum frequency. This option saves the maximum amount of power in C1 state.

P-STATE Coordination

set PsdCoordType

Allows you to define how BIOS communicates the P-state support model to the operating system. There are 3 models as defined by the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification.

• HW_ALL—The processor hardware is responsible for coordinating the P-state among logical processors with dependencies (all logical processors in a package).

• SW_ALL—The OS Power Manager (OSPM) is responsible for coordinating the P-state among logical processors with dependencies (all logical processors in a physical package), and must initiate the transition on all of the logical processors.

• SW_ANY—The OS Power Manager (OSPM) is responsible for coordinating the P-state among logical processors with dependencies (all logical processors in a package), and may initiate the transition on any of the logical processors in the domain.

Boot Performance Mode drop-down list

set BootPerformanceMode

Allows the user to select the BIOS performance state that is set before the operating system handoff. This can be one of the following:

• Max Performance—Processor P-state ratio is maximum

• Max Efficient— Processor P-state ratio is minimum

Energy Performance Tuning

set PwrPerfTuning

Allows you to choose BIOS or Operating System for energy performance bias tuning. This can be one of the following:

• OS— Chooses OS for energy performance tuning.

• BIOS— Chooses BIOS for energy performance tuning.

Energy Performance

set CpuEngPerfBias

Allows you to determine whether system performance or energy efficiency is more important on this server. This can be one of the following:

• Balanced_Energy

• Balanced_Performance

• Energy_Efficient

• Performance

Package C State Limit

set PackageCStateLimit

The amount of power available to the server components when they are idle. This can be one of the following:

• C0_state—The server provides all server components with full power at all times. This option maintains the highest level of performance and requires the greatest amount of power.

• C1_state—When the CPU is idle, the system slightly reduces the power consumption. This option requires less power than C0 and allows the server to return quickly to high performance mode.

• C3_state—When the CPU is idle, the system reduces the power consumption further than with the C1 option. This requires less power than C1 or C0, but it takes the server slightly longer to return to high performance mode.

• C6_state—When the CPU is idle, the system reduces the power consumption further than with the C3 option. This option saves more power than C0, C1, or C3, but there may be performance issues until the server returns to full power.

• C7_state—When the CPU is idle, the server makes a minimal amount of power available to the components. This option saves the maximum amount of power but it also requires the longest time for the server to return to high performance mode.

• No_Limit—The server may enter any available C state.

Extended APIC

set LocalX2Apic

Allows you to enable or disable extended APIC support. This can be one of the following:

• XAPIC—Enables APIC support.

• X2APIC—Enables APIC and also enables Intel VT-d and Interrupt Remapping .

Workload Configuration

set WorkLdConfig

Allows you to set a parameter to optimize workload characterization. This can be one of the following:

• Balanced— Chooses balanced option for optimization.

• I/O Sensitive— Chooses I/O sensitive option for optimization.

CPU HWPM drop-down list

set HWPMEnable

CPU Autonomous Cstate drop-down list

set AutonumousCstateEnable

Enables CPU Autonomous C-State, which converts the HALT instructions to the MWAIT instructions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—CPU Autonomous C-state is disabled. This is the default value.

• Enabled—CPU Autonomous C-state is enabled.

Processor CMCI drop-down list

set CmciEnable

Allows the CPU to trigger interrupts on corrected machine check events. The corrected machine check interrupt (CMCI) allows faster reaction than the traditional polling timer. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables CMCI.

• Enabled—Enables CMCI. This is the default value.

Select Memory RAS

set SelectMemoryRAS

How the memory reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) is configured for the server. This can be one of the following:

• Maximum_Performance—System performance is optimized.

• Mirroring—System reliability is optimized by using half the system memory as backup.

• Lockstep—If the DIMM pairs in the server have an identical type, size, and organization and are populated across the SMI channels, you can enable lockstep mode to minimize memory access latency and provide better performance. This option offers better system performance than Mirroring and better reliability than Maximum Performance but lower reliability than Mirroring and lower system performance than Maximum Performance.

NUMA

set NUMAOptimize

Whether the BIOS supports Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The BIOS does not support NUMA.

• Enabled—The BIOS includes the ACPI tables that are required for NUMA-aware operating systems. If you enable this option, the system must disable Inter-Socket Memory interleaving on some platforms.

Channel Interleaving

set ChannelInterLeave

Whether the CPU divides memory blocks and spreads contiguous portions of data across interleaved channels to enable simultaneous read operations. This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines what interleaving is done.

• 1_Way—Some channel interleaving is used.

• 2_Way

• 3_Way

• 4_Way—The maximum amount of channel interleaving is used.

Rank Interleaving

set RankInterLeave

Whether the CPU interleaves physical ranks of memory so that one rank can be accessed while another is being refreshed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines what interleaving is done.

• 1_Way—Some rank interleaving is used.

• 2_Way

• 4_Way

• 8_Way—The maximum amount of rank interleaving is used.

Patrol Scrub

set PatrolScrub

Whether the system actively searches for, and corrects, single bit memory errors even in unused portions of the memory on the server. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The system checks for memory ECC errors only when the CPU reads or writes a memory address.

• Enabled—The system periodically reads and writes memory searching for ECC errors. If any errors are found, the system attempts to fix them. This option may correct single bit errors before they become multi-bit errors, but it may adversely affect performance when the patrol scrub is running.

Demand Scrub

set DemandScrub

Whether the system corrects single bit memory errors encountered when the CPU or I/O makes a demand read. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— Single bit memory errors are not corrected.

• Enabled— Single bit memory errors are corrected in memory and the corrected data is set in response to the demand read.

Altitude

set Altitude

The approximate number of meters above sea level at which the physical server is installed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines the physical elevation.

• 300_M—The server is approximately 300 meters above sea level.

• 900_M—The server is approximately 900 meters above sea level.

• 1500_M—The server is approximately 1500 meters above sea level.

• 3000_M—The server is approximately 3000 meters above sea level.

QPI Link Frequency Select

set QPILinkFrequency

The Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link frequency, in gigatransfers per second (GT/s). This can be one of the following:

• Auto—The CPU determines the QPI link frequency.

• 6.4_GT/s

• 7.2_GT/s

• 8.0_GT/s

QPI Snoop Mode

set QpiSnoopMode

The Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) snoop mode. This can be one of the following:

• Home Snoop—The snoop is always spawned by the home agent (centralized ring stop) for the memory controller. This mode has a higher local latency than early snoop, but it provides extra resources for a larger number of outstanding transactions.

• Cluster on Die—Enables Cluster On Die. When enabled LLC is split into two parts with an independent caching agent for each. This helps increase the performance in some workloads. This mode is available only for processors that have 10 or more cores. It is the best mode for highly NUMA optimized workloads.

• Early Snoop—The distributed cache ring stops can send a snoop probe or a request to another caching agent directly. This mode has lower latency and it is best for workloads that have shared data sets across threads and can benefit from a cache-to-cache transfer, or for workloads that are not NUMA optimized.

Legacy USB Support

set LegacyUSBSupport

Whether the system supports legacy USB devices. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—USB devices are only available to EFI applications.

• Enabled—Legacy USB support is always available.

• Auto—Disables legacy USB support if no USB devices are connected.

Port 60/64 Emulation

set UsbEmul6064

Whether the system supports 60h/64h emulation for complete USB keyboard legacy support. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—60h/64 emulation is not supported.

• Enabled—60h/64 emulation is supported.

  You should select this option if you are using a non-USB aware operating system on the server.

xHCI Mode

set PchUsb30Mode

Whether the xHCI controller legacy support is enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the xHCI controller legacy support.

• Enabled—Enables the xHCI controller legacy support.

xHCI Legacy Support drop-down list

set UsbXhciSupport

Whether the system supports legacy xHCI controller. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables xHCI legacy support.

• Enabled—Enables xHCI legacy support. This is the default value.

All USB Devices

set AllUsbDevices

Whether all physical and virtual USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—All USB devices are disabled.

• Enabled—All USB devices are enabled.

USB Port: Rear

set UsbPortRear

Whether the rear panel USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the rear panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are not detected by the BIOS and operating system.

• Enabled—Enables the rear panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are detected by the BIOS and operating system.

USB Port: KVM

set UsbPortKVM

Whether the vKVM ports are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the vKVM keyboard and/or mouse devices. Keyboard and/or mouse will not work in the vKVM window.

• Enabled—Enables the vKVM keyboard and/or mouse devices.

USB Port: vMedia

set UsbPortVMedia

Whether the virtual media devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Disables the vMedia devices.

• Enabled—Enables the vMedia devices.

Memory Mapped I/O Above 4GB

set MemoryMappedIOAbove4GB

Whether to enable or disable MMIO above 4GB or not. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The server does not map I/O of 64-bit PCI devices to 4GB or greater address space.

• Enabled—The server maps I/O of 64-bit PCI devices to 4GB or greater address space.

Sriov

set SrIov

Whether SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) is enabled or disabled on the server. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—SR-IOV is disabled.

• Enabled—SR-IOV is enabled.

Out-of-Band Mgmt Port

set comSpcrEnable

Allows you to configure the COM port 0 that can be used for Windows Emergency Management services. ACPI SPCR table is reported based on this setup option. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Configures the COM port 0 as a general purpose port for use with the Windows Operating System.

• Enabled—Configures the COM port 0 as a remote management port for Windows Emergency Management services.

Console Redirection

set ConsoleRedir

Allows a serial port to be used for console redirection during POST and BIOS booting. After the BIOS has booted and the operating system is responsible for the server, console redirection is irrelevant and has no effect. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—No console redirection occurs during POST.

• COM_0—Enables console redirection on COM port 0 during POST.

• COM_1—Enables console redirection on COM port 1 during POST.

Terminal Type

set TerminalType

What type of character formatting is used for console redirection. This can be one of the following:

• PC-ANSI—The PC-ANSI terminal font is used.

• VT100—A supported vt100 video terminal and its character set are used.

• VT100+—A supported vt100-plus video terminal and its character set are used.

• VT-UTF8—A video terminal with the UTF-8 character set is used.

Bits per second

set BaudRate

What BAUD rate is used for the serial port transmission speed. If you disable Console Redirection, this option is not available. This can be one of the following:

• 9600—A 9,600 BAUD rate is used.

• 19200—A 19,200 BAUD rate is used.

• 38400—A 38,400 BAUD rate is used.

• 57600—A 57,600 BAUD rate is used.

• 115200—A 115,200 BAUD rate is used.

Flow Control

set FlowCtrl

Whether a handshake protocol is used for flow control. Request to Send / Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) helps to reduce frame collisions that can be introduced by a hidden terminal problem. This can be one of the following:

• None—No flow control is used.

• Hardware_RTS/CTS—RTS/CTS is used for flow control.

Putty KeyPad

set PuttyFunctionKeyPad

Allows you to change the action of the PuTTY function keys and the top row of the numeric keypad. This can be one of the following:

• VT100—The function keys generate ESC OP through ESC O[.

• LINUX—Mimics the Linux virtual console. Function keys F6 to F12 behave like the default mode, but F1 to F5 generate ESC [[A through ESC [[E.

• XTERMR6—Function keys F5 to F12 behave like the default mode. Function keys F1 to F4 generate ESC OP through ESC OS, which are the sequences produced by the top row of the keypad on Digital terminals.

• SCO—The function keys F1 to F12 generate ESC [M through ESC [X. The function and shift keys generate ESC [Y through ESC [j. The control and function keys generate ESC [k through ESC [v. The shift, control and function keys generate ESC [w through ESC [{.

• ESCN—The default mode. The function keys match the general behavior of Digital terminals. The function keys generate sequences such as ESC [11~ and ESC [12~.

• VT400—The function keys behave like the default mode. The top row of the numeric keypad generates ESC OP through ESC OS.

Redirection After BIOS POST

set RedirectionAfterPOST

Whether BIOS console redirection should be active after BIOS POST is complete and control given to the OS bootloader. This can be one of the following:

• Always_Enable—BIOS Legacy console redirection is active during the OS boot and run time.

• Bootloader—BIOS Legacy console redirection is disabled before giving control to the OS boot loader.

CDN Support for VIC

set CdnEnable

Whether the Ethernet Network naming convention is according to Consistent Device Naming (CDN) or the traditional way of naming conventions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— CDN support for VIC cards is disabled.

• Enabled— CDN support is enabled for VIC cards.

  Note	CDN support for VIC cards work with Windows 2012 or the latest OS only.

PCI ROM CLP

set PciRomClp

PCI ROM Command Line Protocol (CLP) controls the execution of different Option ROMs such as PxE and iSCSI that are present in the card. By default, it is disabled.

• Enabled— Enables you to configure execution of different option ROMs such as PxE and iSCSI for an individual ports separately.

• Disabled—The default option. You cannot choose different option ROMs. A default option ROM is executed during PCI enumeration.

All PCIe Slots OptionROM

set PcieOptionROMs

Whether the server can use Option ROM present in the PCIe Cards. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for slot n is not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROM for slot n is available.

• UEFI_Only—The Option ROM for slot n is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The Option ROM for slot n is available for legacy only.

PCH SATA Mode

set SataModeSelect

This options allows you to select the PCH SATA mode. This can be one of the following:

• AHCI—Sets both SATA and sSATA controllers to AHCI mode.

• Disabled—Disables both SATA and sSATA controllers.

• LSI SW Raid— Sets both SATA and sSATA controllers to raid mode for LSI SW Raid

SBNVMe1 OptionROM

set SBNVMe1OptionROM

Whether the server can use Option ROM present in SBNVMe1 controller. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for SBNVMe1 controllers is not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROMs for SBNVMe1 controller is available.

• UEFI_Only—The Option ROMs for slot are available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The Option ROM for slot are available for legacy only.

SIOC1 OptionROM

set SIOC1OptionROM

Whether the server can use Option ROM present in System IO Controller 1 (SIOC1). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for System IO Controller 1 (SIOC1) is not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROMs for System IO Controller 1 (SIOC1) is available.

• UEFI_Only—The Option ROMs for slot are available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The Option ROM for slot are available for legacy only.

SIOC2 OptionROM

set SIOC2OptionROM

Whether the server can use Option ROM present in System IO Controller 2 (SIOC2). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for System IO Controller 2 (SIOC2) is not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROMs for System IO Controller 2 (SIOC2) is available.

• UEFI_Only—The Option ROMs for slot are available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The Option ROM for slot are available for legacy only.

SBMezz1 OptionROM

set SBMezz1OptionROM

Whether the server can use Option ROM present in SBMezz1 controller. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for SBMezz1 controllers is not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROMs for SBMezz1 controller is available.

• UEFI_Only—The Option ROMs for slot are available for UEFI only.

• Legacy_Only—The Option ROM for slot are available for legacy only.

SBMezz2 OptionROM drop-down list

set SBMezz2OptionROM

Whether the server can use Option ROM that is available in the SBMezz2 controller. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The Option ROM for SBMezz 2 controllers is not available.

• Enabled—The Option ROM for SBMezz 2 controllers is available.

• UEFI Only—The Option ROMs for slot are available for UEFI only.

• Legacy Only—The Option ROMs for slot are available for legacy only.

IOESlot1 OptionROM

set IOESlot1OptionROM

Whether option ROM is enabled on the IOE slot 1. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— Option ROM is disabled.

• Enabled— Default value. Option ROM is enabled.

• UEFI Only— slot 1 option ROM is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy Only— slot 1 option ROM is available for legacy only.

IOEMezz1 OptionROM

set IOEMezz1OptionROM

Whether option ROM is enabled on the IOE Mezz1. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— Option ROM is disabled.

• Enabled— Default value. Option ROM is enabled.

• UEFI Only— Mezz1 option ROM is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy Only— Mezz1 option ROM is available for legacy only.

IOESlot2 OptionROM

set IOESlot2OptionROM

Whether option ROM is enabled on the IOE slot 2. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— Option ROM is disabled.

• Enabled— Default value. Option ROM is enabled.

• UEFI Only— slot 2 option ROM is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy Only— slot 2 option ROM is available for legacy only.

IOENVMe1 OptionROM

set IOENVMe1OptionROM

Whether option ROM is enabled on the IOE NVMe1. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— Option ROM is disabled.

• Enabled— Default value. Option ROM is enabled.

• UEFI Only— Mezz1 option ROM is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy Only— Mezz1 option ROM is available for legacy only.

IOENVMe2 OptionROM

set IOENVMe2OptionROM

Whether option ROM is enabled on the IOE NVMe2. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— Option ROM is disabled.

• Enabled— Default value. Option ROM is enabled.

• UEFI Only— Mezz1 option ROM is available for UEFI only.

• Legacy Only— Mezz1 option ROM is available for legacy only.

SBNVMe1 Link Speed

Set SBNVMe1LinkSpeed

SBNVMe1 add-on slot 1 link speed.

• Auto—Link speed is automatically assigned.

• GEN1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2—The default link speed. Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

SIOC1 Link Speed

Set PcieSlot1LinkSpeed

System IO Controller 1 (SIOC1) add-on slot 1 link speed.

• GEN1 — Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2 — Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3— The default link speed. Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled — Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

SIOC2 Link Speed

set PcieSlot2LinkSpeed

System IO Controller 2 (SIOC2) add-on slot 2 link speed.

• GEN1 — Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2 — Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3— The default link speed. Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled — Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

SBMezz1 Link Speed

set SBMezz1LinkSpeed

SBMezz1 add-on slot 1 link speed.

• Auto—Link speed is automatically assigned.

• GEN1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2—The default link speed. Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

SBMezz2 Link Speed drop-down list

set SBMezz2LinkSpeed

Assigns SBMezz2 add-on slot 2 link speed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto— Default value. Slot is enabled.

• GEN 1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN 2— Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN 3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

IOESlot1 Link Speed

set IOESlot1LinkSpeed

Slot 1 link speed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto— Default value. Slot is enabled.

• GEN 1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN 2— Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN 3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

IOEMezz1 Link Speed

set IOEMezz1LinkSpeed

Mezz1 link speed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto— Default value. Slot is enabled.

• GEN 1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN 2— Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN 3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

IOESlot2 Link Speed

set IOESlot2LinkSpeed

Slot 2 link speed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto— Default value. Slot is enabled.

• GEN 1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN 2— Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN 3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

IOENVMe1 Link Speed

set IOENVMe1LinkSpeed

NVMe1 link speed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto— Default value. Slot is enabled.

• GEN 1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN 2— Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN 3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

IOENVMe2 Link Speed

set IOENVMe2LinkSpeed

NVMe2 link speed. This can be one of the following:

• Auto— Default value. Slot is enabled.

• GEN 1— Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN 2— Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN 3— Link speed can reach up to third generation.

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

Save Changes button

Saves the settings for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs and closes the dialog box.

If the Reboot Host Immediately check box is checked, the server is rebooted immediately and the new BIOS settings go into effect. Otherwise the changes are saved until the server is manually rebooted.

Reset Values button

Restores the values for the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to the settings that were in effect when this dialog box was first opened.

Restore Defaults button

Sets the BIOS parameters on all three tabs to their default settings.

Cancel button

Closes the dialog box without making any changes.

FRB-2 Timer

set FRB-2

Whether the FRB2 timer is used by Cisco IMC to recover the system if it hangs during POST. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The FRB2 timer is not used.

• Enabled—The FRB2 timer is started during POST and used to recover the system if necessary.

OS Watchdog Timer

set OSBootWatchdogTimer

Whether the BIOS programs the watchdog timer with a specified timeout value. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The watchdog timer is not used to track how long the server takes to boot.

• Enabled—The watchdog timer tracks how long the server takes to boot. If the server does not boot within the length of time specified by the set OSBootWatchdogTimerTimeout command, the Cisco IMC logs an error and takes the action specified by the set OSBootWatchdogTimerPolicy command.

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

set OSBootWatchdogTimerTimeOut

If OS does not boot within the specified time, OS watchdog timer expires and system takes action according to timer policy. This can be one of the following:

• 5_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 5 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 10_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 10 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 15_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 15 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 20_Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 20 minutes after it begins to boot.

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

set OSBootWatchdogTimerPolicy

What action the system takes if the watchdog timer expires. This can be one of the following:

• Do_Nothing—The server takes no action if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

• Power_Down—The server is powered off if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

• Reset—The server is reset if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

Reboot Host Immediately checkbox

Upon checking, reboots the host server immediately. You must check the checkbox after saving changes.

Legacy USB Support drop-down list

set UsbLegacySupport

Whether the system supports legacy USB devices. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—USB devices are only available to EFI applications.

• Enabled—Legacy USB support is always available.

Intel VT for directed IO drop-down list

set IntelVTD

Whether the processor uses Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), which allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not permit virtualization.

• Enabled—The processor allows multiple operating systems in independent partitions.

Intel VTD coherency support drop-down list

set CoherencySupport

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Coherency. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support coherency.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d Coherency as required.

Intel VTD ATS support drop-down list

set ATS

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Address Translation Services (ATS). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not support ATS.

• Enabled—The processor uses VT-d ATS as required.

VMD Enable drop-down list

Intel Volume Management Device (VMD) is for PCIe NVMe SSDs that provides hardware logic to manage and aggregate NVMe SSDs.

This can be one the following:

• Enabled— Enables benefits like robust surprise hot-plug, status LED management.

• Disabled— Disables benefits like robust surprise hot-plug, status LED management.

Default value: Disabled.

Refer Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU User Guide and Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) to configure VMD.

All Onboard LOM Oprom drop-down list

set AllLomPortControl

Whether Option ROM is available on all LOM ports. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Option ROM is disabled on all the ports.

• Enabled—Option ROM is enabled on all the ports.

Onboard LOM Port0 Oprom drop-down list

set LomOpromControlPort0

Whether Option ROM is available on the LOM port 0. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Option ROM is not available on LOM port 0.

• Enabled—Option ROM is available on LOM port 0.

Onboard LOM Port1 Oprom drop-down list

set LomOpromControlPort1

Whether Option ROM is available on the LOM port 1. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Option ROM is not available on LOM port 1.

• Enabled—Option ROM is available on LOM port 1.

Pcie Slotn Oprom drop-down list

set PcieSlotnOptionROM

Whether the server can use the Option ROMs present in the PCIe card slot designated by n. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Option ROM for slot n is not available.

• Enabled—Option ROM for slot n is available.

MLOM Oprom drop-down list

set PcieSlotMLOMOptionROM

This options allows you to control the Option ROM execution of the PCIe adapter connected to the MLOM slot. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Does not execute Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the MLOM slot.

• Enabled—Executes Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the MLOM slot.

HBA Oprom drop-down list

set PcieSlotHBAOptionROM

This options allows you to control the Option ROM execution of the PCIe adapter connected to the HBA slot. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Does not execute Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the HBA slot.

• Enabled—Executes Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the HBA slot.

Front NVME1 Oprom drop-down list

set PcieSlotN1OptionROM

This options allows you to control the Option ROM execution of the PCIe adapter connected to the SSD:NVMe1 slot. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Does not execute Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the SSD:NVMe1 slot.

• Enabled—Executes Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the SSD:NVMe1 slot

Front NVME2 Oprom drop-down list

set PcieSlotN2OptionROM

This options allows you to control the Option ROM execution of the PCIe adapter connected to the SSD:NVMe2 slot. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Does not execute Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the SSD:NVMe2 slot.

• Enabled—Executes Option ROM of the PCIe adapter connected to the SSD:NVMe2 slot

HBA Link Speed drop-down list

set PcieSlotHBALinkSpeed

This option allows you to restrict the maximum speed of an adapter card installed in PCIe HBA slot. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The maximum speed is not restricted.

• Auto—System selects the maximum speed allowed.

• GEN1—2.5GT/s (gigatransfers per second) is the maximum speed allowed.

• GEN2—5GT/s is the maximum speed allowed.

• GEN3—8GT/s is the maximum speed allowed.

MLOM Link Speed drop-down list

set PcieSlotMLOMLinkSpeed

This option allows you to restrict the maximum speed of an adapter card installed in PCIe MLOM slot. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The maximum speed is not restricted.

• Auto—System selects the maximum speed allowed.

• GEN1—2.5GT/s (gigatransfers per second) is the maximum speed allowed.

• GEN2—5GT/s is the maximum speed allowed.

• GEN3—8GT/s is the maximum speed allowed.

PCIe Slotn Link Speed drop-down list

set PcieSlotnLinkSpeed

System IO Controller n (SIOCn) add-on slot (designated by n) link speed. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

• Auto— The default link speed. Link speed is automatically assigned.

• GEN1—Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2—Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3—Link speed can reach up to third generation.

Front NVME1 Link Speed drop-down list

set PcieSlotFrontNvme1LinkSpeed

Link speed for NVMe front slot 1. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

• Auto—The default link speed. Link speed is automatically assigned.

• GEN1—Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2—Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3—Link speed can reach up to third generation.

Front NVME2 Link Speed drop-down list

set PcieSlotFrontNvme2LinkSpeed

Link speed for NVMe front slot 2. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

• Auto—The default link speed. Link speed is automatically assigned.

• GEN1—Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2—Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3—Link speed can reach up to third generation.

Rear NVME1 Link Speed drop-down list

set PcieSlotRearNvme1LinkSpeed

Link speed for NVMe rear slot 1. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

• Auto—The default link speed. Link speed is automatically assigned.

• GEN1—Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2—Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3—Link speed can reach up to third generation.

Rear NVME2 Link Speed drop-down list

set PcieSlotRearNvme2LinkSpeed

Link speed for NVMe rear slot 2. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Slot is disabled, and the card is not enumerated.

• Auto—The default link speed. Link speed is automatically assigned.

• GEN1—Link speed can reach up to first generation.

• GEN2—Link speed can reach up to second generation.

• GEN3—Link speed can reach up to third generation.

VGA Priority drop-down list

set VgaPriority

Allows you to set the priority for VGA graphics devices if multiple VGA devices are found in the system. This can be one of the following:

• OnBoard—Priority is given to the onboard VGA device. BIOS post screen and OS boot are driven through the onboard VGA port.

• OffBoard—Priority is given to the PCIE Graphics adapter. BIOS post screen and OS boot are driven through the external graphics adapter port.

• OnBoardDisabled—Priority is given to the PCIe Graphics adapter, and the onboard VGA device is disabled. The vKVM does not function when the onboard VGA is disabled.

P-SATA OptionROM drop-down list

set pSATA

Allows you to select the PCH SATA optionROM mode. This can be one of the following:

• LSI SW Raid— Sets both SATA and sSATA controllers to raid mode for LSI SW Raid.

• Disabled— Disables both SATA and sSATA controllers.

M2.SATA OptionROM drop-down list

set SataModeSelect

Mode of operation of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) Solid State Drives (SSD). This can be one of the following:

• AHCI—

  Sets both SATA and sSATA controllers to AHCI mode.

• LSI SW Raid— Sets both SATA and sSATA controllers to raid mode for LSI SW Raid.

• Disabled— Disables both SATA and sSATA controllers.

USB Port Rear drop-down list

set UsbPortRear

Whether the rear panel USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following

• Disabled— Disables the rear panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are not detected by the BIOS and operating system.

• Enabled— Enables the rear panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are detected by the BIOS and operating system.

USB Port Front drop-down list

set UsbPortFront

Whether the front panel USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following

• Disabled— Disables the front panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are not detected by the BIOS and operating system.

• Enabled— Enables the front panel USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are detected by the BIOS and operating system.

USB Port Internal drop-down list

set UsbPortInt

Whether the internal USB devices are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following

• Disabled— Disables the internal USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are not detected by the BIOS and operating system.

• Enabled— Enables the internal USB ports. Devices connected to these ports are detected by the BIOS and operating system.

USB Port KVM drop-down list

set UsbPortKVM

Whether the vKVM ports are enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following

• Disabled— Disables the vKVM keyboard and/or mouse devices. Keyboard and/or mouse will not work in the KVM window.

• Enabled— Enables the vKVM keyboard and/or mouse devices.

USB Port SD Card drop-down list

set UsbPortSdCard

Whether the SD card is enabled or disabled. This can be one of the following

• Disabled— Disables the SD card ports. Devices connected to these ports are not detected by the BIOS and operating system.

• Enabled— Enables the SD card ports. Devices connected to these ports are detected by the BIOS and operating system.

IPV6 PXE Support drop-down list

set IPV6PXE

Enables or disables IPv6 support for PXE. This can be one of the following

• disabled—IPv6 PXE support is not available.

• enabled—IPv6 PXE support is always available.

Reboot Host Immediately checkbox

If the Reboot Host Immediately check box is checked, the server is rebooted immediately and the new BIOS settings go into effect. Otherwise the changes are saved until the server is manually rebooted.

OS Boot Watchdog Timer Policy drop-down list

set OSBootWatchdogTimerPolicy

What action the system takes if the watchdog timer expires. This can be one of the following:

• Power Off—The server is powered off if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

• Reset—The server is reset if the watchdog timer expires during OS boot.

OS Watchdog Timer drop-down list

set OSBootWatchdogTimer

Whether the BIOS programs the watchdog timer with a specified timeout value. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The watchdog timer is not used to track how long the server takes to boot.

• Enabled—The watchdog timer tracks how long the server takes to boot. If the server does not boot within the length of time specified in the OS Boot Watchdog Timer Timeout field, the Cisco IMC logs an error and takes the action specified in the OS Boot Watchdog Policy field.

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout drop-down list

set OSBootWatchdogTimerTimeOut

If OS does not boot within the specified time, OS watchdog timer expires and system takes action according to timer policy. This can be one of the following:

• 5 Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 5 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 10 Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 10 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 15 Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 15 minutes after it begins to boot.

• 20 Minutes—The OS watchdog timer expires 20 minutes after it begins to boot.

Baud Rate drop-down list

set BaudRate

What Baud rate is used for the serial port transmission speed. If you disable Console Redirection, this option is not available. This can be one of the following:

• 9.6k—A 9,600 Baud rate is used.

• 19.2k—A 19,200 Baud rate is used.

• 38.4k—A 38,400 Baud rate is used.

• 57.6k—A 57,600 Baud rate is used.

• 115.2k—A 115,200 Baud rate is used.

This setting must match the setting on the remote terminal application.

Console Redirection drop-down list

set ConsoleRedir

Allows a serial port to be used for console redirection during POST and BIOS booting. After the OS has booted, console redirection is irrelevant. This can be one of the following:

• Serial Port A—Enables console redirection on serial port A during POST.

• Serial Port B—Enables console redirection on serial port B during POST.

• Disabled—No console redirection occurs during POST.

Adaptive Memory Training

When this option is Enabled:

The Memory training will not happen in every boot but the BIOS will use the saved memory training result in every re-boot.

Some exceptions when memory training happens in every boot are:

BIOS update, CMOS reset, CPU or Memory configuration change, SPD or run-time uncorrectable error or the last boot has occurred more than 24 hours before.

When this option is Disabled, the Memory training happens in every boot.

Default value: Enabled.

BIOS Techlog Level

This option denotes the type of messages in BIOS tech log file.

• Minimum - Critical messages will be displayed in the log file.

• Normal - Warning and loading messages will be displayed in the log file.

• Maximum - Normal and information related messages will be displayed in the log file.

Default value: Minimum.

OptionROM Launch Optimization

When this option is Enabled, the OptionROMs only for the controllers present in the boot order policy will be launched.

When this option is Disabled, all the OptionROMs will be launched.

Default value: Enabled

CDN Control drop-down list

set cdnEnable

Whether the Ethernet Network naming convention is according to Consistent Device Naming (CDN) or the traditional way of naming conventions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled— CDN support for VIC cards is disabled

• Enabled— CDN support is enabled for VIC cards.

FRB 2 Timer drop-down list

set FRB-2

Whether the FRB2 timer is used by Cisco IMC to recover the system if it hangs during POST. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The FRB2 timer is not used.

• Enabled—The FRB2 timer is started during POST and used to recover the system if necessary.

Flow Control drop-down list

set FlowCtrl

Whether a handshake protocol is used for flow control. Request to Send / Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) helps to reduce frame collisions that can be introduced by a hidden terminal problem. This can be one of the following:

• None—No flow control is used.

• RTS/CTS—RTS/CTS is used for flow control.

Terminal type drop-down list

set TerminalType

What type of character formatting is used for console redirection. This can be one of the following:

• PC-ANSI—The PC-ANSI terminal font is used.

• VT100—A supported VT100 video terminal and its character set are used.

• VT100-PLUS—A supported VT100-plus video terminal and its character set are used.

• VT-UTF8—A video terminal with the UTF-8 character set is used.

Trusted Platform Module Support drop-down list

set TPMAdminCtrl

Trusted Platform Module (TPM ) is a microchip designed to provide basic security-related functions primarily involving encryption keys. This option allows you to control the TPM Security Device support for the system. It can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The server does not use the TPM.

• Enabled—The server uses the TPM.

Power on Password drop-down list

set PowerOnPassword

This token requires that you set a BIOS password before using the F2 BIOS configuration. If enabled, password needs to be validated before you access BIOS functions such as IO configuration, BIOS set up, and booting to an operating system using BIOS. It can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Support is disabled.

• Enabled—Support is enabled.

Intel Virtualization Technology drop-down list

set IntelVT

Whether the processor uses Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), which allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not permit virtualization.

• Enabled—The processor allows multiple operating systems in independent partitions.

Extended Apic drop-down list

set LocalX2Apic

Allows you to enable or disable extended APIC support. This can be one of the following:

• Enabled—Enables APIC support

• Disabled—Disables APIC support.

Processor C1E drop-down list

set ProcessorC1E

Whether the CPU transitions to its minimum frequency when entering the C1 state. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The CPU continues to run at its maximum frequency in C1 state.

• Enabled—The CPU transitions to its minimum frequency. This option saves the maximum amount of power in C1 state.

Processor C6 Report drop-down list

set ProcessorC6Report

Whether the BIOS sends the C6 report to the operating system. When the OS receives the report, it can transition the processor into the lower C6 power state to decrease energy usage while maintaining optimal processor performance. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The BIOS does not send the C6 report.

• Enabled—The BIOS sends the C6 report, allowing the OS to transition the processor to the C6 low power state.

Execute Disable Bit drop-down list

set ExecuteDisable

Classifies memory areas on the server to specify where application code can execute. As a result of this classification, the processor disables code execution if a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer. This setting helps to prevent damage, worm propagation, and certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not classify memory areas.

• Enabled—The processor classifies memory areas.

Intel Turbo Boost Tech drop-down list

set IntelTurboBoostTech

Whether the processor uses Intel Turbo Boost Technology, which allows the processor to automatically increase its frequency if it is running below power, temperature, or voltage specifications. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not increase its frequency automatically.

• Enabled—The processor utilizes Turbo Boost Technology if required.

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Tech drop-down list

set EnhancedIntelSpeedStep

Whether the processor uses Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, which allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency. This technology can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased average heat production. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor never dynamically adjusts its voltage or frequency.

• Enabled—The processor utilizes Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and enables all supported processor sleep states to further conserve power.

We recommend that you contact your operating system vendor to make sure the operating system supports this feature.

Intel HyperThreading Tech drop-down list

set IntelHyperThread

Whether the processor uses Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, which allows multithreaded software applications to execute threads in parallel within each processor. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not permit hyperthreading.

• Enabled—The processor allows for the parallel execution of multiple threads.

Workload Configuration drop-down list

set WorkLdConfig

This feature allows for workload optimization. The options are Balanced and I/O Sensitive:

• NUMA

• UMA

Core MultiProcessing drop-down list

set CoreMultiProcessing

Allows you to disable one or more of the physical cores on the server. This can be one of the following:

• All—Enables all physical cores. This also enables Hyper Threading on the associated logical processor cores.

• 1 through 28—Specifies the number of physical processor cores that can run on the server. Each physical core has an associated logical core.

Sub NUMA Clustering drop-down list

Whether the CPU supports sub NUMA clustering, in which the tag directory and the memory channel are always in the same region. This can be one of the following:

• disabled— Sub NUMA clustering does not occur.

• enabled— Sub NUMA clustering occurs.

• auto — The BIOS determines what Sub NUMA clustering is done.

XPT Prefetch drop-down list

Whether XPT prefetch is used to enable a read request sent to the last level cache to issue a copy of that request to the memory controller prefetcher. This can be one of the following:

• disabled—The CPU does not use the XPT Prefetch option.

• enabled—The CPU enables the XPT prefetch option.

UPI Prefetch drop-down list

UPI prefetch is a mechanism to get the memory read started early on a DDR bus. This can be one of the following:

• disabled—The processor does not preload any cache data.

• enabled—The UPI prefetcher preloads the L1 cache with the data it determines to be the most relevant.

Energy Performance Bias Config drop-down list

set CpuEngPerfBias

Allows you to determine whether system performance or energy efficiency is more important on this server. This can be one of the following:

• — The server provides all server components with full power at all times. This option maintains the highest level of performance and requires the greatest amount of power.

• — The server provides all server components with enough power to keep a balance between performance and power.

• — The server provides all server components with enough power to keep a balance between performance and power.

• — The server provides all server components with maximum power to keep reduce power consumption.

Power Performance Tuning drop-down list

set PwrPerfTuning

Determines if the BIOS or Operating System can turn on the energy performance bias tuning. The options are BIOS and OS.

• bios—

  Chooses BIOS for energy performance tuning.

• os—

  Chooses OS for energy performance tuning.

LLC Prefetch drop-down list

Whether the processor uses the LLC Prefetch mechanism to fetch the date into the LLC. This can be one of the following:

• disabled—The processor does not preload any cache data.

• enabled—The LLC prefetcher preloads the L1 cache with the data it determines to be the most relevant.

Package C State

set package-c-state-limit-config package-c-state-limit

The amount of power available to the server components when they are idle. This can be one of the following:

• no-limit—The server may enter any available C state.

• auto —The CPU determines the physical elevation.

• —The server provides all server components with full power at all times. This option maintains the highest level of performance and requires the greatest amount of power.

• —When the CPU is idle, the system reduces the power consumption further than with the C1 option. This requires less power than C1 or C0, but it takes the server slightly longer to return to high performance mode.

• —When the CPU is idle, the system reduces the power consumption further than with the C3 option. This option saves more power than C0, C1, or C3, but there may be performance issues until the server returns to full power.

• —When the CPU is idle, the system reduces the power consumption further than with the C3 option. This option saves more power than C0, C1, or C3, but there may be performance issues until the server returns to full power.

Hardware P-States drop-down list

set CpuHWPM

Enables processor Hardware P-State. This can be one of the following:

• disabled—HWPM is disabled.

• hwpm-native-mode—HWPM native mode is enabled.

• hwpm-oob-mode—HWPM Out-Of-Box mode is enabled.

• Native Mode with no Legacy (only GUI)

Intel Speed Select drop-down list

set IntelSpeedSelect

Intel Speed Select modes will allow users to run the CPU with different speed and cores.

This can be one of the following:

• Base— It will allow users to access maximum core and Thermal Design Power (TDP) ratio.

• Config 1— It will allow users to access core and TDP ratio lesser than Base.

• Config 2— It will allow users to access core and TDP ratio lesser than Config 1.

Default value: Base.

Reboot Host Immediately checkbox

Upon checking, reboots the host server immediately. You must check the checkbox after saving changes.

Select Memory RAS configuration drop-down list

set SelectMemoryRAS

Determines how the memory reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) is configured for the server. This can be one of the following:

• Maximum Performance—System performance is optimized.

• ADDDC Sparing—Adaptive virtual lockstep is an algorithm implemented in the hardware and firmware to support the ADDDC mode. When selected, the system performance is optimized till the algorithm is activated. The algorithm is activated in case of DRAM device failure. Once the algorithm is activated, the virtual lockstep regions are activated to map out the failed region during run-time dynamically, and the performance impact is restricted at a region level.

• Mirror Mode 1LM—System reliability is optimized by using half the system memory as backup.

Above 4G Decoding drop-down list

set MemoryMappedIOAbove4GB

Enables or disables MMIO above 4GB or not. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The server does not map I/O of 64-bit PCI devices to 4GB or greater address space.

• Enabled—The server maps I/O of 64-bit PCI devices to 4GB or greater address space.

DCPMM Firmware Downgrade drop-down list

set DCPMMFirmwareDowngrade

Whether the BIOS supports downgrading the DCPMM firmware. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Support is disabled.

• Enabled—Support is enabled.

NUMA drop-down list

set NUMAOptimize

Whether the BIOS supports Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—Support is disabled.

• Enabled—Support is enabled.

Reboot Host Immediately checkbox

Upon checking, reboots the host server immediately. You must check the checkbox after saving changes.

Hardware Prefetcher drop-down list

set HardwarePrefetch

Whether the processor allows the Intel hardware prefetcher to fetch streams of data and instruction from memory into the unified second-level cache when necessary. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The hardware prefetcher is not used.

• Enabled—The processor uses the hardware prefetcher when cache issues are detected.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher drop-down list

set AdjacentCacheLinePrefetch

Whether the processor fetches cache lines in even or odd pairs instead of fetching just the required line. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor only fetches the required line.

• Enabled—The processor fetches both the required line and its paired line.

DCU Streamer Prefetch drop-down list

set DcuStreamerPrefetch

Whether the processor uses the DCU IP Prefetch mechanism to analyze historical cache access patterns and preload the most relevant lines in the L1 cache. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not try to anticipate cache read requirements and only fetches explicitly requested lines.

• Enabled—The DCU prefetcher analyzes the cache read pattern and prefetches the next line in the cache if it determines that it may be needed.

DCU IP Prefetcher drop-down list

set DcuIpPrefetch

Whether the processor uses the DCU IP Prefetch mechanism to analyze historical cache access patterns and preload the most relevant lines in the L1 cache. This can be one of the following:

• Disabled—The processor does not preload any cache data.

• Enabled—The DCU IP prefetcher preloads the L1 cache with the data it determines to be the most relevant.

CPU Performance drop-down list

set CPUPerformance

Sets the CPU performance profile for the options listed above. This can be one of the following:

• Enterprise—All options are enabled.

• HPC—All options are enabled. This setting is also known as high performance computing.

• Hight Throughput—Only the DCU IP Prefetcher is enabled. The rest of the options are disabled.

• Custom—All performance profile options can be configured from the BIOS setup on the server. In addition, the Hardware Prefetcher and Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch options can be configured as well.