UCS Server BIOS Tokens

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(6c):

  • Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(6c)

Name Default Value Supported Values Platform New/Changed
IIO eDPC Support

On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors

Disabled, On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors

Note

 

The value On Fatal Error is not supported on C225 M8, C245 M8, and X215c M8 servers.

C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8

New
Sub NUMA Clustering

Disabled

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

 C220 M8, C240 M8, X210c M8

Changed

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(6a)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(6a):

  • Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node


    Note

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

  • Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server


    Note

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

  • Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server


    Note

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

  • Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node

Name

Default Value

Supported Values
FRB 2 Timer Enabled Enabled, Disabled
OS Watchdog Timer Policy Power Off Power Off, Reset
OS Watchdog Timer Timeout 10 minutes 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes
OS Watchdog Timer Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Flow Control None None, RTS-CTS
Baud rate 115.2k 9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k
Terminal type VT100 PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8
Console redirection Disabled COM 0, COM 1, Disabled
Security Device Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Trusted Platform Module State Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA-1 PCR Bank Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA256 PCR Bank Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA384 PCR Bank Disabled Enabled, Disabled
TPM Pending Operation None None, TpmClear

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

 Disabled Enabled, Disabled

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enabled

 Enabled, Disabled
Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support Disabled Enabled, Disabled
NUMA Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Select Memory RAS Configuration ADDDC Sparing Mirror Mode 1LM, Partial Mirror mode 1LM, Maximum Performance, ADDDC Sparing
Select PPR type Hard PPR Disabled, Hard PPR
Above 4G Decoding Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
DCU Streamer Prefetch Enabled Auto, Enabled, Disabled
DCU IP Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor C1E Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor C6 Report Auto Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Turbo Mode Enabled Enabled, Disabled
EIST PSD Function HW ALL HW ALL, SW ALL
Boot Performance Mode

Max Performance

Max Performance, Max Efficient
Uncore Frequency Scaling

Mode 1

Mode 1, Mode 0
SpeedStep (Pstates)

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
Configurable TDP Level

Normal

Normal, Level 1, Level 2
Hyper-Threading [ALL]

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
CPU Performance

Custom

Enterprise, High Throughput, HPC, Custom
CDN Control Enabled Enabled, Disabled
PCIe Slots CDN Control Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor CMCI Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adaptive Memory Training Enabled Enabled, Disabled
OptionROM Launch Optimization Enabled Enabled, Disabled
BIOS Techlog Level Minimum Maximum, Normal, Minimum
VMD Enable Disabled Enabled, Disabled
PCIe RAS Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Power ON Password Disabled Enabled, Disabled
VGA priority Onboard Onboard, Offboard, Onboard VGA Disabled
Cores Enabled All All, 4–64
USB Port Front Enabled Enabled, Disabled
USB Port KVM Enabled Enabled, Disabled
USB Port:M.2 Storage Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Workload Configuration IO Sensitive Balanced, IO Sensitive
Sub NUMA Clustering Disabled Auto, Disabled, SNC 2, SNC 4
UPI Prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
XPT Prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Power Performance Tuning OS OS, BIOS, PECI
Energy/Performance Bias Config Balanced Performance Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power
Package C State C0 C1 State No limit, Auto, C0 C1 State, C2, C6 Non Retension
LLC Prefetch Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Hardware P-States HWPM Native Mode HWPM Native Mode, HWPM OOB Mode, Native Mode with no Legacy, Disabled
IPV6 PXE Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
Energy Efficient Turbo Disabled Disabled, Enabled
Processor EPP Profile Balanced Performance Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power
Patrol Scrub Enable at End of POST Enable at End of POST, Disabled
Intel Speed Select Auto Auto, Level 0, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4
Intel Dynamic Speed Select Disabled Enabled, Disabled
BME DMA Mitigation Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Partial Memory Mirror Mode Disabled Percentage, Disabled
Partial Mirror Percentage 0.00 Between 0.00 (min) -50.00 (max)
Memory size limit in GB 0 Between 0 (min) - 65535 (max)
Network Stack Enabled Enabled, Disabled
External SSC Enable Off 0P3_Percent,P5_Percent, Hardware, Off
IPv4 PXE Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
IIO eDPC Support On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors Disabled, On Fatal Error, On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors
Total Memory Encryption (TME) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Multikey Total Memory Encryption Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SW Guard Extensions (SGX) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Factory Reset Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Pkg info In-Band Access Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX QoS Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Select Owner EPOCH Input Type Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs SGX Owner EPOCH activated, Change to New Random Owner EPOCHs, Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs, SGX Owner EPOCH deactivated
SGX Write Enable Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Auto MP Registration Agent Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SProcessor Epoch 0 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SProcessor Epoch 1 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SGX PUBKEY HASH0 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SGX PUBKEY HASH1 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 15-8
SGX PUBKEY HASH2 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 23-16
SGX PUBKEY HASH3 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 31-24
Memory Thermal Throttling Mode CLTT with PECI CLTT with PECI, Disabled
Enhanced Memory Test Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
IPv4 HTTP Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
IPv6 HTTP Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
NTB Test Mode Disabled Enabled, Disabled
NTB Device Type Upstream Upstream, Downstream
UMA Hemisphere(2-clusters) Hemisphere(2-clusters), Disable(All2All)
Virtual Numa

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled
XPT remote prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
LLC Dead Line Enabled Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Enhanced CPU Performance Disabled Auto, Disabled
UPI Link Enablement Auto Auto, 1, 2, 3
UPI Power Manangement

Disabled

 Enabled, Disabled
UPI Link Speed

Auto

 16.0GT/s, 20.0GT/s, 24.0GT/s, Auto, Use Per Link Setting
LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bits Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adaptive Refresh Management Level Default Default, Level A, Level B, Level C
Rank Margin Tool Disabled Enabled, Disabled
DMA Control Opt-In Flag Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Error Check Scrub Enabled without result collection Disabled, Enabled without Result Collection, Enabled with Result Collection
PRMRR Size 256M Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G
Trust Domain Extension (TDX) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
TDX Secure Arbitration Mode (SEAM) Loader Disabled Enabled, Disabled
MMIO High Base 32T 512G, 1T, 2T, 4T, 16T, 24T, 32T, 40T, 56T, Auto
MMIO High Granularity Size 256G 1G, 4G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 256G, 1024G, Auto
IOAT Configuration Enabled Disabled, Enabled
DFX OSB Enabled Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Re-Size BAR Support Disabled Enabled, Disabled
PreBoot DMA Protection Disabled Enabled, Disabled
UEFI Memory Map Special Purpose Memory Flag Enabled Enabled, Disabled
ACPI SRAT Special Purpose Memory Flag Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Latency Optimized Mode Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Run Time Post Package Repair Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server

Name

Default Value

Supported Values
MLOM Link Speed Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5
MLOM OptionROM Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
PCIe Slot n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 8 Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

PCIe Slot n OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 8

Enabled Disabled, Enabled
MRAIDn Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 2 Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5
MRAIDn OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 2 Enabled Disabled, Enabled
Front NVME n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 32 Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

Front NVME n OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 32

Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Rear NVME n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 4 Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5
Rear NVME n OptionROMwhere n ranges from 1 to 4 Enabled Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionROM

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
FRB 2 Timer Enabled Enabled, Disabled
OS Watchdog Timer Policy Power Off Power Off, Reset
OS Watchdog Timer Timeout 10 minutes 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes
OS Watchdog Timer Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Flow Control None None, RTS-CTS
Baud rate 115.2k 9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k
Terminal type VT100 PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8
Console redirection Disabled COM 0, COM 1, Disabled
Security Device Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Trusted Platform Module State Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA-1 PCR Bank Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA256 PCR Bank Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA384 PCR Bank Disabled Enabled, Disabled
TPM Pending Operation None None, TpmClear

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

 Disabled Enabled, Disabled

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enabled

 Enabled, Disabled
Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support Disabled Enabled, Disabled
NUMA Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Select Memory RAS Configuration ADDDC Sparing Mirror Mode 1LM, Partial Mirror mode 1LM, Maximum Performance, ADDDC Sparing
Select PPR type Hard PPR Disabled, Hard PPR
Above 4G Decoding Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
DCU Streamer Prefetch Enabled Auto, Enabled, Disabled
DCU IP Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor C1E Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor C6 Report Auto Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Turbo Mode Enabled Enabled, Disabled
EIST PSD Function HW ALL HW ALL, SW ALL
Boot Performance Mode

Max Performance

Max Performance, Max Efficient
Uncore Frequency Scaling

Mode 1

Mode 1, Mode 0
SpeedStep (Pstates)

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
Configurable TDP Level

Normal

Normal, Level 1, Level 2
Hyper-Threading [ALL]

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
CPU Performance

Custom

Enterprise, High Throughput, HPC, Custom
CDN Control Enabled Enabled, Disabled
PCIe Slots CDN Control Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor CMCI Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adaptive Memory Training Enabled Enabled, Disabled
OptionROM Launch Optimization Enabled Enabled, Disabled
BIOS Techlog Level Minimum Maximum, Normal, Minimum
VMD Enable Disabled Enabled, Disabled
PCIe RAS Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Power on Password Disabled Enabled, Disabled
VGA priority Onboard Onboard, Offboard, Onboard VGA Disabled
Cores Enabled All All, 4–64
USB Port Rear Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Workload Configuration IO Sensitive Balanced, IO Sensitive
Sub NUMA Clustering Disabled Auto, Disabled, SNC 2, SNC 4
UPI Prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
XPT Prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Power Performance Tuning OS OS, BIOS, PECI
Energy/Performance Bias Config Balanced Performance Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power
Package C State C0 C1 State No limit, Auto, C0 C1 State, C2, C6 Non Retension
LLC Prefetch Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Hardware P-States HWPM Native Mode HWPM Native Mode, HWPM OOB Mode, Native Mode with no Legacy, Disabled
IPV6 PXE Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
Energy Efficient Turbo Disabled Disabled, Enabled
Processor EPP Profile Balanced Performance Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power
Patrol Scrub Enable at End of POST Enable at End of POST, Disabled
Intel Speed Select Auto Auto, Level 0, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4
Intel Dynamic Speed Select Disabled Enabled, Disabled
BME DMA Mitigation Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Partial Memory Mirror Mode Disabled Percentage, Disabled
Partial Mirror Percentage 0.00 Between 0.00 (min) - 50.00 (max)
Memory size limit in GB 0 Between 0 (min) - 65535 (max)
Network Stack Enabled Enabled, Disabled
External SSC Enable Off 0P3_Percent,P5_Percent, Hardware, Off
IPv4 PXE Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
IIO eDPC Support On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors Disabled, On Fatal Error, On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors
Total Memory Encryption (TME) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Multikey Total Memory Encryption Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SW Guard Extensions (SGX) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Factory Reset Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Pkg info In-Band Access Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX QoS Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Select Owner EPOCH Input Type Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs SGX Owner EPOCH activated, Change to New Random Owner EPOCHs, Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs, SGX Owner EPOCH deactivated
SGX Write Enable Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Auto MP Registration Agent Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SProcessor Epoch 0 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SProcessor Epoch 1 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SGX PUBKEY HASH0 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SGX PUBKEY HASH1 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 15-8
SGX PUBKEY HASH2 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 23-16
SGX PUBKEY HASH3 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 31-24
Memory Thermal Throttling Mode CLTT with PECI CLTT with PECI, Disabled
Enhanced Memory Test Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
IPv4 HTTP Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
IPv6 HTTP Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
UMA Hemisphere(2-clusters) Hemisphere(2-clusters), Disable(All2All)
Virtual Numa

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled
XPT remote prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
LLC Dead Line Enabled Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Enhanced CPU Performance Disabled Auto, Disabled
UPI Link Enablement Auto Auto, 1, 2, 3
UPI Power Manangement

Disabled

 Enabled, Disabled
UPI Link Speed

Auto

 16.0GT/s, 20.0GT/s, 24.0GT/s, Auto, Use Per Link Setting
LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bits Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adaptive Refresh Management Level Default Default, Level A, Level B, Level C
Rank Margin Tool Disabled Enabled, Disabled
DMA Control Opt-In Flag Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Error Check Scrub Enabled without result collection Disabled, Enabled without Result Collection, Enabled with Result Collection
PRMRR Size 256M Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G
Trust Domain Extension (TDX) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
TDX Secure Arbitration Mode (SEAM) Loader Disabled Enabled, Disabled
MMIO High Base 32T 512G, 1T, 2T, 4T, 16T, 24T, 32T, 40T, 56T, Auto
MMIO High Granularity Size 256G 1G, 4G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 256G, 1024G, Auto
IOAT Configuration Enabled Disabled, Enabled
DFX OSB Enabled Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Re-Size BAR Support Disabled Enabled, Disabled
PreBoot DMA Protection Enabled Enabled, Disabled
UEFI Memory Map Special Purpose Memory Flag Enabled Enabled, Disabled
ACPI SRAT Special Purpose Memory Flag Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Latency Optimized Mode Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Run Time Post Package Repair Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server

Name

Default Value

Supported Values
MLOM Link Speed Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5
MLOM OptionROM Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
PCIe Slot n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 3 Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

PCIe Slot n OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 3

Enabled Disabled, Enabled
MRAID Link Speed Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5
MRAID OptionROM Enabled Disabled, Enabled
Front NVME n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 16 Auto Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

Front NVME n OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 16

Enabled Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionROM

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
FRB 2 Timer Enabled Enabled, Disabled
OS Watchdog Timer Policy Power Off Power Off, Reset
OS Watchdog Timer Timeout 10 minutes 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes
OS Watchdog Timer Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Flow Control None None, RTS-CTS
Baud rate 115.2k 9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k
Terminal type VT100 PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8
Console redirection Disabled COM 0, COM 1, Disabled
Security Device Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Trusted Platform Module State Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA-1 PCR Bank Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA256 PCR Bank Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SHA384 PCR Bank Disabled Enabled, Disabled
TPM Pending Operation None None, TpmClear

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

 Disabled Enabled, Disabled

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enabled

 Enabled, Disabled
Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support Disabled Enabled, Disabled
NUMA Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Select Memory RAS Configuration ADDDC Sparing Mirror Mode 1LM, Partial Mirror mode 1LM, Maximum Performance, ADDDC Sparing
Select PPR type Hard PPR Disabled, Hard PPR
Above 4G Decoding Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
DCU Streamer Prefetch Enabled Auto, Enabled, Disabled
DCU IP Prefetcher Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor C1E Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor C6 Report Auto Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Turbo Mode Enabled Enabled, Disabled
EIST PSD Function HW ALL HW ALL, SW ALL
Boot Performance Mode

Max Performance

Max Performance, Max Efficient
Uncore Frequency Scaling

Mode 1

Mode 1, Mode 0
SpeedStep (Pstates)

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
Configurable TDP Level

Normal

Normal, Level 1, Level 2
Hyper-Threading [ALL]

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
CPU Performance

Custom

Enterprise, High Throughput, HPC, Custom
CDN Control Enabled Enabled, Disabled
PCIe Slots CDN Control Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Processor CMCI Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adaptive Memory Training Enabled Enabled, Disabled
OptionROM Launch Optimization Enabled Enabled, Disabled
BIOS Techlog Level Minimum Maximum, Normal, Minimum
VMD Enable Disabled Enabled, Disabled
PCIe RAS Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Power on Password Disabled Enabled, Disabled
VGA priority Onboard Onboard, Offboard, Onboard VGA Disabled
Cores Enabled All All, 4–64
USB Port Rear Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Workload Configuration IO Sensitive Balanced, IO Sensitive
Sub NUMA Clustering Disabled Auto, Disabled, SNC 2, SNC 4
UPI Prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
XPT Prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Power Performance Tuning OS OS, BIOS, PECI
Energy/Performance Bias Config Balanced Performance Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power
Package C State C0 C1 State No limit, Auto, C0 C1 State, C2, C6 Non Retension
LLC Prefetch Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Hardware P-States HWPM Native Mode HWPM Native Mode, HWPM OOB Mode, Native Mode with no Legacy, Disabled
IPV6 PXE Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
Energy Efficient Turbo Disabled Disabled, Enabled
Processor EPP Profile Balanced Performance Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power
Patrol Scrub Enable at End of POST Enable at End of POST, Disabled
Intel Speed Select Auto Auto, Level 0, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4
Intel Dynamic Speed Select Disabled Enabled, Disabled
BME DMA Mitigation Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Partial Memory Mirror Mode Disabled Percentage, Disabled
Partial Mirror Percentage 0.00 Between 0.00 (min) - 50.00 (max)
Memory size limit in GB 0 Between 0 (min) - 65535 (max)
Network Stack Enabled Enabled, Disabled
External SSC Enable Off 0P3_Percent,P5_Percent, Hardware, Off
IPv4 PXE Support Enabled Enabled, Disabled
IIO eDPC Support On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors Disabled, On Fatal Error, On Fatal and Non-Fatal Errors
Total Memory Encryption (TME) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Multikey Total Memory Encryption Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SW Guard Extensions (SGX) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Factory Reset Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Pkg info In-Band Access Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX QoS Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Select Owner EPOCH Input Type Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs SGX Owner EPOCH activated, Change to New Random Owner EPOCHs, Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs, SGX Owner EPOCH deactivated
SGX Write Enable Enabled Enabled, Disabled
SGX Auto MP Registration Agent Disabled Enabled, Disabled
SProcessor Epoch 0 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SProcessor Epoch 1 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SGX PUBKEY HASH0 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 7-0
SGX PUBKEY HASH1 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 15-8
SGX PUBKEY HASH2 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 23-16
SGX PUBKEY HASH3 0 Between 0 (Min) - ffffffffffffffff (Max)

Note

 

Hash byte 31-24
Memory Thermal Throttling Mode CLTT with PECI CLTT with PECI, Disabled
Enhanced Memory Test Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
IPv4 HTTP Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
IPv6 HTTP Support Enabled Disabled, Enabled
UMA Hemisphere(2-clusters) Hemisphere(2-clusters), Disable(All2All)
Virtual Numa

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled
XPT remote prefetch Auto Enabled, Disabled, Auto
LLC Dead Line Enabled Enabled, Disabled, Auto
UPI Link Enablement Auto Auto, 1, 2, 3
UPI Power Manangement

Disabled

 Enabled, Disabled
UPI Link Speed

Auto

 16.0GT/s, 20.0GT/s, 24.0GT/s, Auto, Use Per Link Setting
LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bits Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Adaptive Refresh Management Level Default Default, Level A, Level B, Level C
Rank Margin Tool Disabled Enabled, Disabled
DMA Control Opt-In Flag Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Error Check Scrub Enabled without result collection Disabled, Enabled without Result Collection, Enabled with Result Collection
PRMRR Size 256M Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G
Trust Domain Extension (TDX) Disabled Enabled, Disabled
TDX Secure Arbitration Mode (SEAM) Loader Disabled Enabled, Disabled
MMIO High Base 32T 512G, 1T, 2T, 4T, 16T, 24T, 32T, 40T, 56T, Auto
MMIO High Granularity Size 256G 1G, 4G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 256G, 1024G, Auto
IOAT Configuration Enabled Disabled, Enabled
DFX OSB Enabled Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Re-Size BAR Support Disabled Enabled, Disabled
PreBoot DMA Protection Disabled Enabled, Disabled
UEFI Memory Map Special Purpose Memory Flag Enabled Enabled, Disabled
ACPI SRAT Special Purpose Memory Flag Enabled Enabled, Disabled
Latency Optimized Mode Disabled Enabled, Disabled
Run Time Post Package Repair Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(5c)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(5c):

  • Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(5c)

Name Default Value Supported Values Platform

New/Changed

CCD Control

Auto

Auto, 2 CCDs, 4 CCDs, 6 CCDs, 8 CCDs, 10 CCDs, 12 CCDs, 14 CCDs

C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8

Changed

Power Profile Selection F19h

High Performance Mode

High Performance Mode, Efficiency Mode, Maximum IO Performance Mode, Balanced Memory Performance Mode, Balanced Core Performance Mode, Balanced Core Memory Performance Mode, Auto

C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8

Changed

CPU Downcore control F19 M10h-1Fh

Auto

Auto, ONE (1 + 0), TWO (2 + 0), THREE (3 + 0), FOUR (4 + 0), FIVE (5 + 0), SIX (6 + 0), SEVEN (7 + 0), EIGHT (8 + 0), NINE (9 + 0), TEN (10 + 0), ELEVEN (11 + 0), TWELVE (12 + 0), THIRTEEN (13 + 0), FOURTEEN (14 + 0), FIFTEEN (15 + 0)

C225 M8, C245 M8, X215c M8

Changed

UEFI Memory Map Special Purpose Memory Flag

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7

Changed

ACPI SRAT Special Purpose Memory Flag

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7

Changed

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(5a)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(5a):

  • Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node


    Note

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

  • Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server


    Note

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

  • Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

Name Default Value Supported Values

FRB 2 Timer

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

Power Off

Power Off, Reset

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

10 minutes

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes

OS Watchdog Timer

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Flow Control

None

None, RTS-CTS
Baud rate

115.2k

9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k

Terminal type

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Console redirection

Disabled

COM 0, COM 1, Disabled

Security Device Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Trusted Platform Module State

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA-1 PCR Bank

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA256 PCR Bank

Enabled

 Enabled, Disabled

SHA384 PCR Bank

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Above 4G Decoding

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

CDN Control

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slots CDN Control

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled

Core Performance Boost

Auto

Disabled, Auto

Global C-state Control

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

L1 Stream HW Prefetcher

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

L2 Stream HW Prefetcher

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

NUMA Nodes per Socket

Auto

NPS0, NPS1, NPS2, NPS4, Auto

Chipselect Interleaving

Auto

Disabled, Auto, Enabled

Bank Group Swap

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

Determinism Slider

Auto

Power, Performance, Auto

IPv4 PXE Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
IPV6 PXE Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
IOMMU

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

SMT Mode

Enabled

Auto, Enabled, Disabled
SVM Mode

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
CPU Downcore control F19 M10h-1Fh

Auto

Auto, ONE (1 + 0), TWO (2 + 0), THREE (3 + 0), FOUR (4 + 0), FIVE (5 + 0), SIX (6 + 0), SEVEN (7 + 0)

Downcore control F19 MA0h-AFh

Auto

Auto, TWO (1 + 1), FOUR (2 + 2), SIX (3 + 3), EIGHT (4 + 4), TEN (5 + 5), TWELVE (6 + 6), FOURTEEN (7 + 7)

SR-IOV Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SMEE

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

BIOS Techlog Level

Minimum

Maximum, Normal, Minimum

OptionROM Launch Optimization

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe ARI Support

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Re-Size BAR Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

TSME

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

IPv4 HTTP Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
IPv6 HTTP Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
Network Stack

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
SEV-SNP Support

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled
CPPC Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Power Profile Selection F19h

High Performance Mode

High Performance Mode, Efficiency Mode, Maximum IO Performance Mode, Balanced Memory Performance Mode
SNP Memory Coverage

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled, Custom
SNP Memory Size to Cover in MB

8192

Integer (0 to 1048576)
BME DMA Mitigation Disabled

Disabled, Enabled

Post Package Repair

Hard PPR

 Disabled, Hard PPR

Runtime Post Package Repair

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled
APBDIS

Auto

0, 1, Auto
Fixed SOC P-State SP5 F19h

0

Integer (0 to 2)
CCD Control

Auto

Auto, 2 CCDs, 4 CCDs, 6 CCDs, 8 CCDs, 10 CCDs
Streaming Stores Control

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto
ACPI SRAT L3 Cache As NUMA Domain

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto
DF C-States

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

SEV-ES ASID Space Limit

1

Integer (1 to 1007)

Local APIC Mode

Auto

Compatibility, XAPIC, X2APIC, Auto

DRAM Scrub Time

24 hours

Disabled, 1 hour, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 16 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, Auto

PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

4-link xGMI max speed

Auto

20Gbps, 25Gbps, 32Gbps, Auto

Memory Interleaving

Auto

Disabled, Auto, Enabled

DF PState Frequency Optimizer

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

AVX512

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

Power Down Enable

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

xGMI Force Link Width

Auto

Auto, 0, 1, 2

Memory Refresh Rate

1x Refresh

1x Refresh, 2x Refresh

Burst and Postponed Refresh

Disabled

 Disabled, Enabled

TPM Pending Operation

None

None, TpmClear

Enhanced Memory Test

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

Enhanced CPU Performance

Disabled

Disabled, Auto

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

Name Field (Display Name) Default Value Supported Values

MLOM Link Speed

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

MLOM OptionROM

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

PCIe Slot n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 3

Auto

 Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

PCIe Slot n OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 3

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

MRAID Link Speed

Auto

 Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

MRAID OptionROM

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

Front NVME n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 10

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

Front NVME n OptionROM

where n ranges from 1 to 10

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

PCIe Slot MSTOR Link Speed

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionROM

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

VGA Priority

Onboard

Onboard, Offboard, Onboard VGA Disabled

FRB 2 Timer

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

Power Off

Power Off, Reset

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

10 minutes

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes

OS Watchdog Timer

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Flow Control

None

None, RTS-CTS
Baud rate

115.2k

9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k

Terminal type

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Console redirection

Disabled

COM 0, COM 1, Disabled

Security Device Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Trusted Platform Module State

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA-1 PCR Bank

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA256 PCR Bank

Enabled

 Enabled, Disabled

SHA384 PCR Bank

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Above 4G Decoding

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

CDN Control

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slots CDN Control

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled

Power ON Password

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled

Core Performance Boost

Auto

Disabled, Auto

Global C-state Control

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

L1 Stream HW Prefetcher

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

L2 Stream HW Prefetcher

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

NUMA Nodes per Socket

Auto

NPS0, NPS1, NPS2, NPS4, Auto

Chipselect Interleaving

Auto

Disabled, Auto, Enabled

Bank Group Swap

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

Determinism Slider

Auto

Power, Performance, Auto

IPv4 PXE Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
IPV6 PXE Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
IOMMU

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

SMT Mode

Enabled

Auto, Enabled, Disabled
SVM Mode

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
CPU Downcore control F19 M10h-1Fh

Auto

Auto, ONE (1 + 0), TWO (2 + 0), THREE (3 + 0), FOUR (4 + 0), FIVE (5 + 0), SIX (6 + 0), SEVEN (7 + 0)

Downcore control F19 MA0h-AFh

Auto

Auto, TWO (1 + 1), FOUR (2 + 2), SIX (3 + 3), EIGHT (4 + 4), TEN (5 + 5), TWELVE (6 + 6), FOURTEEN (7 + 7)

SR-IOV Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SMEE

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

BIOS Techlog Level

Minimum

Maximum, Normal, Minimum

OptionROM Launch Optimization

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe ARI Support

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Re-Size BAR Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

TSME

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

IPv4 HTTP Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
IPv6 HTTP Support

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled
Network Stack

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
SEV-SNP Support

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled
CPPC Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled
Power Profile Selection F19h

High Performance Mode

High Performance Mode, Efficiency Mode, Maximum IO Performance Mode, Balanced Memory Performance Mode
SNP Memory Coverage

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled, Custom
SNP Memory Size to Cover in MB

8192

Integer (0 to 1048576)
BME DMA Mitigation Disabled

Disabled, Enabled

Post Package Repair

Hard PPR

 Disabled, Hard PPR

Runtime Post Package Repair

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled
APBDIS

Auto

0, 1, Auto
Fixed SOC P-State SP5 F19h

0

Integer (0 to 2)
CCD Control

Auto

Auto, 2 CCDs, 4 CCDs, 6 CCDs, 8 CCDs, 10 CCDs
Streaming Stores Control

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto
ACPI SRAT L3 Cache As NUMA Domain

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto
DF C-States

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

SEV-ES ASID Space Limit

1

Integer (1 to 1007)

Local APIC Mode

Auto

Compatibility, XAPIC, X2APIC, Auto

DRAM Scrub Time

24 hours

Disabled, 1 hour, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 16 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, Auto

PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

4-link xGMI max speed

Auto

20Gbps, 25Gbps, 32Gbps, Auto

Memory Interleaving

Auto

Disabled, Auto, Enabled

DF PState Frequency Optimizer

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

AVX512

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

Power Down Enable

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

xGMI Force Link Width

Auto

Auto, 0, 1, 2

Memory Refresh Rate

1x Refresh

1x Refresh, 2x Refresh

Burst and Postponed Refresh

Disabled

 Disabled, Enabled

TPM Pending Operation

None

None, TpmClear

Enhanced Memory Test

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

Enhanced CPU Performance

Disabled

Disabled, Auto

New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(5a)

Name Default Value Supported Values Platform

New/Changed

Re-Size BAR Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

Global C-state Control

Disabled

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

C245 M8

Changed

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(4b)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(4b):

  • Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server


    Note

    This platform is supported from 4.3(4b) onwards.

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

Name

Default Value

Supported Values

MLOM Link Speed

 Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5
MLOM OptionROM Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

PCIe Slot n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 8

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5
PCIe Slot n OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 8 Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

MRAID1 Link Speed

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

MRAID1 OptionROM

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

MRAID2 Link Speed

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

MRAID2 OptionROM

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

Front NVME n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 4

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

Front NVME n OptionROM where n ranges from 1 to 4

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

Rear NVME n Link Speed where n ranges from 1 to 4

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

Rear NVME n OptionROMwhere n ranges from 1 to 4

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slot MSTOR Link Speed

Auto

Disabled, Auto, GEN1, GEN2, GEN3, GEN4, GEN5

PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionROM

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

VGA Priority

Onboard

Offboard, Onboard, Onboard VGA Disabled
FRB 2 Timer

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
OS Watchdog Timer Policy Power-off Power-off, Reset

OS Boot Watchdog Timer Timeout

 10 minutes

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes

OS Boot Watchdog Timer

 Disabled

Enabled, Disabled
Flow Control None None, RTS-CTS
Baud Rate 115.2k

9.6k, 19.2k, 38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k
Terminal type VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Console Redirection

 Disabled

COM 0, COM 1, Disabled
Security Device Support Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
Trusted Platform Module State Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA-1 PCR Bank

 Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA256 PCR Bank

 Enabled

Enabled, Disabled
SHA384 PCR Bank Disabled

Enabled, Disabled
Above 4G Decoding

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

CDN Control

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slots CDN Control where CDN refers to Consistent Device Naming

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Power ON Password

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Core Performance Boost

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Global C-state Control Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

L1 Stream HW Prefetcher

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

L2 Stream HW Prefetcher

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto
NUMA Nodes per Socket Auto

NPS0, NPS1, NPS2, NPS4, Auto

Chipselect Interleaving

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Bank Group Swap

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Determinism Slider Auto

Auto, Performance, Power

IPv4 PXE Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv6 PXE Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IOMMU

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

SMT Mode

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

SVM Mode

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

CPU Downcore control F19 M10h-1Fh where F refers to the processor family and M denotes the model

Auto

Auto, ONE (1 + 0), TWO (2 + 0), THREE (3 + 0), FOUR (4 + 0), FIVE (5 + 0), SIX (6 + 0), SEVEN (7 + 0)

Downcore control F19 MA0h-AFh where F refers to the processor family and M denotes the model

Auto

Auto, TWO (1 + 1), FOUR (2 + 2), SIX (3 + 3), EIGHT (4 + 4), TEN (5 + 5), TWELVE (6 + 6), FOURTEEN (7 + 7)
SR-IOV Support Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SMEE

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

BIOS Techlog Level

 Minimum

Maximum, Minimum, Normal

OptionROM Launch Optimization

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe ARI Support

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Re-Size BAR Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

TSME

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

IPv4 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv6 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Network Stack

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SEV-SNP Support

 Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

CPPC

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Power Profile Selection F19h where F refers to the processor family and M denotes the model

High Performance Mode

High Performance Mode, Efficiency Mode, Maximum IO Performance Mode, Balanced Memory Performance Mode

SNP Memory Coverage

 Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled, Custom

SNP Memory Size to Cover in MB

 8192

0 - 1048576

BME DMA Mitigation

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled
Post Package Repair Hard PPR

Disabled, Hard PPR

Runtime Post Package Repair

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled
Burst and Postponed Refresh

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled
APBDIS

Auto

0, 1, Auto

Fixed SOC P-State SP5 F19h where F refers to the processor family

0

0 - 2

CCD Control

Auto

Auto, 2 CCDs, 4 CCDs, 6 CCDs, 8 CCDs, 10 CCDs
Streaming Stores Control

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

ACPI SRAT L3 Cache As NUMA Domain

 Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto
DF C-States

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

SEV-ES ASID Space Limit

1

1- 1007

Local APIC Mode

Auto

 Compatibility, XAPIC, X2APIC, Auto
DRAM Scrub Time

24 hours

Disabled, 1 hour, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours,16 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, Auto

PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support

 Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto
4-link xGMI max speed Auto

20 Gbps, 25 Gbps, 32 Gbps, Auto

Memory Interleaving

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

DF PState Frequency Optimizer

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

AVX512

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto
Power Down Enable

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

xGMI Force Link Width

Auto

Auto, 0, 1, 2
Memory Refresh Rate

1x Refresh

1x Refresh, 2x Refresh
TPM Pending Operation

None

None, TpmClear
Enhanced Memory Test

Auto

Disabled, Enabled, Auto

Enhanced CPU Performance

Disabled

Disabled, Auto

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(4a)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(4a):

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(4a)

Name

Default Value

Supported Values

Platform

New/Changed

DFX OSB

Enabled

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7

New
SHA384 PCR Bank* Disabled Enabled, Disabled

C225 M6, C245 M6, C220 M6, C240 M6, X210c M6, B200 M6

New
Local APIC Mode* Auto Compatibility, XAPIC, X2APIC, Auto

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

DRAM Scrub Time

Auto

Disabled,1 hour,4 hours, 8 hours, 16 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, Auto

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Memory Interleaving

Auto

Disabled, Auto

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

PCIe Ten Bit Tag Support

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

EDC Control Throttle

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

DLWM Support

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

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

Auto

Auto, 800 MHz, 933 MHz, 1067 MHz, 1200 MHz, 1333 MHz, 1467 MHz, 1600 MHz, 1633 MHz, 1667 MHz, 1700 MHz, 1733 MHz, 1767 MHz, 1800 MHz, 400 MHz

C245 M6, C225 M6, X210c M6, B200 M6

New

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

Auto

Auto, 667 MHz, 800 MHz, 933 MHz, 1067 MHz, 1200 MHz, 1333 MHz, 1467 MHz, 1600 MHz

 C245 M6, C225 M6, X210c M6, B200 M6

New

xGMI Link Configuration

Auto

Auto, 2 xGMI Links, 3 xGMI Links, 4 xGMI Links

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Preferred IO 7xx3 (AMD 3rd Gen CPU)

Auto

Auto, Bus

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Preferred IO 7xx2 (AMD 2nd Gen CPU)

Auto

Auto, Manual

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Core Watchdog Timer Enable

Auto

Auto,Enabled, Disabled

 C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Serial Mux

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

C245 M6, C225 M6

New

Memory Refresh Rate

1x Refresh

1x Refresh, 2x Refresh

C245 M6, C225 M6

New
PRMRR Size 256M

Invalid Config, Auto, 128M, 256M, 512M, 1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

 Changed

Note

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

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

Deprecated BIOS Tokens for 4.3(4a)

Name

Default Value

Supported Values

Platform

DCPMM Firmware Downgrade

Enabled

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

CR QoS

Disabled

Profile 1, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

NVM Performance Setting

BW Optimized

BW Optimized, Balanced Profile

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

CR FastGo Config

Auto

Enable optimization, Disable Optimization

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7
Snoopy mode for AD Disabled Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Snoopy for 2LM

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Volatile Memory Mode

1LM

1LM, 2LM

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

eADR

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Memory Bandwidth Boost

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(3c)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(3c):

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(3c)

Name

Default Value

Supported Values

Platform

New/Changed

MMIO High Granularity Size

256G

1G, 4G, 16G, 64G, 256G, 1024G

X410c M7, X210c M7, C240 M7, C220 M7

New

MMIO High Base

32T

512G, 1T, 2T, 4T, 16T, 24T, 32T, 40T, 56T

X410c M7, X210c M7, C240 M7, C220 M7

New

IOAT Configuration

Enabled

Disabled, Enabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C240 M7, C220 M7

New

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(3a)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in 4.3(3a):

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(3a)

Name

Default Value

Supported Values

Platform

New/Changed

Trust Domain Extension (TDX)

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

TDX Secure Arbitration Mode (SEAM) Loader

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

SHA384 PCR Bank

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

QpiLinkSpeed

Auto

20.0GT/s,12.8GT/s, 14.4GT/s, 16.0GT/s, Auto

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

New

C1 Auto Demotion

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Changed

C1 Auto UnDemotion

Auto

Auto, Enabled, Disabled

X410c M7, X210c M7, C220 M7, C240 M7

Changed

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(2c)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following server in 4.3(2c):

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node


    Note

    This platform is supported from 4.3(2c) onwards.

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

Name

Default Value

Supported Values

PRMRR Size

256M

Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G

Optimized Power Mode

Disable

Enabled, Disabled

Adaptive Refresh Management Level

Default

Default, Level A, Level B, Level C

Rank Margin Tool

Disabled

Enabled Disabled

Error Check Scrub

Enabled without result collection

Disabled, Enabled without Result Collection, Enabled with Result Collection

PCIe PLL SSC Percent

255

0–20

Above 4G Decoding

Enabled

Enabled Disabled

VMD Enablement

Disabled

Enabled Disabled

PCIe RAS Support

Enabled

Enabled Disabled

CDN Support for LOM

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

External SSC Enable

Off

0P3_Percent,P5_Percent, Hardware, Off

CDN Control

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel VT for directed IO

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel VTD Coherency Support

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

USB Port Front

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

USB Port KVM

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

USB Port:M.2 Storage

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

NTB Test Mode

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

NTB Device Type

Upstream

Upstream, Downstream

C1 Auto demotion

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

C1 Auto Demotion

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

FRB 2 Timer

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

Power Off

Reset, Power Off

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

10 minutes

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes

OS Watchdog timer

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Flow Control

None

None, RTS-CTS

Baud Rate

115.2k

9.6k, 19.2k,38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k

Terminal Type

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Console Redirection

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Adaptive Memory Training

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OptionROM Launch Optimization

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

BIOS Techlog level

Minimum

Maximum, Minimum, Normal

IPV6 PXE support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Network stack

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv4 PXE Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv4 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv6 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Security Device Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Trusted Platform Module State

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA-1 PCR Bank

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA256 PCR Bank

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

TPM Pending Operation

None

None, TpmClear

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Total Memory Encryption (TME)

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX QoS

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX write Enable

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DMA Control Opt-In Flag

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Multikey Total Memory Encryption

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SW Guard Extensions (SGX)

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX Factory Reset

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX Pkg info In-Band Access

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Select Owner EPOCH Input Type

Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs

SGX Owner EPOCH activated, Change to New Random Owner EPOCHs, Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs

SGX Auto MP Registration Agent

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SProcessor Epoch 0

0

Between 7-0

Pubkey Hash 0

0

Between 7-0

SGX Pubkey Hash 1

0

Between 15-8

NUMA

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Select Memory RAS Configuration

ADDDC Sparing

Mirror Mode 1LM, Partial Mirror mode 1LM, Maximum Performance, ADDDC Sparing

Select PPR type

Hard PPR

Disabled, Hard PPR

Partial Cache Line Sparing

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

BME DMA Mitigation

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Partial Memory Mirror Mode

Disabled

Percentage, Value in GB, Disabled

Partial Mirror Percentage

0

Between 0-50

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Memory size limit in GB

0

Between 0-65535

CR QoS

Disabled

Profile 1, Disabled

NVM Performance Setting

BW Optimized

BW Optimized, Balanced Profile

CR FastGo Config

Auto

Enable optimization, Disable Optimization

Snoopy mode for AD

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Snoopy for 2LM

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Memory refresh rate

1x Refresh

1x Refresh, 2x Refresh

Panic and High Watermark

Low

High, Low

Memory Thermal Throttling Mode

CLTT with PECI

CLTT with PECI, Disabled

Enhanced Memory Test

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

UMA

Quadrant(4-clusters)

Quadrant(4-clusters), Hemisphere(2-clusters), Disabled

Volatile Memory Mode

1LM

1LM, 2LM

eADR

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Memory Bandwidth Boost

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Virtual NUMA

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

XPT remote prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

LLC Dead Line

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Extended APIC

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Hardware Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCU Streamer Prefetch

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCU IP Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor C1E

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor C6 Report

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Turbo Mode

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

EIST PSD Function

HW All

HW all, SW all

Boot Performance Mode

Max Performance

Max Efficient, Max Performance,

Uncore Frequency Scaling

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SpeedStep (Pstates)

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Configurable TDP Level

Normal

Level 1, Level 2, Normal

Intel HyperThreading Tech

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

CPU Performance

Custom

Enterprise, High Throughput, HPC, Custom

Processor CMCI

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Cores Enabled

Enabled

All, 1–64

Workload Configuration

IO Sensitive

Balanced, IO Sensitive

Sub NUMA Clustering

Disabled

Auto, Disabled, SNC 2, SNC 4

UPI Prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

XPT Prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Power Performance Tuning

OS

OS, BIOS, PECI

Energy/Performance Bias Config

Balanced Performance

Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power

Package C State

C0 C1 State

No limit, Auto, C0 C1 State, C2, C6 Non Retension, C6 Retention

LLC Prefetch

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Hardware P-States

HWPM Native Mode

HWPM Native Mode, HWPM OOB Mode, Native Mode with no Legacy, Disabled

Energy Efficient Turbo

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Autonomous Core C-state

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor EPP Profile

Balanced Performance

Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power

Patrol Scrub

Enable at End of POST

Enable at End of POST, Disabled

Intel Dynamic Speed Select

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCPMM Firmware Downgrade

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Enhanced CPU Performance

Disabled

Auto, Disabled

UPI Power Management

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

UPI Link Speed

Auto

12.8GT/s, 14.4GT/s, 16.0GT/s, Auto

LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bit

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

X2APIC Opt Out

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Related Documentation

Server BIOS Tokens in Release 4.3(2b)

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following servers in release 4.3(2b):

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node


    Note

    This platform is supported from 4.3(2b) onwards.

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node


    Note

    This platform is supported from 4.3(2b) onwards.

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server


    Note

    This platform is supported from 4.3(2b) onwards.

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server


    Note

    This platform is supported from 4.3(2b) onwards.

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

Name

Default Value

Server Supported Values

PRMRR Size

256M

Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G

Note

 

SGX, Total Memory Encryption must be enabled.

Optimized Power Mode

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Adaptive Refresh Management Level

Default

Default, Level A, Level B, Level C

Rank Margin Tool

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Error Check Scrub

Enabled without result collection

Disabled, Enabled without Result Collection, Enabled with Result Collection

PCIe PLL SSC Percent

255

0–20

Above 4G Decoding

Enabled

Enabled Disabled

VMD Enablement

Disabled

Enabled Disabled

PCIe RAS Support

Enabled

Enabled Disabled

CDN Support for LOM

Disabled

Enabled Disabled

External SSC Enable

Off

0P3_Percent,P5_Percent, Hardware, Off

CDN Control

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel VT for directed IO

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel VTD Coherency Support

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

USB Port Front

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

USB Port KVM

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

USB Port:M.2 Storage

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

NTB Test Mode

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

NTB Device Type

Upstream

Upstream, Downstream

C1 Auto Demotion

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

FRB 2 Timer

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

Power Off

Reset, Power Off

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

10 minutes

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes

OS Watchdog timer

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Flow Control

None

None, RTS-CTS

Baud Rate

115.2k

9.6k, 19.2k,38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k

Terminal Type

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Console Redirection

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Adaptive Memory Training

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OptionROM Launch Optimization

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

BIOS Techlog level

Minimum

Maximum, Minimum, Normal

IPV6 PXE support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Network stack

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv4 PXE Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv4 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv6 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Security Device Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Trusted Platform Module State

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA-1 PCR Bank

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA-256 PCR Bank

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

TPM Pending Operation

None

None, TpmClear

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Total Memory Encryption (TME)

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX QoS

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX write Enable

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DMA Control Opt-In Flag

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Power on Password

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Multikey Total Memory Encryption

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SW Guard Extensions (SGX)

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX Factory Reset

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX Pkg info In-Band Access

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Select Owner EPOCH Input Type

Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs

SGX Owner EPOCH activated, Change to New Random Owner EPOCHs, Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs

SGX Auto MP Registration Agent

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SProcessor Epoch 0

0

Between 7-0

Pubkey Hash 0

0

Between 7-0

SGX Pubkey Hash 1

0

Between 15-8

NUMA

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Select Memory RAS Configuration

ADDDC Sparing

Mirror Mode 1LM, Partial Mirror mode 1LM, Maximum Performance, ADDDC Sparing

Select PPR type

Hard PPR

Disabled, Hard PPR

Partial Cache Line Sparing

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

BME DMA Mitigation

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Partial Memory Mirror Mode

Disabled

Percentage, Value in GB, Disabled

Partial Mirror Percentage

0

Between 0-50

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Memory size limit in GB

0

Between 0-65535

CR QoS

Disabled

Profile 1, Disabled

NVM Performance Setting

BW Optimized

BW Optimized, Balanced Profile

CR FastGo Config

Auto

Enable optimization, Disable Optimization

Snoopy mode for AD

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Snoopy for 2LM

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Memory refresh rate

1x Refresh

1x Refresh, 2x Refresh

Panic and High Watermark

Low

High, Low

Memory Thermal Throttling Mode

CLTT with PECI

CLTT with PECI, Disabled

Enhanced Memory Test

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

UMA

Quadrant(4-clusters)

Quadrant(4-clusters), Hemisphere(2-clusters), Disabled

Volatile Memory Mode

1LM

1LM, 2LM

eADR

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Memory Bandwidth Boost

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Virtual NUMA

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

XPT remote prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

LLC Dead Line

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Extended APIC

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Hardware Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCU Streamer Prefetch

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCU IP Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor C1E

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor C6 Report

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Turbo Mode

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

EIST PSD Function

HW All

HW all, SW all

Boot Performance Mode

Max Performance

Max Efficient, Max Performance,

Uncore Frequency Scaling

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SpeedStep (Pstates)

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Configurable TDP Level

Normal

Level 1, Level 2, Normal

Intel HyperThreading Tech

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

CPU Performance

Custom

Enterprise, High Throughput, HPC, Custom

Processor CMCI

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Cores Enabled

Enabled

All, 1–64

Workload Configuration

IO Sensitive

Balanced, IO Sensitive

Sub NUMA Clustering

Disabled

Auto, Disabled, SNC 2, SNC 4

UPI Prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

XPT Prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Energy/Performance Bias Config

Balanced Performance

Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power

Package C State

C0 C1 State

No limit, Auto, C0 C1 State, C2, C6 Non Retension, C6 Retention

LLC Prefetch

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Hardware P-States

HWPM Native Mode

HWPM Native Mode, HWPM OOB Mode, Native Mode with no Legacy, Disabled

Energy Efficient Turbo

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Autonomous Core C-state

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor EPP Profile

Balanced Performance

Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power

Patrol Scrub

Enable at End of POST

Enable at End of POST, Disabled

Intel Dynamic Speed Select

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCPMM Firmware Downgrade

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Enhanced CPU Performance

Disabled

Auto, Disabled

UPI Power Management

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

UPI Link Speed

Auto

12.8GT/s, 14.4GT/s, 16.0GT/s, Auto

LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bit

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

X2APIC Opt Out

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

Name

Default Value

Server Supported Values

PRMRR Size

256M

Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G

Note

 

SGX, Total Memory Encryption must be enabled.

BIOS Tokens for Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server and Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

Name

Default Value

Server Supported Values

PRMRR Size

256M

Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G

Note

 

SGX, Total Memory Encryption must be enabled.

Optimized Power Mode

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Adaptive Refresh Management Level

Default

Default, Level A, Level B, Level C

Rank Margin Tool

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Error Check Scrub

Enabled without result collection

Disabled, Enabled without Result Collection, Enabled with Result Collection

PCIe PLL SSC Percent

255

0–20

PCIe Slot MSTOR RAID OptionROM

Enabled

Enabled Disabled

Above 4G Decoding

Enabled

Enabled Disabled

VMD Enablement

Disabled

Enabled Disabled

PCIe RAS Support

Enabled

Enabled Disabled

External SSC Enable

Off

0P3_Percent,P5_Percent, Hardware, Off

IIO eDPC Support

On fatal and non-fatal error

Disabled, On fatal error, On fatal and non-fatal error

CDN Control

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slots CDN Control

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel VT for directed IO

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel VTD Coherency Support

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

USB Port Rear

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

C1 Auto Demotion

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

FRB 2 Timer

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OS Watchdog Timer Policy

Power Off

Reset, Power Off

OS Watchdog Timer Timeout

10 minutes

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes

OS Watchdog timer

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Flow Control

None

None, RTS-CTS

Baud Rate

115.2k

9.6k, 19.2k,38.4k, 57.6k, 115.2k

Terminal Type

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Console Redirection

VT100

PC-ANSI, VT100, VT100-PLUS, VT-UTF8

Adaptive Memory Training

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

OptionROM Launch Optimization

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

BIOS Techlog level

Minimum

Maximum, Minimum, Normal

VGA priority

Onboard

Onboard, Offboard, Onboard VGA Disabled

IPV6 PXE support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Network stack

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv4 PXE Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv4 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

IPv6 HTTP Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Security Device Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Trusted Platform Module State

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA-1 PCR Bank

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SHA256 PCR Bank

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

TPM Pending Operation

None

None, TpmClear

TPM Minimal Physical Presence

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Intel Trusted Execution Technology Support

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Total Memory Encryption (TME)

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX QoS

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX write Enable

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DMA Control Opt-In Flag

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Power on Password

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Multikey Total Memory Encryption

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SW Guard Extensions (SGX)

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX Factory Reset

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SGX Pkg info In-Band Access

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Select Owner EPOCH Input Type

Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs

SGX Owner EPOCH activated, Change to New Random Owner EPOCHs, Manual User Defined Owner EPOCHs

SGX Auto MP Registration Agent

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

SProcessor Epoch 0

0

Between 7-0

Pubkey Hash 0

0

Between 7-0

SGX Pubkey Hash 1

0

Between 15-8

NUMA

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Select Memory RAS Configuration

ADDDC Sparing

Mirror Mode 1LM, Partial Mirror mode 1LM, Maximum Performance, ADDDC Sparing

Select PPR type

Hard PPR

Disabled, Hard PPR

Partial Cache Line Sparing

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

BME DMA Mitigation

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Partial Memory Mirror Mode

Disabled

Percentage, Value in GB, Disabled

Partial Mirror Percentage

0

Between 0-50

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Memory size limit in GB

0

Between 0-65535

CR QoS

Disabled

Profile 1, Disabled

NVM Performance Setting

BW Optimized

BW Optimized, Balanced Profile

CR FastGo Config

Auto

Enable optimization, Disable Optimization

Snoopy mode for AD

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Snoopy for 2LM

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Memory refresh rate

1x Refresh

1x Refresh, 2x Refresh

Panic and High Watermark

Low

High, Low

Memory Thermal Throttling Mode

CLTT with PECI

CLTT with PECI, Disabled

Enhanced Memory Test

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

UMA

Quadrant(4-clusters)

Quadrant(4-clusters), Hemisphere(2-clusters), Disabled

Volatile Memory Mode

1LM

1LM, 2LM

eADR

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Memory Bandwidth Boost

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Virtual NUMA

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

XPT remote prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

LLC Dead Line

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Extended APIC

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Hardware Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCU Streamer Prefetch

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCU IP Prefetcher

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor C1E

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor C6 Report

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Turbo Mode

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

EIST PSD Function

HW All

HW all, SW all

Boot Performance Mode

Max Performance

Max Efficient, Max Performance,

Uncore Frequency Scaling

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

SpeedStep (Pstates)

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Configurable TDP Level

Normal

Level 1, Level 2, Normal

Intel HyperThreading Tech

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

CPU Performance

Custom

Enterprise, High Throughput, HPC, Custom

Processor CMCI

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Cores Enabled

Enabled

All, 1–64

Workload Configuration

IO Sensitive

Balanced, IO Sensitive

Sub NUMA Clustering

Disabled

Auto, Disabled, SNC 2, SNC 4

UPI Prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

XPT Prefetch

Auto

Enabled, Disabled, Auto

Power Performance Tuning

OS

OS, BIOS, PECI

Energy/Performance Bias Config

Balanced Performance

Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power

Package C State

C0 C1 State

No limit, Auto, C0 C1 State, C2, C6 Non Retension, C6 Retention

LLC Prefetch

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

Hardware P-States

HWPM Native Mode

HWPM Native Mode, HWPM OOB Mode, Native Mode with no Legacy, Disabled

Energy Efficient Turbo

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Autonomous Core C-state

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Processor EPP Profile

Balanced Performance

Performance, Balanced Performance, Power, Balanced Power

Patrol Scrub

Enable at End of POST

Enable at End of POST, Disabled

Intel Dynamic Speed Select

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

DCPMM Firmware Downgrade

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

Enhanced CPU Performance

Disabled

Auto, Disabled

UPI Power Management

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

UPI Link Speed

Auto

12.8GT/s, 14.4GT/s, 16.0GT/s, Auto

LIMIT CPU PA to 46 Bit

Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

X2APIC Opt Out

Disabled

Enabled, Disabled

PCIe Slots CDN Control

 Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

New/Changed BIOS Tokens for 4.3(2b)

Name Default Value Supported Values Platform

New/Changed
PRMRR Size 256M Invalid Config, 128M, 256M, 512M,1G, 2G, 4G, 8G, 16G, 32G, 64G, 128G, 256G, 512G

Note

 

SGX, Total Memory Encryption must be enabled.
C220 M6, C240 M6, B200 M6 New
Burst and Postponed Refresh Disabled Enabled, Disabled C225 M6, C245 M6 New

PCIe Slots CDN Control

 Enabled

Enabled, Disabled

C220 M6, C240 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6

 New

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