SUPER MICRO Computer X8DTE-F, X8DT6 Trusted Computing Optional for OEM only, IPMI Configuration

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS

Headless Mode

When this feature is enabled, the system will function normally without a keyboard, monitor or mouse installed in the system. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

NUMA Support

Select Enabled to enable Non-Uniform Memory Access support to improve CPU performance for a system that has an OS with NUMA support. The options are Enabled, Disabled and NUMA for SLES11.

WHEA Support

Select Enabled to enable Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) support which provides a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware errors on a Windows OS to reduce system crashes due to hardware errors and to en- hance system recovery and health monitoring. The default setting is Enabled.

High Precision Event Timer

Select Enabled to activate the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock (RTC) does in synchronizing multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

Trusted Computing (Optional for OEM only)

TCG/TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Support

Select Yes on this item and enable the TPM jumper on the motherboard to enable TCG (TPM 1.1/1.2)/TPM support for data integrity and network security. The options are No and Yes. If this feature is set to Yes, the following items will display:

TPM Enable/Disable Status

This item displays the status of TPM Enabled/Disabled state.

TPM Owner Status

This item displays the status of TPM Ownership.

IPMI Configuration

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is used to monitor system health and to manage the system as a whole. For more information on the IPMI specifica- tions, please visit Intel's website at www.intel.com.

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