BIOS Parameters by Server Model

Advanced BIOS Parameters for C220 and C240 Servers

Name

Description

Intel VT-d Coherency Support

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Coherency. This can

 

be one of the following:

 

DisabledThe processor does not support coherency.

 

EnabledThe processor uses VT-d Coherency as

 

required.

Intel VT-d ATS Support

Whether the processor supports Intel VT-d Address Translation

 

Services (ATS). This can be one of the following:

 

DisabledThe processor does not support ATS.

 

EnabledThe processor uses VT-d ATS as required.

CPU Performance

Sets the CPU performance profile for the server. The

 

performance profile consists of the following options:

 

Data Reuse Optimization

 

DCU Streamer Prefetcher

 

DCU IP Prefetcher

 

Hardware Prefetcher

 

Adjacent Cache-Line Prefetch

 

This can be one of the following:

 

EnterpriseOnly the DCU IP Prefetcher is enabled. The

 

rest of the options are disabled.

 

All options are enabled.

 

HPCData Reuse Optimization is disabled and all other

 

options are enabled. This setting is also known as high

 

performance computing.

 

CustomAll 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

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:

 

DisabledThe hardware prefetcher is not used.

 

EnabledThe processor uses the hardware prefetcher

 

when cache issues are detected.

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Cisco Systems 57712 manual Disabled -The processor does not support ATS, Enabled -The processor uses VT-d ATS as required