Table 2-2. System Setup Program Options (continued)

Option

Description

 

 

PCI IRQ Assignment

Displays a screen to change the IRQ assigned to each of the integrated devices on

 

the PCI bus, and any installed expansion cards that require an IRQ.

 

 

Console Redirection

Displays a screen to configure serial communication, external serial connector, fail-

 

safe baud rate, remote terminal type, and redirection after boot.

 

 

System Security

Displays a screen to configure the system password and setup password features.

 

See "Using the System Password" on page 37 and "Using the Setup Password" on

 

page 39 for more information.

 

 

Keyboard NumLock

Determines whether your system starts up with the NumLock mode activated on

(On default)

101- or 102-key keyboards (does not apply to 84-key keyboards).

 

 

Report Keyboard Errors

Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST. Select Report for

(Report default)

host systems that have keyboards attached. Select Do Not Report to suppress all

 

error messages relating to the keyboard or keyboard controller during POST. This

 

setting does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached

 

to the system.

 

 

Asset Tag

Displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system if an asset

 

tag number has been assigned.

 

 

CPU Information Screens

Table 2-3lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the CPU Information screen.

Table 2-3. CPU Information Screen

Option

Description

 

 

Bus Speed

Displays the bus speed of the processor(s).

 

 

Logical Processor

Displays when the processors support HyperThreading. Enabled

(Enabled default)

permits all logical processors to be used by the operating system.

 

Only the first logical processor of each processor installed in the

 

system is used by the operating system if Disabled is selected.

 

 

Virtualization Technology

Displays when the processor(s) support Virtualization Technology.

(Disabled default)

Enabled permits virtualization software to use Virtualization

 

Technology incorporated in the processor design. This feature can

 

only be used by software that supports Virtualization Technology.

 

 

Adjacent Cache Line

Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory access.

Prefetch

Disable this option for applications that require high use of random

(Enabled default)

memory access.

 

 

Hardware Prefetcher

Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher.

(Enabled default)

 

Using the System Setup Program

 

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