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USB wake | Generic | N/A | This feature is not supported on this system |
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| since the S1 state is not supported. |
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DBS | N/A | Processor | This feature does P state transition under |
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| MSRs | Windows |
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C State | N/A | Processor and | This feature allows multiple C state supports for |
Support |
| PCH registers | Processor. This feature will work under |
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| Windows and ACPI OS that understand C states. |
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Power Profile | N/A | Processor/IMC | 11G Servers will be the most energy smart |
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| and PCH | servers that Dell will ship. In addition to P,C |
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| chipset | and T states, BIOS will expose the Power |
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| registers. | Profiles to the OS. Each Power profile will have |
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| a specific settings and it will fine tune |
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| processor, MCH, IOH and South Bridge. For |
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| detailed explanation on how this feature works, |
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| please look at BIOS Power Management |
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| specification located in Design Docs under R310 |
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| engineering. |
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Table 16. Power Profiles that R210 BIOS will Expose in BIOS Setup
Maximum Performance | DBPM Disabled ( BIOS will set |
| Memory frequency = Maximum Performance |
| Fan algorithm = Maximum Performance |
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OS Control | Enable OS DBPM Control (BIOS will expose |
| all possible P states to OS) |
| Memory frequency = Maximum Performance |
| Fan algorithm = Minimum Power |
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Active Power Controller | Enable DellSystem DBPM (BIOS will not make all P states |
| available to OS) |
| Memory frequency = Maximum Performance |
| Fan algorithm = Minimum Power |
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Custom | CPU Power and Performance Management: |
| Maximum Performance Minimum Power OS DBPM System |
| DBPM |
| Memory Power and Performance Management: |
| Maximum Performance 1333Mhz 1067Mhz 800Mhz |
| Minimum Power |
| Fan Algorithm |
| Maximum Performance Minimum Power |
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