Dell R515 owner manual Power Management Screen, System Security Screen

Power Management Screen

Option	Description
Power	Options are OS Control, Active Power Controller, Custom,
Management	or Maximum Performance. For all but the Custom setting, the
(OS Control	BIOS pre-configures the power settings on this screen as follows:
default)	• OS Control sets the CPU power to OS DBPM, the fan power to
	Minimum Power, and the memory power to Maximum
	Performance. In this setting, all processor performance
	information is passed from the system BIOS to the operating
	system for control. The operating system sets the processor
	performance based on processor utilization.

•Active Power Controller sets the CPU power to System DBPM, the fan power to Minimum Power, and the memory power to Maximum Performance. The BIOS sets the processor performance based on processor utilization.

•Maximum Performance sets all fields to Maximum Performance.

CPU Power and	Options are OS DBPM, System DBPM, Maximum
Performance	Performance, or Minimum Power.
Management
Fan Power and	Options are Maximum Performance or Minimum Power.
Performance
Management
Memory Power	Options are Maximum Performance, a specified frequency, or
and Performance	Minimum Power.
Management
System Security Screen
Option	Description
System Password	Displays the current status of the password security
	feature and allows a new system password assignment and
	verification.

NOTE: See "Using the System Password" on page 72 for more information.

Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager

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