Menu Item | Description |
QPI Speed | Allows you to set the QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings. By default, the QPI Speed |
| option is set to Maximum data rate. |
| NOTE: The QPI speed option displays only when both the processors are installed. |
Alternate RTID | Allows you to allocate more RTIDs to the remote socket increasing cache performance |
(Requestor | between the sockets or work in normal mode for NUMA. By default, the Alternate RTID |
Transaction ID) | (Requestor Transaction ID) Setting is set to Disabled. |
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Virtualization | Allows you to enable or disable the additional hardware capabilities provided for virtualization. |
Technology | By default, the Virtualization Technology option is set to Enabled. |
Adjacent Cache Line | Allows you to optimize the system for applications that require high utilization of sequential |
Prefetch | memory access. By default, the Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch option is set to Enabled. You can |
| disable this option for applications that require high utilization of random memory access. |
Hardware Prefetcher | Allows you to enable or disable hardware prefetcher. By default, the Hardware Prefetcher |
| option is set to Enabled. |
DCU Streamer | Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit streamer prefetcher. By default, the DCU |
Prefetcher | Streamer Prefetcher option is set to Enabled. |
DCU IP Prefetcher | Allows you to enable or disable Data Cache Unit IP prefetcher. By default, the DCU IP |
| Prefetcher option is set to Enabled. |
Execute Disable | Allows you enable or disable execute disable memory protection technology. By default, the |
| Execute Disable option is set to Enabled. |
Logical Processor | Allows you to enable or disable the OS capability to put logical processors in the idling state in |
Idling | order to reduce power consumption. By default, the option is set to Disabled. |
Dell Controlled Turbo | Helps in controlling Turbo engagement. By default, the option is set to Disabled. This feature is |
| also referred to as Dell Processor Acceleration Technology (DPAT). |
| NOTE: This option is available only on systems installed with an |
| Xeon series processor and support Turbo. Enable Turbo Boost under System Profile |
| Settings and set the System Profile to Performance mode when utilizing this |
| feature. Enabling Dell Controlled Turbo will force fans to run at maximum R.P.M. |
| NOTE: DPAT works when DPAT is enabled in BIOS setup and either one of the following |
| settings is available: |
| • System Profile is set to Maximum Performance. This automatically enables Turbo |
| mode. |
| • System Profile is set to Custom and CPU Power Management is set to Maximum |
| Performance and Turbo is enabled. |
| NOTE: When DPAT is disabled, fan offset speed does not change and remains high. Set |
| Fan offset to normal on the iDRAC Thermal Settings page. |
Number of Cores per | Allows you to control the number of enabled cores in each processor. By default, the Number |
Processor | of Cores per Processor option is set to All. |
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