Table 20. Items under the Main menu

Item

Option

Description

 

 

 

AMIBIOS

 

View the BIOS version and

 

 

creation date information.

 

 

 

Processor

 

View microprocessor

 

 

information.

 

 

 

System Memory

 

View memory capacity

 

 

information.

 

 

 

System Time

HH:MM:SS

Set system time.

 

 

 

System Date

MM/DD/YYYY

Set system date.

 

 

 

Table 21. Items under the Advanced menu

Item

 

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Configuration

 

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 22.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mass Storage Controller Configuration

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 23 on page 107.

 

 

 

 

 

SuperIO Configuration

 

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 24 on page 107.

 

 

 

 

 

USB Configuration

 

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 25 on page 107.

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware Health Configuration

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 26 on page 108.

 

 

 

 

 

IPMI 2.0 Configuration

 

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 27 on page 109.

 

 

 

 

 

Intel VT-d Configuration

 

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 28 on page 109.

 

 

 

 

 

Remote Access Configuration

 

 

Enter the submenu to see all the options. See

 

 

 

Table 29 on page 109.

 

 

 

 

 

System Information

 

 

View the system information, including the

 

 

 

machine type and model, serial number,

 

 

 

asset tag, and UUID.

 

 

 

 

Note: Do not change any unfamiliar item value under the Advanced menu.

 

 

 

Table 22. Submenus under the CPU Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

C1E Support

Disabled

 

 

Enable or disable the C1E

 

[Enabled]

 

 

function of the

 

 

 

 

microprocessor. This setting

 

 

 

 

might impact system

 

 

 

 

performance.

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware Prefetcher

Disabled

 

 

Enable or disable the

 

[Enabled]

 

 

prefetch function of the

 

 

 

 

microprocessor. This setting

 

 

 

 

might impact system

 

 

 

 

performance.

 

 

 

 

 

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Disabled

 

 

Enable or disable the

 

[Enabled]

 

 

adjacent cache line prefetch.

 

 

 

 

This setting might impact

 

 

 

 

system performance.

 

 

 

 

 

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RD230 specifications

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