Sun Microsystems CP3220 Description of the Bios Screens, AMD PowerNow! Feature Enabled by Default

4.1.2.2AMD PowerNow! Feature Enabled by Default

The AMD PowerNow! feature, which is accessed from the BIOS Setup utility Advanced menu, is enabled by default on the Sun Netra CP3220 blade server. Some problems have been observed when using this feature on certain operating systems. If you want to disable this feature, first refer to the Sun Netra CP3220 Blade Server Product Notes (820-1980) for any outstanding known issues for your operating system.

4.1.3Description of the BIOS Screens

TABLE 4-1contains summary descriptions of the first-level BIOS Setup screens. For more information about the BIOS screens and screen illustrations, see Appendix B.

TABLE 4-1BIOS Setup Screens Summary

Screen	Description
Main	General system information.
Advanced	Configuration information for the CPUs, IDE, Super I/O, ACPI, Event
	Log, PCI Express, Smbios, MPS, Remote Access, and USB.
PCI/PnP	Configure Plug-and-Play (PnP) devices.
	Note: For some operating systems you can also configure PnP devices
	using the operating system.
Boot	Configure the boot device priority (hard disk drives and the ATAPI
	DVD-ROM drive).
Security	Install or change the user and supervisor passwords.
Chipset	Configuration options for the NorthBridge, SouthBridge, and
	HyperTransport devices.
	Note that the Memory Chipkill option is enabled by default. Enabling
	Chipkill improves system reliability but degrades system
	performance under specific applications.
Exit	Save or discard changes, or load optimal default BIOS settings.

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