Option Description
Node Interleaving Specifies if Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this field is set to Enabled, memory
interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If this field is set to Disabled, the
system supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory configurations. This option is set to Disabled by default.
ADDDC Setting Enables or disables ADDDC Setting feature. When Adaptive Double DRAM Device Correction (ADDDC) is
enabled, failing DRAM's are dynamically mapped out. When set to Enabled it can have some impact to system
performance under certain workloads. This feature is applicable for x4 DIMMs only. This option is set to Enabled
by default.
Opportunistic
Self-Refresh
Enables or disables opportunistic self-refresh feature. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Persistent
Memory
This field controls Persistent Memory on the system. This option is only available if the persistent memory module
is installed in the system.
Persistent Memory details
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The Persistent Memory screen details can be found in the NVDIMM-N User Guide and DCPMM User Guideat www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals.
Processor Settings
You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings and perform specific functions such as enabling virtualization
technology, hardware prefetcher, logical processor idling.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
Power on, or restart your system.
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.
Processor Settings details
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The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description
Logical Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is set to
Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one
logical processor per core. This option is set to Enabled by default.
CPU Interconnect
Speed
Enables you to govern the frequency of the communication links among the processors in the system.
NOTE: The standard and basic bin processors support lower link frequencies.
The options available are Maximum data rate, 10.4 GT/s, and 9.6 GT/s. This option is set to Maximum data
rate by default.
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