Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 - Processor Settings

Option Description
NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have dierent default and available options based on the
memory conguration of your system.
NOTE: The Dell Fault Resilient Mode option establishes an area of memory that is fault resilient. This
mode can be used by an operating system that supports the feature to load critical applications or
enables the operating system kernel to maximize system availability.
Current State of
Memory Operating
Mode
Species the current state of the memory operating mode.
Node Interleaving Species if Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this eld is set to Enabled, memory
interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory conguration is installed. If this eld is set to Disabled, the system
supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory congurations. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Opportunistic Self-
Refresh
Enables or disables opportunistic self-refresh feature. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Persistent Memory This eld controls Persistent Memory on the system.
Persistent Memory This eld controls Persistent Memory on the system.
Persistent Memory details
The Persistent Memory screen details can be found in the NVDIMM-N User Guide at For additional information about environmental
certications, please refer to the Product Environmental Datasheet located with the Manuals & Documents on Dell.com/
poweredgemanuals.
Processor Settings
You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings and perform specic functions such as enabling virtualization
technology, hardware prefetcher, logical processor idling
, and opportunistic self-refresh.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Power on, or restart your system.
2 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 nish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.
Processor Settings details
The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
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Pre-operating system management applications