Option Description
System Memory
Size
Species the memory size in the system.
System Memory
Type
Species the type of memory installed in the system.
System Memory
Speed
Species the system memory speed.
System Memory
Voltage
Species the system memory voltage.
Video Memory Species the amount of video memory.
System Memory
Testing
Species whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled. This
option is set to Disabled by default.
Memory Operating
Mode
Species the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Advanced ECC Mode, Mirror
Mode, Spare Mode, Spare with Advanced ECC Mode, Dell Fault Resilient Mode and Dell NUMA Fault Resilient
Mode. This option is set to Optimizer Mode by default.
NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have dierent default and available options based on
the memory conguration 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.
Node Interleaving Species if Non-Uniform Memory architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this eld is set to Enabled, memory
interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory conguration is installed. If the eld is set to Disabled, the system
supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory congurations. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Snoop Mode Species the Snoop Mode options. The Snoop Mode options available are Home Snoop, Early Snoop, and Cluster
on Die. This option is set to Early Snoop by default. This eld is available only when the Node Interleaving is set to
Disabled.
Related link
Memory Settings
Viewing Memory Settings
Processor Settings
You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings, and perform specic functions such as enabling virtualization
technology, hardware prefetcher, and logical processor idling.
Related link
Processor Settings details
System BIOS
Viewing Processor Settings
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Turn 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.
Pre-operating system management applications
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