Dell PowerEdge R930 - Miscellaneous Settings

Option Description
Energy Ecient
Policy
Enables you to select the Energy Ecient Policy option.
The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the processor and determines whether to target
higher performance or better power savings.
Number of Turbo
Boot Enabled Cores
for Processor 1
NOTE: If there are two processors installed in the system, you see an entry for Number of Turbo Boost
Enabled Cores for Processor 2.
Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for processor 1. The maximum number of cores is enabled by
default.
Monitor/Mwait Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to Enabled for all system proles,
except Custom by default.
NOTE: This option can be disabled only if the C States option in the Custom mode is set to disabled.
NOTE: When C States is set to Enabled in the Custom mode, changing the Monitor/Mwait setting does
not impact the system power or performance.
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System Prole Settings
Viewing System Prole Settings
Miscellaneous Settings
You can use the Miscellaneous Settings screen to perform specic functions such as updating the asset tag and changing the system
date and time.
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Miscellaneous Settings details
System BIOS
Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
To view the Miscellaneous 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.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Miscellaneous Settings.
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Miscellaneous Settings
Miscellaneous Settings details
Miscellaneous Settings details
The Miscellaneous Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
System Time Enables you to set the time on the system.
System Date Enables you to set the date on the system.
54 Pre-operating system management applications