• Enabled—The system loads the NVM Express Option ROM provided by the system BIOS.
• Disabled—The system loads the NVM Express Option ROM provided by the adapter.
3. Save your setting.
Power and performance options
Setting the Power Regulator mode
Use Power Regulator settings to help increase server efficiency and manage power consumption.
NOTE: Certain processors only support one power state and operate at their initialized frequency,
regardless of the selected power regulator mode.
Prerequisite
Workload Profile is set to Custom.
Procedure
1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU) > Power and Performance Options > Power Regulator.
2. Select a setting.
• Dynamic Power Savings Mode—Automatically varies processor speed and power usage based
on processor utilization. This mode uses an ROM-based algorithm to monitor processor activity. It
can reduce overall power consumption with little or no impact to performance, and does not require
OS support.
• Static Low Power Mode—Reduces processor speed and power usage. Guarantees a lower
maximum power usage for the system. This mode is useful in environments where power
availability is constrained and it is critical to lower the maximum power use of the system.
• Static High Performance Mode—Processors run in the maximum power and performance state,
regardless of the OS power management policy. This mode is useful in environments where
performance is critical and power consumption is less important.
• OS Control Mode—Processors run in their maximum power and performance state at all times,
unless the OS enables a power management policy.
3. Save your setting.
Setting the minimum processor idle power core C-State
Use the Minimum Processor Idle Power Core C-State option to select the lowest idle power (C-State)
of the processor that the operating system uses. The higher the C-State, the lower the power usage of
that idle state.
Prerequisite
Workload Profile is set to Custom.
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