NEC Express 5800 - Appendix C. Settings for each OS; BIOS Settings for Different Operating Systems

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Appendix C. Settings for each OS
When installing and booting OS, BIOS settings are needed to be changed from the default settings
depending on the OS.Refer to chapter 2 “Hardware” – “BIOS Setup” for BIOS settings details.
The latest information of supported OS is shown in following URL
http://www.58support.nec.co.jp/global/download/index.html
BIOSsettings
Factory
default
Windows
Server
2008
Windows
Server
2008 R2
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 5
VMware
ESX
4.0/4.1
VMware
ESXi
4.0/4.1
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 6
VMware
5.0
ACPI Type
*1
Type1 Type1 See note
*5
Type1 Type1 Type1 See note
*12
Type1
MMIOH
*2
Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled
Slot
Configuration
*3
See note
*6
Voluntarily Voluntarily Voluntarily Voluntarily See note
*7
Voluntarily Voluntarily
Hyper-threading
*4
Enabled See note
*8
Voluntarily Voluntarily Voluntarily Voluntarily Voluntarily Voluntarily
Execute Disable
Bit
*4
Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
Intel VT
*4
Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
x2APIC
*4
See note
*9
Disabled See note
*10 *11
Disabled See note
*10
See note
*10
See note
*13
See note
*10
(Note 1) Select “BIOS SETUP Menu -> Advanced -> OS Control”, it appears.
(Note 2) Select “BIOS SETUP Menu -> Advanced -> PCI Subsystem Settings”, it appears.
(Note 3) Select “BIOS SETUP Menu -> Advanced -> PCI Subsystem Settings -> Slot Configuration”,
it appears.
(Note 4) Select “BIOS SETUP Menu -> Advanced -> CPU Configuration”, it appears.
(Note 5) If x2APIC parameter is Enabled, set to Type2. If x2APIC parameter is Disabled, set to
Type1.
(Note 6) PCI-Express slot 1 and 14 are Enabled. Others are Disabled.
(Note 7) If NE3108-003, 4ch 1000Base-T, is configured in a PCI slot, change OPROM setting for the
PCI slot in which the 1000Base-T card is configured, to Enabled.
(Note 8) If using A1080a-E model and the Enable Core Count in the “System Web Console -> Core
Status” menu is more than 32, set to Disabled.
(Note 9) If using A1080a-E model(Xeon E7 series inside) and the one or more in PMM#5/6/7/8 are
mounted and enabled, set to Enabled. Others are Disabled.
(Note 10) If Xeon 7500 processors are mounted, set to Disabled.
(Note 11) If Service Pack 1 is not installed or in case of installing or using Hyper-V, set to Disabled.
(Note 12) If x2APIC parameter is Enabled, set to Type3. If x2APIC parameter is Disabled, set to
Type1.
(Note 13) If using A1080a-E model(Xeon E7 series inside) and the one or more in PMM#5/6/7/8 are
mounted and enabled, set to Enabled. Others are arbitrary (Factory default is
recommended).