Oracle EXADATA X5-2 User Manual

BIOS Advanced Menu Selections
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“BIOS Advanced Menu Trusted Computing Options” on page 213
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“BIOS Advanced Menu Network Stack Options” on page 214
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“BIOS Advanced Menu BMC Network Configuration Options” on page 214
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“BIOS Advanced Menu iSCSI Configuration Options” on page 218
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“BIOS Advanced Menu Ethernet Controller Options” on page 220
BIOS Advanced Menu Processor Configuration
Options
The following table describes the BIOS Advanced Menu processor configuration options:
TABLE 20
BIOS Advanced Menu Processor Configuration
Setup Options Options Defaults Description
Hyper-threading Disabled/Enabled Enabled Use to enable Hyper
Threading. When enabled,
two threads are available
per enabled core. When
disabled, only one thread
per enabled core is
available.
Active Processor Cores A minimum of one up
to the maximum number
of cores available in the
processor package.
All The number of cores to
enable in each processor
package.
Execute Disable Bit Disabled/Enabled Enabled When disabled, forces XD
features flag to always
return 0.
Hardware Prefetcher Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable the mid-level cache
(MLC) streamer prefetcher
(MSR 1A4h bit [0]).
Adjacent Cache Prefetch Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable the mid-level cache
(MLC) streamer prefetcher
(MSR 1A4h bit [1]).
DCU Streamer Prefetcher Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable DCU streamer
prefetcher, which is a
L1 data cache prefetcher
(MSR 1A4h [2]).
DCP IP Prefetcher Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable DCU IP prefetcher,
which is a L1 data cache
prefetcher (MSR 1A4h
[3]).
Intel Virtualization
Technology
Disabled/Enabled Enabled When enabled, a Virtual
Machine Manager
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Oracle EXADATA X5-2 Specifications

General

Brand	Oracle
Model	EXADATA X5-2
Category	Server
Language	English