Oracle EXADATA X5-2 User Manual

BIOS IO Menu Selections
BIOS IO Menu IO Virtualization Options
The following table describes the BIOS IO Menu IO virtualization options:
TABLE 31
BIOS IO Menu IO Virtualization Options
Setup Options Options Defaults Description
VT-d Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable Intel
Virtualization Technology
for directed I/O (VT-d) by
reporting the I/O device
assignment to VMM
through DMA remapping
reporting (DMAR)
Advance Configuration
Power Interface (ACPI)
tables.
SR-IOV Disabled/Enabled Enabled Single Root I/O
Virtualization (SR-IOV)
is used to configure
devices into multiple
virtual devices that can
be used on virtual OS
installations. If supported
by the hardware and set
to enabled, all devices
within the system that
are SR-IOV capable are
configured to support SR-
IOV and I/O resources are
allocated to the device as
normal. If set to disabled,
I/O resources are not
allocated to the device.
ARI Disabled/Enabled Disabled If Alternate Routing ID
(ARI) is supported by
the hardware and set
to enabled, devices are
permitted to locate virtual
functions (VFs) in function
numbers 8 to 255 of the
captured bus number,
instead of normal function
numbers 0 to 7.
BIOS IO Menu I/OAT Configuration Options
The following table describes the BIOS IO Menu I/OAT configuration options:
BIOS Setup Utility Menu Options 223

Oracle EXADATA X5-2 Specifications

General

Brand	Oracle
Model	EXADATA X5-2
Category	Server
Language	English