Oracle X7-2 - BIOS Advanced Menu Processor Configuration Options

BIOS Advanced Menu Selections
BIOS Advanced Menu Processor Configuration
Options
The following table lists the BIOS Advanced Menu Processor Configuration options.
Setup Options Options Defaults Description
Hyper-threading ALL 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.
SNC Disable/Enable/Auto Disable Enable, disable, or set SNC to
auto.
Hardware Prefetcher Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable the mid-level cache
(MLC) streamer prefetcher
(MSR 1A4h bit [0]).
Adjacent Cache Prefetcher 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 (VMM) can
utilize the additional hardware
capabilities provided by Intel
Virtualization Technology.
Stale AtoS Disabled/Enabled/Auto Disabled Enable or disable stale A to S
Dir optimization.
LLC dead line alloc Disabled/Enabled/Auto Enabled Enable to opportunistically fill
dead lines in LLC.
XPT Prefetch Disable/Enable Enable Enable or disable XPT Prefetch.
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