BIOS Advanced Menu Selections
Setup Options Options Defaults Description
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 sub-
NUMA cluster (SNC) to auto.
Hardware Prefetcher Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable the mid-
level cache (MLC) streamer
prefetcher (MSR 1A4h bit [0]).
Adjacent Cache Prefetcher Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable the mid-
level cache (MLC) streamer
prefetcher (MSR 1A4h bit [1]).
DCU Streamer Prefetcher Disabled/Enabled Enabled Enable or disable 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 or disable to
opportunistically fill dead lines
in LLC.
XPT Prefetch Disable/Enable Enable Enable or disable XPT Prefetch.
BIOS Advanced Menu Memory Configuration
Option
The following table describes the BIOS Advanced Menu memory configuration option.
Setup Option Options Defaults Description
Numa Enabled/Disabled Enabled Enable or disable Non Uniform
Memory Access (NUMA).
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