Chapter 4: BIOS
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CPU1 SLOT5 PCI-E 3.0 X8 Link Speed
This feature allows the user to select PCI-E support for the device installed on SLOT5. The
options are Auto, Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s), Gen 2 (5 GT/s), and Gen 3 (8 GT/s).
Onboard LAN Link Speed
This feature allows the user to select the link speeds for the onboard LAN ports. The options
are Auto, Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s), Gen 2 (5 GT/s), and Gen 3 (8 GT/s).
IIO1 IOU0 Non-Posted Prefetch
Use this feature to disable non-posted prefetch for IOU0 ports 2A and 2B. The IIO will make
prefetches to read streams of data ahead of the I/O device. Set this feature to Disabled to
keep the bit to the default value 1. Set this feature to Enabled to keep the bit value at 0,
a negative logic. The options are Enable and Disable.
IIO1 IOU1 Non-Posted Prefetch
Use this feature to disable non-posted prefetch for IOU0 ports 3A and 3B. The IIO will make
prefetches to read streams of data ahead of the I/O device. Set this feature to Disabled to
keep the bit to the default value 1. Set this feature to Enabled to keep the bit value at 0,
a negative logic. The options are Enable and Disable.
IIO1 IOU2 Non-Posted Prefetch
Use this feature to disable non-posted prefetch for IOU0 port 1. The IIO will make prefetches
to read streams of data ahead of the I/O device. Set this feature to Disabled to keep the
bit to the default value 1. Set this feature to Enabled to keep the bit value at 0, a negative
logic. The options are Enable and Disable.
IOAT (Intel
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IO Acceleration) Conguration
Enable IOAT
Select Enable to enable Intel I/OAT (I/O Acceleration Technology) support, which signicantly
reduces CPU overhead by leveraging CPU architectural improvements and freeing the
system resource for other tasks. The options are Disable and Enable.
No Snoop
Select Enable to support no-snoop mode for each CB device. The options are Disable
and Enable.
Relaxed Ordering
Select Enable to enable Relaxed Ordering support which will allow certain transactions to
violate the strict-ordering rules of PCI bus for a transaction to be completed prior to other
transactions that have already been enqueued. The options are Disable and Enable.