Owners Manual

Option Description
Memory Operating Mode Species the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode,
Advanced ECC Mode, Mirror Mode, Spare Mode, Spare with Advanced ECC Mode.
This option is set to Optimizer Mode by default.
NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have dierent default and
available options based on the memory conguration of your system.
Current State of Memory Operating Mode Species the current state of the memory operating mode.
Node Interleaving Species if Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this eld is set to
Enabled, memory interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory conguration is
installed. If the eld is set to Disabled, the system supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory
congurations. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Snoop Mode Species the Snoop Mode options. The Snoop Mode options available are Home Snoop,
Early Snoop, and Cluster on Die. This option is set to Early Snoop by default. This eld is
available only when the Node Interleaving is set to Disabled.
Processor Settings
You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings, and perform specic functions such as enabling virtualization
technology, hardware prefetcher, logical processor idling, and opportunistic self-refresh.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Turn on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE
: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.
Processor Settings details
The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Table 32. Processor Settings
Option Description
Logical Processor Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If
this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is
set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one logical processor per core. This option is set to
Enabled by default.
Virtualization Technology Enables or disables the virtualization technology for the processor. This option is set to
Enabled by default.
34 Pre-operating system management applications