Users Guide

Menu Item Description
System
Manufacturer
Displays the name of the system manufacturer.
System
Manufacturer
Contact
Information
Displays the contact information of the system manufacturer.
Memory Settings screen
Menu Item Description
System Memory
Size
Displays the amount of memory installed in the system.
System Memory
Type
Displays the type of memory installed in the system.
System Memory
Speed
Displays the system memory speed.
System Memory
Voltage
Displays the system memory voltage.
Video Memory Displays the amount of video memory.
System Memory
Testing
Specifies whether system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled. By
default, the System Memory Testing option is set to Disabled.
Memory Operating
Mode
Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Advanced ECC Mode,
Mirror Mode, Spare Mode, Spare with Advanced ECC Mode, and Dell Fault Resilient Mode. By default,
the Memory Operating Mode option is set to Optimizer Mode.
NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode can have different defaults and available options based on
the memory configuration of your system.
NOTE: The Dell Fault Resilient Mode establishes an area of memory that is fault resilient. This
mode can be used by an operating system that supports the feature to load critical applications or
enables the operating system kernel to maximize system availability.
Node Interleaving If this field is Enabled, memory interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If
Disabled, the system supports Non-Uniform Memory architecture (NUMA) (asymmetric) memory
configurations. By default, Node Interleaving option is set to Disabled.
Serial Debug
Output
By default, it is set to disabled.
Processor settings screen
NOTE:
Depending on the platform, some attributes may or may not be displayed.
Menu Item Description
Logical Processor Allows you to enable or disable logical processors and display the number of logical processors. If the Logical
Processor option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled,
the BIOS only displays one logical processor per core. By default, the Logical Processor option is set to
Enabled.
QPI Speed Allows you to set the QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) data rate settings. By default, the QPI Speed option is set to
Maximum data rate.
NOTE: QPI Speed displays only when both the processors are installed.
Alternate RTID
(Requestor
Allows you to allocate more RTIDs to the remote socket, increasing cache performance between the sockets or
work in normal mode for NUMA. By default, the Alternate RTID (Requestor Transaction ID) Setting is set to
Disabled.
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