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58 Version 1.3.0
ANNEX A
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(informative)
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BIOS Attribute Changes from Version 1.1
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A.1 BIOS Change Categories
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Changes to BIOS attributes in this version loosely fall into the following categories:
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 Power Profiles Depreciated; replaced by System Profiles
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 New System Profile values are:
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o Performance Per Watt Optimized (DAPC),
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o Performance Per Watt Optimized (OS),
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o Performance Optimized,
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o Dense Configuration Optimized,
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o Custom.
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 Additional sub knobs for System Profile like Memory Patrol Scrub, Memory Refresh Rate
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 Turbo, C1E and C states moved to System Profile group.
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 Removed the Fan Control settings in BIOS setup.
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 Added capability to allow PCI slot enable/disable.
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 QPI frequency selection
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 Network Daughter Cards (NDCs) replace LOMS on most of our newest generation systems
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 Fron panel LCD management is moved completely to iDRAC
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A.2 Table of Specific Attribute Changes
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The following table uses the programmatic attribute name and not the attribute display name to identify
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specific BIOS attributes. Refer to the BIOS Attribute Registry (TBD: link to the attribute registry site) for
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individual attribute display name, possible value, and other attribute meta-data. For the complete list of
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BIOS attributes, see section 7.1.5 BIOS Attributes
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