HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup Administration Guide For Commercial Platforms using HP BIOSphere Gen 3-5 2016 -2019 Technical Whitepaper

HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
June 2019
919946-004
© Copyright 2016-2019 HP Development Company, L.P.
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Feature
Type
Description
Default
Notes
 Turbo Boost
Setting
When checked, enables Intel Turbo Boost Technology
to improve performance when operation conditions
allow.
Checked
Intel Only
 Hyper-
threading (Intel®
HT)
Setting
When checked, enables hyperthreading capability on
Intel processors
Intel HT Technology (HT) is designed to improve
performance of multithreaded software products and
requires a computer system with a processor
supporting HT and an HT-enabled chipset, BIOS and
OS. Contact your software provider to determine
compatibility. Not all customers or software
applications will benefit from the use of HT.
See http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading for
more information.
Checked
Intel CPU with
Hyper-Threading
Only
 Multi-processor
Setting
When checked, enables BIOS to report multiple
processor cores to the OS.
Checked
 Virtualization
Technology (VTx)
Setting
When checked, enables VT on Intel-based systems.
Checked
Intel Only
 Virtualization
Technology for
Directed I/O (VTd)
Setting
When checked, grants virtual machines direct access
to peripheral devices on select Intel-based systems.
Checked
Intel Only
 SVM CPU
Virtualization
Setting
When checked, enables Virtualization on AMD-based
systems.
Unchecked
AMD Only
 DMA Protection
Setting
When checked, enables DMA redirection using IOMMU
for enhanced security.
NOTE: Requires Legacy Support disabled and VTd
enabled.
Checked
Intel 2019+
 PCI Express x16
Slot 1
Setting
When checked, the PCI Express x16 slot is available for
an expansion card. When unchecked, slot is disabled.
Checked
Desktop Only
 PCI Express x1
Slot 1 (2) (3)
Setting
When checked, the PCI Express x1 slot is available.
Checked
Desktop Only
 PCI Express x4
Slot 1 (2)
Setting
When checked, the PCI Express x4 slot is available.
Checked
Desktop Only
 PCI Slot 1 (2) (3)
Setting
When checked, the PCI slot is available.
Checked
Select products
only
 M.2 SSD (1) (2)
Setting
When checked, the M.2 slot typically used for NVMe
storage modules is available.
Checked
Desktop Only
 M.2 WLAN/BT
Setting
When checked, the M.2 slot typically used for the
WLAN module is available.
Checked
Desktop Only
 Allow PCIe/PCI
SERR# Interrupt
Setting
When checked, enables a PCI device which asserts
SERR# (System Error) to generate an interrupt (NMI).
This legacy feature is rarely used.
Checked
Select products
only
Optical Disk Drive
Setting
When checked, the Optical Disk Drive module on Slice
is available.
Checked
HP Elite Slice Only