HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................9
Overview................................................................................................................................9
Running RBSU..........................................................................................................................9
Using this guide.....................................................................................................................10
2 RBSU menu-driven interface, version 3.xx or later (G6, G7, and Gen8
servers)......................................................................................................11
RBSU main menu....................................................................................................................11
System Options menu..............................................................................................................12
Serial Port options..............................................................................................................12
Embedded Serial Port....................................................................................................12
Virtual Serial Port..........................................................................................................14
Embedded Serial Port Connector.....................................................................................15
Embedded NICs................................................................................................................16
NIC Personality Options.....................................................................................................17
Advanced Memory Protection..............................................................................................18
USB Options.....................................................................................................................19
USB Control.................................................................................................................20
USB 2.0 Controller........................................................................................................21
USB Boot Support.........................................................................................................22
Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence...........................................................................23
USB Drive Key Enumeration............................................................................................23
Processor Options..............................................................................................................25
No-Execute Memory Protection.......................................................................................26
No-Execute Page Protection............................................................................................27
Intel Virtualization Technology.........................................................................................28
AMD V (AMD Virtualization)..........................................................................................29
Intel Hyperthreading Options..........................................................................................30
Enhanced Processor Core Disable (Intel Core Select)..........................................................31
Processor Core Disable (Intel Core Select) (G7 and Gen8 servers).......................................32
Processor Core Disable (AMD Core Select).......................................................................33
Intel Turbo Boost Technology...........................................................................................33
Intel Turbo Boost Technology (Gen8 servers).....................................................................34
Intel Turbo Boost Technology (G7 servers).........................................................................35
AMD Core Performance Boost.........................................................................................36
Intel VT-d......................................................................................................................37
AMD-Vi (IOMMU).........................................................................................................38
Remote Console Mode.......................................................................................................39
NUMLOCK Power-On State.................................................................................................41
SATA Controller Options (Gen8 servers with SATA controllers)..................................................42
Embedded SATA Configuration.......................................................................................42
Drive Write Cache.........................................................................................................43
HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration.......................................................................44
Power Management Options menu...........................................................................................45
HP Power Profile................................................................................................................45
HP Power Regulator............................................................................................................46
Redundant Power Supply Mode...........................................................................................47
Advanced Power Management Options................................................................................48
Intel QPI Link Power Management....................................................................................49
Intel QPI Link Frequency.................................................................................................50
QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID).................................................................................51
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