Memory Settings Screen; Processor Settings Screen - Dell PowerEdge M420 Owner's Manual

Memory Settings Screen

Menu Item
System Memory Size
System Memory Type
System Memory Speed
System Memory Voltage Displays the system memory voltage.
Video Memory
System Memory Testing
Memory Operating Mode Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available depending on the memory
Node Interleaving
Serial Debug Output

Processor Settings Screen

Menu Item
Logical Processor
QPI Speed
Virtualization
Technology
Adjacent Cache Line
Prefetch
Hardware Prefetcher
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Description
Displays the amount of memory installed in the system.
Displays the type of memory installed in the system.
Displays the system memory speed.
Displays the amount of video memory.
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.
configuration of your system are Optimizer Mode, Advanced ECC Mode, Mirror Mode,
Spare Mode, and Spare with Advanced ECC Mode. By default, the Memory Operating Mode
option is set to Optimizer Mode.
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.
By default, it is set to disabled.
Description
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.
Allows you to set the QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings. By default, the QPI Speed
option is set to Maximum data rate.
NOTE: The QPI Speed option is displayed only when both the processors are installed.
Allows you enable or disable the additional hardware capabilities provided for virtualization.
By default, the Virtualization Technology option is set to Enabled.
Allows you to optimize the system for applications that require high utilization of sequential
memory access. By default, the Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch option is set to Enabled. You
can disable this option for applications that require high utilization of random memory
access.
Allows you to enable or disable hardware prefetcher. By default, the Hardware Prefetcher
option is set to Enabled.