Option
Description
Number of Turbo
Boost Enabled
Cores for
Processor 1
NOTE:
If there are four processors installed in the system, you will see an entry for Number of
Turbo Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 4.
Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for Processor 1. The maximum number of cores is enabled by
default.
Monitor/Mwait
Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to
Enabled
for all system profiles,
except
Custom
by default.
NOTE:
This option can be disabled only if the C States option in the Custom mode is set to
disabled.
NOTE:
When C States is set to Enabled in the Custom mode, changing the Monitor/Mwait setting
does not impact the system power or performance.
CPU Interconnect
Bus Link Power
Management
Enables or disables the CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
PCI ASPM L1 Link
Power
Management
Enables or disables the PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Intel Persistent
Memory CR QoS
Controls the tuning recipe for Quality of Service (QoS) knobs.
Disabled
by default.
Method 1
is recommended
for 2-2-2 memory configurations in App-Direct.
Method 2
is recommended for other memory configurations in
App-Direct.
Method 3
is recommended for 1 DIMM per channel configurations.
Intel Persistent
Memory
Performance
Setting
Controls the thresholds that trigger switching between near (RDIMM/LRDIMM) and far (DCPMM) memory.
BW
Optimized
, selected by default, optimizes for RDIMM/LRDIMM and DCPMM bandwidth.
Latency Optimized
offers better RDIMM/LRDIMM latency in the presence of DCPMM.
Balanced Profile
optimizes performance
with Memory Mode configured DCPMM.
System Security
You can use the
System Security
screen to perform specific functions such as setting the system password, setup password and
disabling the power button.
Viewing System Security
To view the
System Security
screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Power on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3. On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4. On the
System BIOS
screen, click
System Security
.
System Security Settings details
About this task
The
System Security Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
CPU AES-NI
Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using the Advanced Encryption
Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
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