HP Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - Manual (Page 44)

Figure 35 Boot Options — Boot Order Policy screen
Accessing Power Management
This menu lets you enable such features as channel interleaving and collaborative power control.
You can also set the QPI link frequency to a lower speed and set the processor idle power state.
To access power management options:
1.
From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration
→BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU)
→Power Management and press Enter. The Power Management screen appears.
2. Select one of the following options:
•
“Setting HP Power Profile” (page 44)
•
“Setting HP Power Regulator” (page 45)
•
“Configuring Advanced Power Management Options” (page 46)
Setting HP Power Profile
Select a power profile based on power and performance characteristics.
To set the HP Power Profile:
1.
From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration
→BIOS/Platform Configuration
(RBSU)
→Power Management→HP Power Profile and press Enter. The HP Power Profile screen
appears.
2. Select one of the following options:
•
Balanced Power and Performance (default)—Provides optimum settings to maximize power
savings with minimal impact to performance for most operating systems and applications.
•
Minimum Power Usage—Enables power reduction mechanisms that can negatively affect
performance. This mode guarantees a lower maximum power usage by the system.
•
Maximum Performance—Disables all power management options that can affect negatively
affect performance.
•
Custom—Configure settings for your environment.
3. Press F10 to save your selection.
44 Accessing the System Configuration Menu