Dell PowerVault DP100 - Manual (Page 68)

CPU Information Screens
Table 2 -3 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the CPU Information screen.
Table 2-3. CPU Information Screen
Integrated Devices Screen
Table 2 -4 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the Integrated Devices screen.
Table 2-4. Integrated Devices Screen Options
Keyboard
NumLock
(On default) Determines whether your system starts up with the NumLock mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards (does not apply to 84-key
keyboards).
Report Keyboard
Errors
(Report default) Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST. Select Report for host systems that have keyboards attached. Select
Do Not Report to suppress all error messages relating to the keyboard or keyboard controller during POST. This setting does not affect
the operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the system.
Asset Tag Displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system if an asset tag number has been assigned.
Option Description
Bus Speed Displays the bus speed of the processor(s).
Logical Processor
(Enabled default) Displays when the processors support HyperThreading. Enabled permits all logical processors to be used by the operating system.
Only the first logical processor of each processor installed in the system is used by the operating system if Disabled is selected.
Virtualization
Technology (Disabled
default) Displays when the processor(s) support Virtualization Technology. Enabled permits virtualization software to use Virtualization
Technology incorporated in the processor design. This feature can only be used by software that supports Virtualization Technology.
Adjacent Cache Line
Prefetch
(Enabled default) Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory access. Disable this option for applications that require high use of random
memory access.
Hardware Prefetcher
(Enabled default) Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher.
Demand-Based Power
Management
(Disabled default) Enables or disables demand-based power management. When enabled, the CPU Performance State tables will be reported to the
operating system; when disabled, the CPU Performance State tables will not be reported to the operating system. If any of the CPUs
do not support demand-based power management, the field will become read-only, and automatically set to Disabled.
Processor 1 ID Displays the family, model number, and details for each processor. A submenu displays:
¡ Core Speed
¡ Level 2 Cache
¡ Number of Cores
¡ 64-bit Technology
Option Description
IDE Controller
(Auto default) Enables the integrated IDE controller. When set to Auto, each channel of the integrated IDE controller is enabled if IDE devices are
attached to the channel and the external IDE controller is not detected.
SATA Controller
(ATA default) Allows the integrated SATA controller to be set to Off or ATA Mode. Off disables the SATA subsystem. ATA Mode sets the SATA
subsystem to Native IDE mode.
USB Controller
(On with BIOS
support default) Enables or disables the system's USB ports. Options are On with BIOS support, On without BIOS support, or Off. Disabling the USB
ports makes system resources available for other devices.
Embedded Gb NIC
(Enabled with
PXE default) Enables or disables the system's integrated NIC. Options are Enabled with PXE and Disabled. PXE support allows the system to boot
from the network. Changes take effect after the system reboots.
MAC Address Displays the MAC address for the integrated 10/100/1000 NIC. This field does not have user-selectable settings.
Diskette Controller Enables or disables the system's diskette drive controller. When Auto is selected, the system turns off the controller when necessary to
accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot. You can also configure the drive as Read-Only, or Off. When using the
Read-Only setting, the drive cannot be used to write to a disk.
Serial Port
(COM1 default) Serial Port options are COM1, COM3, BMC Serial, BMC NIC, COM1/BMC, and Off. If an optional remote access controller (RAC) is
installed in the system, RAC is an additional option.
Serial Port shares three usage models. For standard usage, Serial Port attempts to use COM1 first, and then COM3. For BMC usage,
serial port 1 uses the COM1 address and communication can be either via the serial port or the integrated shared NIC. RAC control uses
only the COM1 address.
The COM1/BMC setting allows you to toggle the system between a COM1 setting and BMC Serial setting. In this mode, press
<ESC> to enter the BMC Serial setting and press <ESC><q> to return to the COM1 setting.
Off and COM3 are not available options when Console Redirection is set to use Serial Port 1.
Speaker
(On default) Enables or disables the system internal speaker.