Power management screen – Dell PowerEdge R310 User Manual

Page 62

Advertising
background image

62

Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager

Power Management Screen

Option

Description

Power Management
(Active Power Controller
default)

Options are OS Control, Active Power Controller,
Custom, or Maximum Performance. For all but the
Custom setting, the BIOS pre-configures the power
settings on this screen as follows:

OS Control sets the CPU power to OS DBPM, the fan
power to

Minimum Power, and the memory power to

Maximum Performance. In this setting, all processor
performance information is passed from the system
BIOS to the operating system for control. The operating
system sets the processor performance based on
processor utilization.

Active Power Controller sets the CPU power to System

DBPM, the fan power to Minimum Power, and the
memory power to

Maximum Performance. The BIOS

sets the processor performance based on
processor utilization.

Maximum Performance sets all fields to Maximum

Performance.

If you select Custom, you can configure each
option independently.

CPU Power and
Performance
Management

Options are OS DBPM, System DBPM, Maximum
Performance, or Minimum Power.

Fan Power and
Performance
Management

Options are Maximum Performance or Minimum Power.

Memory Power and
Performance
Management

Options are Maximum Performance, a specified
frequency, or Minimum Power.

R310HOM.book Page 62 Thursday, March 4, 2010 1:03 AM

Advertising