Cpu information screens – Dell POWEREDGE 840 User Manual

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Using the System Setup Program

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CPU Information Screens

Table 2-3 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the CPU
Information screen.

PCI IRQ Assignment

Displays a screen to change the IRQ assigned to each of the integrated devices on
the PCI bus, and any installed expansion cards that require an IRQ.

Console Redirection

Displays a screen to configure serial communication, external serial connector, fail-
safe baud rate, remote terminal type, and redirection after boot.

System Security

Displays a screen to configure the system password and setup password features.
See "Using the System Password" on page 37 and "Using the Setup Password" on
page 39 for mor
e information.

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.

Table 2-3.

CPU Information Screen

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.

Table 2-2.

System Setup Program Options (continued)

Option

Description

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