Dell POWEREDGE R710 Series Technical Manualbook

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook31b. supported acPi statesAdvanced Configuration and Power Interface – A standard interface for enabling the operating systemto direct configuration and power management.The Nehalem processor supports the following C-States: C0, C1, C1E, C3, and C6. R710 will support all ofthe available C-States.The PowerEdge R710 will support the available P-States as supported by the specific Nehalem processors:PROcnumbeR qDf # fRequency stanDaRDtDP lfm tDP P-state nOtes1.60 Pmin+01.73 Pmin+1E5502 Q1G8 1.86 80 75 Pmin+2 D-0E5504 Q1GM 2.00 80 75 Pmin+3 D-0L5506 Q1HG 2.13 60 52 Pmin+4 D-0E5506 Q1GL 2.13 80 75 Pmin+4 D-0L5520 Q1GN 2.26 60 52 Pmin+5 D-0E5520 Q1GR 2.26 80 75 Pmin+5 D-0E5530 Q1GK 2.40 80 75 Pmin+6 D-0sectiOn 9. biOsa. Overview / DescriptionThe PowerEdge R710 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:• Nehalem-EP 2S Support• Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support• CPU Turbo Mode support• PCI 2.3 compliant• Plug n’ Play 1.0a compliant• MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant• Boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card• ACPI support• Direct Media Interface (DMI) support• PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs• Memory mirroring and spare bank support• SETUP access through key at end of POST• USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.1 compliant)• F1/F2 error logging in CMOS• Virtual KVM, CD, and floppy support• Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) support• Power management support including DBS, power inventory and multiple power profilesThe PowerEdge R710 BIOS does not support the following:• Embedded Diagnostics (embedded in MASER)• BIOS language localization• BIOS recovery after bad flash (but can be recovered from iDRAC6 Express)