Dell PowerEdge 860 Hardware Owner's Manual

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Using the System Setup Program 33CPU Information ScreenTable 2-3 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the CPU Informationscreen.Report Keyboard Errors(Report default)Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST. Enablethis option for host systems that have keyboards attached. Select Do NotReport to suppress all error messages relating to the keyboard or keyboardcontroller during POST. This setting does not affect the operation of thekeyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the system.Asset Tag Displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system ifan asset tag number has been assigned.Table 2-3. CPU Information ScreenOption DescriptionBus Speed Displays the bus speed of the processor.Logical Processor(Enabled default)Displays when the processor supports Hyper-Threading technology.Enabled permits all logical processors to be used by the operatingsystem. Only the first logical processor is used by the operatingsystem if Disabled is selected.Virtualization Technology(Disabled default)Displays when the processor(s) support Virtualization Technology.Enabled permits virtualization software to use VirtualizationTechnology incorporated in the processor design. This feature canonly be used by software that supports Virtualization Technology.Adjacent Cache LinePrefetch(Enabled default)Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory access.Disable this option for applications that require high use of randommemory access.Hardware Prefetcher(Enabled default)Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher.Demand-Based PowerManagement(Disabled default)When set to Enabled, the CPU Performance State Tables arereported to the operating system. When set to Disabled, thePerformance State Tables are not reported to the operating system.If the processor does not support Demand-Based PowerManagement, this field is read-only.Processor 1 ID Displays the family and model number of each processor.Core Speed Displays the clock speed of the processor.Level 2 Cache Displays the amount of cache memory for the processor.Number of Cores Displays the number of cores in the processor.Table 2-2. System Setup Program Options (continued)Option Description