Dell APEX Cloud Platform MC-760 Hardware Requirements and Specifications

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BIOS and iDRAC settings

This section provides information about the default settings for the MC-760 nodes based on the Dell APEX Cloud Platform offerings appliance software:

The following table lists the default BIOS and iDRAC settings for the MC-760.

Table 1. Default BIOS and iDRAC settingsThis table lists the default BIOS and iDRAC settings for the MC-760.
Setting	PowerEdge default	APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure	APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift
Processor settings ¹
Virtualization Technology	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
x2APIC Mode	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
SR-IOV Global Enable	Disabled	Enabled	Enabled
Kernel DMA Protection	Disabled	Enabled	Disabled
System profile settings²
System Profile	Performance Per Watt (DPA)	Performance	Custom
CPU Power Management	System DBPM (DACP)	Same as PowerEdge default settings	Max Performance
C1E	Enabled		Disabled
C States	Enabled		Disabled
Uncore Frequency	Dynamic		Maximum
Energy-Efficient Policy	Balanced Performance		Performance
CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management	Enabled		Disabled
PCI ASPM L1Link Power Management	Enabled		Disabled
System security settings³
TPM Security	Off	On	On
TPM PPI Bypass Provision	Disabled	Enabled	Disabled
TPM PPI Bypass Clear	Disabled	Enabled	Disabled
TPM2 Algorithm Selection	SHA1/SHA245	SHA256	SHA256
Intel TXT	Off	On	On
AC Power Recovery	Last	On	Last
AC Power Recovery Delay	Immediate	Random	Immediate
SMM Security Mitigation	Disabled	Enabled	Disabled
Secure Boot	Disabled	Enabled	Disabled
Enable Serial Over LAN	Enabled	Disabled	Disabled
Redundancy Policy	Not Redundant	A/B Grid Redundant	A/B Grid Redundant
Enable Hot Spare	Enabled	Disabled	Disabled
iDRAC⁴
Pass-through Configuration	Disabled	USB NIC	USB NIC
USB NIC IP Address	169.254.1.1	169.254.0.1	169.254.1.1
TLS Protocol	TLS 1.1 and higher	TLS 1.2 and higher	TLS 1.2 and higher
SSH	Enabled	Disabled	Disabled
SNMP Protocol	All	SNMPv3	SNMPv3
FIPS	Disabled	Disabled	Enabled (compute node only)