Dell PowerEdge XR8620t Installation and Service Manual

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System Profile Settings

To view the System Profile Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > System Profile Settings.

Table 1. System Profile Settings detailsThis table provides the details of the options available on the System Profile Settings screen.
Option	Description
System Profile	Sets the system profile. If you set the System Profile option to a mode other than Performance Per Watt (DAPC), the BIOS automatically sets the rest of the options. You can only change the rest of the options if the mode is set to Custom. This option is set to Performance Per Watt (DAPC) by default. Other options include Performance, Performance Per Watt (OS), Workstation Performance and Custom. NOTE:All the parameters on the system profile setting screen are available only when the System Profile option is set to Custom.
Optimized Power Mode	When set to Enabled, processor is tuned for lower power consumption. Also sets C1E to Enabled, sets CPU Power Management to System DBPM mode, sets Energy-Efficient Policy to Performance, sets Uncore Frequency to Dynamic, and sets Dynamic Load Line Switch to Enabled.
CPU Power Management	Sets the CPU power management. This option is set to System DBPM (DAPC) by default. Other options include Maximum Performance, OS DBPM.
Memory Frequency	Sets the speed of the system memory. This option is set to Maximum Performance by default.
Turbo Boost	Enables or disables the processor to operate in the turbo boost mode. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Enery Efficient Turbo	Energy Efficient Turbo (EET) is a mode of operation where a processor's core frequency is adjusted within the turbo range based on workload. This option is set to Enabled by default.
C1E	Enables or disables the processor to switch to a minimum performance state when it is idle. This option is set to Enabled by default.
C-States	Enables or disables the processor to operate in all available power states. C-States allow the processor to enter lower power states when idle. When set to Enabled (OS controlled) or when set to Autonomous (if hardware controlled is supported), the processor can operate in all available Power States to save power, but may increase memory latency and frequency jitter. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Memory Patrol Scrub	Sets the memory patrol scrub mode. This option is set to Standard by default.
Memory Refresh Rate	Sets the memory refresh rate, this option is set to 1x by default.
Uncore Frequency	Enables you to select the Uncore Frequency option. Dynamic enables the processor to optimize power resources across cores and uncores during runtime. The optimization of the uncore frequency to either save power or optimize performance is influenced by the setting of the Energy Efficiency Policy option.
Dynamic Load Line Switch	Dynamic Load Line Switch control. Dynamic Load Line (DLL) is a Power Management feature, which dynamically switches to the performance mode during periods of high CPU utilization. Read-only unless System Profile is set to Custom.
Energy Efficient Policy	Enables you to select the Energy Efficient Policy option. The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the processor and determines whether to target higher performance or better power savings. This option is set to Balanced Performance by default.
Monitor/Mwait	Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to Enabled for all system profiles, except Custom by default. NOTE:This option can be disabled only if the C States option in the Custom mode is set to disabled. NOTE:When C States is set to Enabled in the Custom mode, changing the Monitor/Mwait setting does not impact the system power or performance.
Workload Profile	This option allows the user to specify the targeted workload of a server. It allows optimization of performance based on the workload type. This option is set to Not Configured by default. Below is the list of available profiles: Not Configured HPC Profile Low Latency Optimized Profile Virtualization Optimized Performance Profile Virtualization Optimized Performance Per Watt Profile Database Optimized Performance Profile Database Optimized Performance Per Watt Profile SDS Optimized Performance Profile SDS Optimized Performance Per Watt Profile Telco Optimized Profile NFVI FP Optimized Turbo Profile NFVI FP Energy-Balance Turbo Profile
CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management	Enables or disables the CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled by default.
PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management	Enables or disables the PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Workload Configuration	This field controls the Energy Performance Bias settings to allow BIOS to choose a configuration that improves performance on certain workload. The two options for selection are Balance and IO Sensitive. This option is set to Balance by default.