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Dell PowerEdge C6320p Owner's Manual

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Processor Settings details

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The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
L1 Prefetcher
Enables or disables the L1 Prefetcher. This setting can affect performance, depending on the application running on the server. Recommended for High Performance Computing applications. The default setting is set to Enabled.
L2 Prefetcher
Enables or disables the L2 Prefetcher. This setting can affect performance, depending on the application running on the server. Recommended for High Performance Computing applications. The default setting is set to Enabled.
Logical Processor

Enables or disables the logical processor and displays the logical processors. If this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one logical processor per core. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Logical Processor Idling
Enables you to improve the energy efficiency of a system. It uses the operating system core parking algorithm and parks some of the logical processors in the system which in turn allows the corresponding processor cores to transition into a lower power idle state. This option can only be enabled if the operating system supports it. It is set to Disabled by default.
Configurable TDP
Enables you to reconfigure the processor Thermal Design Power (TDP) levels during POST based on the power and thermal delivery capabilities of the system. TDP verifies the maximum heat the cooling system is needed to dissipate. This option is set to Nominal by default.
NOTE: This option is only available on certain stock keeping units (SKUs) of the processors.
X2Apic Mode
Displays the X2Apic Mode setting that is read only and permanently set to enabled.
Processor 64-bit Support
Specifies if the processor(s) support 64-bit extensions.
Processor Core Speed
Specifies the maximum core frequency of the processor.
Processor 1

The following settings are displayed for each processor installed in the system:

Option
Description
Family-Model-Stepping
Specifies the family, model, and stepping of the processor as defined by Intel.
Brand
Specifies the brand name.
Level 2 Cache
Specifies the total L2 cache.
Number of Cores
Specifies the number of cores per processor.
Microcode
Indicates the Microcode update signature.

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