- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About the PowerEdge R230 systems
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Navigation keys
- System Setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information details
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings details
- Network Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security Settings details
- Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings screen details
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- About Boot Manager
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Changing the boot order
- Choosing the system boot mode
- Creating a system or setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with a setup password enabled
- Embedded systems management
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel (optional)
- System cover
- Inside the system
- Intrusion switch
- Cooling shroud
- System memory
- Hard drives
- Supported hard drive configurations
- Removing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank
- Installing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank
- Removing a 3.5-inch cabled hard drive carrier
- Removing a cabled hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a cabled hard drive into a hard drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch cabled hard drive carrier
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive into a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Installing a 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive into a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter into the 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter from a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive from a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter
- Hard drive cabling diagrams
- Optical drive (optional)
- Cooling fans
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Expansion cards and expansion card riser
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- iDRAC port card (optional)
- Heat sink and processor
- Power supply unit
- System battery
- Hard drive backplane
- Control panel assembly
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- System messages
- Getting help
Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual
Processor Settings details
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- Option
- Description
- Logical Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all 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.
- QPI Speed
- Enables you to control QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings.
- Virtualization Technology
- Enables or disables the additional hardware capabilities provided for virtualization. This option is set to Enabled by default.
- Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
- Optimizes the system for applications that need high utilization of sequential memory access. This option is set to Enabled by default. You can disable this option for applications that need high utilization of random memory access.
- Hardware Prefetcher
- Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.
- DCU Streamer Prefetcher
- Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.
- DCU IP Prefetcher
- Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) IP prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled 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
- Enables or disables the X2Apic mode.
- Dell Controlled Turbo
- Controls the turbo engagement. Enable this option
only when System Profile is set to Performance.
NOTE: : Depending on the number of installed CPUs, there may be up to four processor listings.
- Number of Cores per Processor
- Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. This option is set to All by default.
- 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.
- Level 3 Cache
- Specifies the total L3 cache.
- Number of Cores
- Specifies the number of cores per processor.
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