Intel MFS5520VI User Guide - Page 77

Memory Configuration, Availability

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Table 6. Advanced Processor Configuration Details Setup Item Execute Disable Bit Options Enabled Disabled Intel® Virtualization Technology Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O Hardware Prefetcher Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Adjacent Cache Enabled Line Prefetch Disabled Direct Cache Access (DCA) Enabled Disabled Description Execute Disable Bit can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks. Contact your OS vendor regarding OS support of this feature. Intel® Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. Enable/Disable Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O. Hardware Prefetcher is a speculative prefetch unit within the processor(s). NOTE: Modifying this setting may affect system performance. [Enabled] - Cache lines are fetched in pairs (even line + odd line). [Disabled] - Only the current cache line required is fetched. NOTE: Modifying this setting may affect system performance. Allows processors to increase the I/O performance by placing data from I/O devices directly into the processor cache. Memory Configuration The Advanced Memory Configuration screen provides information about the installed memory modules. This screen also provides a link to configure memory RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability) and view memory performance information and settings. To access this screen from the Main screen press the right arrow key until the Advanced menu option is selected then select Memory Configuration from the Advanced menu. Intel® Compute Module MFS5520VI User Guide 63

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Intel
®
Compute Module MFS5520VI User Guide
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Memory Configuration
The Advanced Memory Configuration screen provides information about the installed
memory modules. This screen also provides a link to configure memory RAS (Reliability,
Availability, and Serviceability) and view memory performance information and settings.
To access this screen from the Main screen press the right arrow key until the Advanced
menu option is selected then select Memory Configuration from the Advanced menu.
Execute
Disable Bit
Enabled
Disabled
Execute Disable Bit can help prevent certain classes
of malicious buffer overflow attacks.
Contact your OS vendor regarding OS support of this
feature.
Intel
®
Virtualization
Technology
Enabled
Disabled
Intel
®
Virtualization Technology allows a platform to
run multiple operating systems and applications in
independent partitions.
Intel
®
Virtualization
Technology for
Directed I/O
Enabled
Disabled
Enable/Disable Intel
®
Virtualization Technology for
Directed I/O.
Hardware
Prefetcher
Enabled
Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher is a speculative prefetch unit
within the processor(s).
NOTE:
Modifying this setting may affect system
performance.
Adjacent Cache
Line Prefetch
Enabled
Disabled
[Enabled] - Cache lines are fetched in pairs (even
line + odd line).
[Disabled] - Only the current cache line required is
fetched.
NOTE:
Modifying this setting may affect system
performance.
Direct Cache
Access (DCA)
Enabled
Disabled
Allows processors to increase the I/O performance
by placing data from I/O devices directly into the
processor cache.
Table 6. Advanced Processor Configuration Details
Setup Item
Options
Description