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Table 18. System Profile Settings details (continued) Option Description 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. CPU Interconnect Bus Link Enables or disables the CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management. This option is set to Power Management 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. Processor EIST Enables or disables the PCI Processor EIST. This option is set to Enabled by default. Intel Persistent Memory CR QoS Enables you to select the tunning Method 1 for QoS knobs and is recommended for 2-2-2 memory configuration in active directory, Method 2 for QoS knobs and is recommended for other memory configuration in active directory or Method 3 for QoS knobs and is recommended for 1 DIMM per channel configuration. This option is set to Mode 0 by default. Intel Persistent Memory Performance Setting Enables you to select the NVMe performance settings depending on the workload behavior. If this option is set to BW Optimized , the performance is optimized for DDR and DDRT bandwidth. If this option is set to Latency Optimized, the performance is better DDR latency. This option is set to BW Optimized by default. System Security To view the System Security screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > System Security. Table 19. System Security details Option CPU AES-NI Description Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set to Enabled by default. System Password Sets the system password. This option is set to Enabled by default and is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the system. Setup Password Sets the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the system. Password Status Locks the system password. This option is set to Unlocked by default. TPM Information Indicates the type of Trusted Platform Module, if present. Table 20. TPM 1.2 security information Option Description TPM Information TPM Security NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed. Enables you to control the reporting mode of the TPM. The TPM Security option is set to Off by default. You can only modify the TPM Status, and TPM Activation if the TPM Status field is set to either On with Pre-boot Measurements or On without Pre-boot Measurements. When TPM 1.2 is installed, the TPM Security option is set to Off, On with Pre-boot Measurements, or On without Pre-boot Measurements. TPM Information Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option is set to No Change by default. TPM Firmware Indicates the firmware version of the TPM. Pre-operating system management applications 17

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Table 18. System Profile Settings details (continued)
Option
Description
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.
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.
Processor EIST
Enables or disables the PCI
Processor EIST
. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Intel Persistent Memory CR
QoS
Enables you to select the tunning
Method 1
for QoS knobs and is recommended for 2-2-2
memory configuration in active directory,
Method 2
for QoS knobs and is recommended
for other memory configuration in active directory or
Method 3
for QoS knobs and is
recommended for 1 DIMM per channel configuration. This option is set to
Mode 0
by default.
Intel Persistent Memory
Performance Setting
Enables you to select the NVMe performance settings depending on the workload behavior.
If this option is set to
BW Optimized
, the performance is optimized for DDR and DDRT
bandwidth. If this option is set to
Latency Optimized
, the performance is better DDR
latency. This option is set to
BW Optimized
by default.
System Security
To view the
System Security
screen, power on the system, press F2, and click
System Setup Main Menu
>
System BIOS
>
System Security
.
Table 19. System Security details
Option
Description
CPU AES-NI
Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using
the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
System Password
Sets the system password. This option is set to
Enabled
by default and is read-only if
the password jumper is not installed in the system.
Setup Password
Sets the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not installed
in the system.
Password Status
Locks the system password. This option is set to
Unlocked
by default.
TPM Information
Indicates the type of Trusted Platform Module, if present.
Table 20. TPM 1.2 security information
Option
Description
TPM Information
TPM Security
NOTE:
The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed.
Enables you to control the reporting mode of the TPM. The
TPM Security
option is set to
Off
by
default. You can only modify the TPM Status, and TPM Activation if the
TPM Status
field is set to
either
On with Pre-boot Measurements
or
On without Pre-boot Measurements
.
When TPM 1.2 is installed, the
TPM Security
option is set to
Off
,
On with Pre-boot Measurements
,
or
On without Pre-boot Measurements
.
TPM Information
Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option is set to
No Change
by default.
TPM Firmware
Indicates the firmware version of the TPM.
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