Dell PowerEdge R250 Integrated Remote Access Controller 9 Attribute Registry - Page 318

Default Value Not Applicable Write Privilege Server Control License Required iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise Dependency Not applicable BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcSoftwarePrefetcher (Read or Write) Description When set to Enabled, the hardware prefetcher considers software prefetches when detecting strides for prefetch requests. When set to Disabled, prevents the hardware prefetcher from considering software prefetches when detecting strides for prefetch requests. Default: Enabled Legal Values ● Enabled ● Disabled Default Value Not Applicable Write Privilege Server Control License Required iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise Dependency Not applicable BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcSwPrefetcher (Read or Write) Description When set to Enabled, the processor is able to prefetch extra cache lines for every memory request. This setting can affect performance, depending on the application running on the server and memory bandwidth utilization. Legal Values ● Enabled ● Disabled Default Value Not Applicable Write Privilege Server Control License Required iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise Dependency Not applicable BIOS.ProcSettings.ProcVirtualization (Read or Write) Description When set to Enabled, the BIOS will enable processor Virtualization features and provide the virtualization support to the Operating System (OS) through the DMAR table. In general, only virtualized environments such as VMware(r) ESX(tm), Microsoft Hyper-V(r), Red Hat(r) KVM, and other virtualized operating systems will take advantage of these features. Disabling this feature is not known to significantly alter the performance or power characteristics of the system, so leaving this option Enabled is advised for most cases. Legal Values ● Enabled ● Disabled Default Value Not Applicable Write Privilege Server Control License Required iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise Dependency Not applicable 318 BIOS Attributes