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Table 25. System Profile Settings details (continued) Option Description Energy Efficient Policy Enables you to select the Energy Efficient Policy option. The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the processor and determines whether to target higher performance or better power savings. This option is set to Balanced Performance by default. Number of Turbo Boost NOTE: If there are two processors installed in the {Varref: term1_singular}system , you Enabled Cores for Processor will see an entry for Number of Turbo Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 2 1 Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for Processor 1. The maximum number of cores is enabled by default. Monitor/Mwait Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to Enabled for all system profiles, except Custom by default. 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 PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management Enables or disables the CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled by default. Enables or disables the PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled 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 26. 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. Table 27. TPM 1.2 security information Option Description 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 TPM Firmware TPM Status Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option is set to No Change by default. Indicates the firmware version of the TPM. Specifies the TPM status. 46 Pre-operating system management applications

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Table 25. System Profile Settings details (continued)
Option
Description
Energy Efficient Policy
Enables you to select the
Energy Efficient Policy
option. The CPU uses the setting to
manipulate the internal behavior of the processor and determines whether to target higher
performance or better power savings. This option is set to
Balanced Performance
by
default.
Number of Turbo Boost
Enabled Cores for Processor
1
NOTE:
If there are two processors installed in the {Varref: term1_singular}system , you
will see an entry for
Number of Turbo Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 2
Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for Processor 1. The maximum number of
cores is enabled by default.
Monitor/Mwait
Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to
Enabled
for all
system profiles, except
Custom
by default.
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.
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 26. 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.
Table 27. TPM 1.2 security information
Option
Description
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.
TPM Status
Specifies the TPM status.
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