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Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings and corresponding RBSU settings Available for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs options provide the capability to select a basic policy for performance versus power usage, without having to configure individual settings through RBSU menus. The following tables show the three Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs profiles and their corresponding RBSU option settings. Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings RBSU power management options Balanced power and performance Minimum power usage Maximum performance "HP Power Profile" (page 44) Balanced Power and Performance Minimum Power Usage Maximum Performance "HP Power Regulator" (page HP Dynamic Power Savings HP Static Low Power Mode HP Static High Performance 45) Mode Mode "Minimum Processor Idle Power Core C6 State" (page 52) Enabled Enabled Disabled "Minimum Processor Idle Power C1e State" (page 53) Disabled Enabled Disabled "Maximum Memory Bus Frequency" (page 57) Auto Auto Auto "Memory Interleaving" (page 59) Channel Interleaving No Interleaving Channel Interleaving "PCI Express Generation 2.0 Support" (page 60) Auto Force PCIe Generation 1 Auto "HyperTransport Frequency" HT Full Performance Mode (page 70) HT Power Saving Mode HT Full Performance Mode "Dynamic Power Savings Fast Slow Fast Mode Response" (page 63) "DIMM Voltage Preference" Optimized for Performance (page 68) Optimized for Power Optimized for Performance Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings RBSU power management options Balanced power and performance Minimum power usage Maximum performance "HP Power Profile" (page 44) Balanced Power and Performance Minimum Power Usage Maximum Performance "HP Power Regulator" (page HP Dynamic Power Savings HP Static Low Power Mode HP Static High Performance 45) Mode Mode "Intel QPI Link Power Management" (page 48) Enabled Enabled Disabled "Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State" (page 51) C6 State C6 State No C-states Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings and corresponding RBSU settings 209

Section	Page
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide	1
Contents	3
1 Introduction	9
Overview	9
Running RBSU	9
Using this guide	10
2 RBSU menu-driven interface, version 3.xx or later (G6, G7, and Gen8 servers)	11
RBSU main menu	11
System Options menu	12
Serial Port options	12
Embedded Serial Port	12
Virtual Serial Port	14
Embedded Serial Port Connector	15
Embedded NICs	16
NIC Personality Options	17
Advanced Memory Protection	18
USB Options	19
USB Control	20
USB 2.0 Controller	21
USB Boot Support	22
Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence	23
Processor Options	24
No-Execute Memory Protection	25
No-Execute Page Protection	26
Intel Virtualization Technology	27
AMD V (AMD Virtualization)	28
Intel Hyperthreading Options	29
Enhanced Processor Core Disable (Intel Core Select)	30
Processor Core Disable (Intel Core Select) (G7 and Gen8 servers)	31
Processor Core Disable (AMD Core Select)	32
Intel Turbo Boost Technology	32
Intel Turbo Boost Technology (Gen8 servers)	33
Intel Turbo Boost Technology (G7 servers)	34
AMD Core Performance Boost	35
Intel VT-d	36
AMD-Vi (IOMMU)	37
Remote Console Mode	38
NUMLOCK Power-On State	40
SATA Controller Options (Gen8 servers with SATA controllers)	41
Embedded SATA Configuration	41
Drive Write Cache	42
HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration	43
Power Management Options menu	44
HP Power Profile	44
HP Power Regulator	45
Redundant Power Supply Mode	46
Advanced Power Management Options	47
Intel QPI Link Power Management	48
Intel QPI Link Frequency	49
QPI Bandwidth Optimization (RTID)	50
Minimum Processor Idle Power Core State	51
Minimum Processor Idle Power Core C6 State	52
Minimum Processor Idle Power C1e State	53
Minimum Processor Idle Power Package State	54
Minimum Processor Idle Power State	55
Energy/Performance Bias	56
Maximum Memory Bus Frequency	57
Channel Interleaving	58
Memory Interleaving	59
PCI Express Generation 2.0 Support	60
PCIe Gen 3 Control (for select devices)	61
Maximum PCI Express Speed	62
Dynamic Power Savings Mode Response	63
Collaborative Power Control	64
Power Capping Support	65
ACPI SLIT Preferences	66
DIMM Idle Power Saving Mode	67
DIMM Voltage Preference	68
Memory Power Savings Mode	69
HyperTransport Frequency	70
Dynamic Power Capping Functionality	71
PCI IRQ Settings menu	72
PCI Device Enable/Disable menu	73
Standard Boot Order (IPL) menu	74
Boot Controller Order menu	75
Date and Time menu	76
Server Availability menu	77
ASR Status	77
ASR Timeout	78
Thermal Shutdown	79
Wake-On LAN	80
POST F1 Prompt	81
Power Button	82
Automatic Power-On (G7 servers)	83
Automatic Power-On (Gen8 servers)	84
Power-On Delay	85
Server Security menu	86
Set Power-On Password	86
Set Admin Password	87
Network Server Mode	88
Intelligent Provisioning (F10 Prompt)	89
Trusted Platform Module	90
TPM Functionality	90
TPM Visibility	91
TPM Expansion ROM Measuring	92
TPM Clear	93
BIOS Serial Console & EMS menu	94
BIOS Serial Console Port	95
BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate	96
EMS Console	97
BIOS Interface Mode	98
Server Asset Text menu	99
Server Info Text	99
Administrator Info Text	100
Service Contact Text	101
Custom POST Message	102
Advanced Options menu	103
Advanced System ROM Options	103
Option ROM Loading Sequence	104
MPS Table Mode	105
ROM Selection	106
NMI Debug Button	107
Virtual Install Disk	108
PCI Bus Padding Options	109
Memory Mapped I/O Options	110
Address Mode 44-bit	111
Power-On Logo	112
F11 Boot Menu Prompt	113
Consistent Device Naming	114
Network Boot Retry Support	115
Hide Option ROM Messages	116
PCIe Slot6 Training Speed	117
Reset on Boot Device Not Found	118
HP Option ROM Prompting	119
Video Options	120
Power Supply Requirements Override	121
Thermal Configuration	122
Service Options	123
Serial Number	123
Product ID	124
Advanced Performance Tuning Options	125
HW Prefetcher	126
Adjacent Sector Prefetch	127
DCU Prefetcher	128
DCU Streamer Prefetcher	129
DCU IP Prefetcher	130
Data Reuse	131
Hardware Prefetch training on Software Prefetch	132
DRAM Prefetch on CPU Request	133
DRAM Prefetch on I/O Request	134
CPU Core Hardware Prefetcher	135
CPU Cache Stride Prefetcher	136
Stack Engine Prediction	137
Node Interleaving	138
1333 MHz Support for 3DPC-10600H HP SmartMemory	139
Data Direct I/O	140
Memory Channel Mode	141
Memory Speed with 2 DIMMs per Channel	142
Hemisphere Mode	143
HPC Optimization Mode	144
ACPI SLIT Preferences	145
Intel Performance Counter Monitor (PCM)	145
One Terabyte Memory Limit	147
Drive Write Cache	148
Asset Tag Protection	149
SR-IOV	150
Embedded SATA RAID	151
System Default Options menu	152
Restore Default System Settings	152
Restore Settings/Erase Boot Disk	153
User Default Options	154
Utility Language menu (G5 through G7 servers)	155
Utility Language menu (Gen8 servers)	156
3 RBSU menu-driven interface, version 2.xx (G5 and earlier servers)	157
RBSU main menu	157
System Options menu	157
Embedded Serial Port A	158
Embedded Serial Port B	159
Virtual Serial Port	160
Optional LPT Mode Support	160
Integrated Diskette Controller	160
NUMLOCK Power-On State	160
Embedded NICs	161
Diskette Write Control	161
Diskette Boot Control	161
Advanced Memory Protection	162
USB Control	163
USB 2.0 EHCI Controller	163
Power Regulator for ProLiant	164
USB External Port Capability	165
Ultra Low Power State	166
PCI Devices menu	167
Standard Boot Order (IPL) menu	168
Boot Controller Order menu	169
Date and Time menu	169
Server Availability menu	169
ASR Status	170
ASR Timeout	170
Thermal Shutdown	170
Wake-On LAN	170
POST Speed Up	170
POST F1 Prompt	171
Power Button	171
Automatic Power-On	171
Power-On Delay	171
Server Passwords menu	171
Set Power-On Password	172
Set Admin Password	172
Trusted Platform Module	172
TPM Functionality	173
TPM Visibility	173
TPM Expansion ROM Measuring	173
TPM Clear	174
Network Server Mode	174
QuickLock	174
BIOS Serial Console and EMS menu	174
BIOS Serial Console Port	175
BIOS Serial Console Baud Rate	175
EMS Console	177
BIOS Interface Mode	178
Server Asset Text menu	178
Set Server Info Text	178
Set Administrator Info Text	178
Set Service Contact Text	179
Custom POST Message	180
Advanced Options menu	180
Multi-Processor Specification (MPS) Table Mode	181
ROM Selection	181
Restore Default System Settings	182
Restore Settings/Erase Boot Disk	182
User Default Options	182
NMI Debug Button	183
Virtual Install Disk	183
Secondary IDE Channel Support	183
BIOS Enhanced RAID	183
Node Interleaving	183
Serial Number	184
Product ID	184
Drive Write Cache	184
SATA Software RAID	184
Optional PCI-X Riser Fan Monitoring	184
Processor Options	184
Processor Hyper-Threading	184
HW Prefetcher	185
Adjacent Sector Prefetch	185
No-Execute Memory Protection	185
Intel Virtualization Technology	185
Expansion Card Caching Optimization	185
Power Supply Requirements Override	185
Embedded VGA Control	186
Utility Language menu	187
4 RBSU BIOS Serial Console (CLI)	188
BIOS Serial Console/CLI overview	188
BIOS Serial Console setup	188
Terminal emulation options	188
Microsoft HyperTerminal setup	188
Keystroke emulation	192
Escape sequences	193
Character translations in VT100 mode	193
Inspect CLI Commands	194
RBSU CLI Commands	195
System Maintenance CLI Commands	197
Command Buffering Support	197
Additional CLI support	198
5 RBSU configuration flows (manual and scripted)	199
RBSU configuration flow overview	199
Manual configuration flow	199
Scripted configuration flow	199
Configuration Replication Utility (CONREP)	200
CONREP -s (Store to Data file)	201
CONREP –l (Load from Data File)	201
HP ROM Configuration Utility (HPRCU)	202
Using HPRCU	202
HPRCU command-line syntax	202
HPRCU command line arguments	202
HPRCU return codes	202
Array Configuration Replication Utility	203
6 ROM-based utilities	204
Embedded server setup	204
Setup Utility	205
RBSU Erase option	205
Virtual Install Disk option	205
Inspect Utility	205
Diagnostics Utility	206
Memory Test	206
CPU Test	207
Boot Disk Test	208
Auto-Configuration Process	208
Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings and corresponding RBSU settings	209
Boot options	210
Operating System Installation	210
Acronyms and abbreviations	211

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Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings and corresponding RBSU

settings

Available for HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs options provide the

capability to select a basic policy for performance versus power usage, without having to configure

individual settings through RBSU menus.

The following tables show the three Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs profiles and their

corresponding RBSU option settings.

Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings

RBSU power management

options

Maximum performance

Minimum power usage

Balanced power and

performance

Maximum Performance

Minimum Power Usage

Balanced Power and

Performance

“HP Power Profile” (page

44)

HP Static High Performance

Mode

HP Static Low Power Mode

HP Dynamic Power Savings

Mode

“HP Power Regulator” (page

45)

Disabled

Enabled

“Minimum Processor Idle

Power Core C6 State” (page

52)

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

“Minimum Processor Idle

Power C1e State” (page 53)

Auto

“Maximum Memory Bus

Frequency” (page 57)

Channel Interleaving

No Interleaving

Channel Interleaving

“Memory Interleaving”

(page 59)

Auto

Force PCIe Generation 1

Auto

“PCI Express Generation 2.0

Support” (page 60)

HT Full Performance Mode

HT Power Saving Mode

HT Full Performance Mode

“HyperTransport Frequency”

(page 70)

Fast

Slow

Fast

“Dynamic Power Savings

Mode Response” (page 63)

Optimized for Performance

Optimized for Power

Optimized for Performance

“DIMM Voltage Preference”

(page 68)

Intelligent Provisioning Quick Configs settings

RBSU power management

options

Maximum performance

Minimum power usage

Balanced power and

performance

Maximum Performance

Minimum Power Usage

Balanced Power and

Performance

“HP Power Profile” (page

44)

HP Static High Performance

Mode

HP Static Low Power Mode

HP Dynamic Power Savings

Mode

“HP Power Regulator” (page

45)

Disabled

Enabled

“Intel QPI Link Power

Management” (page 48)

No C-states

C6 State

“Minimum Processor Idle

Power Core State” (page

51)

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