CLI Guide
Table 46. BIOS Setup Settings on systems prior to PowerEdge YX2X systems (continued)
name=value pair 1 attribute= name=value pair 2 setting= Description
administrator or administrator groups
cannot configure this BIOS setup
setting.
attribute=cstates setting=enabled | disabled
● enabled: Enables the processor to go
into a deep sleep state when the
system is not utilized.
● disabled: Disables the processor to
go into a deep sleep state when the
system is not utilized.
attribute=conredirect setting=enabled | disabled
● enabled: Redirects the BIOS screen
output over serial port 1. Keyboard
and text output are redirected over
serial port 2.
● disabled: Turns off the BIOS console
redirection.
attribute=cpucle setting=enabled | disabled
● enabled: Enables processor C1-E
after system reboot.
● disabled: Disables processor C1-E
after system reboot.
attribute=cpuht setting=enabled | disabled
● enabled: Enables logical processor
hyperthreading.
● disabled: Disables logical processor
hyperthreading.
attribute=cpuvt setting=enabled | disabled
● enabled: Enables virtualization.
● disabled: Disables virtualization.
attribute=cpuxdsupport setting=enabled | disabled
● enabled: Enables Execute Disable
(XD) support on the system.
● disabled: Disables XD support on
system.
attribute=cpucore setting=1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |all
● 1: Enables one core per processor.
● 2: Enables two cores per processor.
● 4: Enables four cores per processor.
● 6: Enables six cores per processor.
● 8: Enables eight cores per processor.
● 10: Enables ten cores per processor.
● 12: Enables twelve cores per
processor.
● all: Enables the maximum cores per
processor.
attribute=dbs setting=enable | disable
● enable: Enables Demand Based
Switching (DBS) on the system.
● disable: Disables DBS on the system.
attribute=diskette setting=off | auto | writeprotect
● off: Disables the diskette drive.
● auto: Auto-enables the diskette
drive.
● writeprotect: The diskette drive is
available in read-only format only.
Makes the diskette drive read-only.
62 Omconfig Managing Components Using The Instrumentation Service