Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Board S2600WP TPS BIOS Setup Interface
Setup Item
Options
Help Text
Comments
Altitude
300m or less
301m-900m
901m-1500m
Higher than
1500m
[300m or less] (980ft or less) –
Optimal performance setting near
sea level
[301m-900m] (980ft-2950ft) –
Optimal performance setting at
moderate elevation
[901m-1500m] (2950ft-4920ft) –
Optimal performance setting at
high elevation
[Higher than 1500m] (4920ft or
greater) – Optimal performance
setting at the highest elevations
This option sets an altitude value in order to
choose a Fan Profile that is optimized for the
air density at the current altitude at which the
system is installed.
Set Fan
Profile
Performance
Acoustics
[Performance] – Fan control
provides primary system cooling
before attempting to throttle
memory.
[Acoustic] – The system will favor
using throttling of memory over
boosting fans to cool the system if
thermal thresholds are met.
This option allows the user to choose a Fan
Profile that is optimized for maximizing
performance or for minimizing acoustic
noise.
When Performance is selected, the thermal
conditions in the system are controlled by
raising fan speed when necessary to raise
cooling performance. This provides cooling
without impacting system performance, but
may impact system acoustic performance –
fans running faster are typically louder.
When Acoustic is selected, then rather than
increasing fan speed for additional cooling,
the system will attempt first to control thermal
conditions by throttling memory to reduce
heat production. This regulates the system’s
thermal condition without changing the
acoustic performance, but throttling memory
may impact system performance.
Fan PWM
Offset
0
Valid Offset 0-100. This number is
added to the calculated PWM
value to increase Fan Speed.
This is a percentage by which the calculated
fan speed will be increased. The user can
apply positive offsets that result in increasing
the minimum fan speeds.
Quiet Fan
Idle Mode
Disabled
Enabled
Enabling this option allows the
system fans to operate in Quiet
“Fan off” mode while still
maintaining sufficient system
cooling.
In this mode, fan sensors become
unavailable and cannot be
monitored. There will be limited fan
related event generation
.
When enabled, this option allows fans to idle
or turn off when sufficient thermal margin is
available, decreasing the acoustic noise
produced by the system and decreasing
system power consumption. Fans will run as
needed to maintain thermal control. The
actual decrease in fan speed depends on the
system thermal loading, which in turn
depends on system configuration and
workload.
While Quiet Fan Idle Mode is engaged, fan
sensors become unavailable and are not
monitored by the BMC.
Revision 1.6 Intel order number G44057-007 113