Specifications
QSSC-S4R Technical Product Specification Contents
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16.1.12 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology ................................................................................................................... 130
16.1.13 Intel® 64 Instruction Set Architecture (Intel® 64) ....................................................................................................... 130
16.1.14 Execute Disable Bit Feature ....................................................................................................................................... 130
16.1.15 Enhanced Halt State (C1E) ........................................................................................................................................ 131
16.1.16 Hardware Prefetcher .................................................................................................................................................. 131
16.1.17 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch .................................................................................................................................... 131
16.1.18 Multi-Core Processor Support .................................................................................................................................... 131
16.1.19 Intel® Virtualization Technology ................................................................................................................................. 131
16.1.20 Direct Cache Access (DCA) ....................................................................................................................................... 131
16.1.21 Intel® Turbo Boost Technology .................................................................................................................................. 131
16.1.22 Acoustical Fan Speed Control .................................................................................................................................... 132
16.1.23 CPU Core Error Handling ........................................................................................................................................... 132
16.1.24 Cbox Error Records .................................................................................................................................................... 132
16.2 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................... 133
16.2.1 Memory Sizing and Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 134
16.2.2 POST Error Codes ....................................................................................................................................................... 134
16.2.3 Displaying System Memory .......................................................................................................................................... 135
16.2.4 Support for Mixed-speed Memory Modules .................................................................................................................. 135
16.2.5 Memory Test ................................................................................................................................................................ 136
16.2.6 Memory Scrub Engine .................................................................................................................................................. 136
16.2.7 Memory Map and Population Rules ............................................................................................................................. 136
16.2.8 Memory Sub-System Nomenclature ............................................................................................................................. 137
16.2.9 Supported Memory Configurations ............................................................................................................................... 141
16.2.10 Modes of Operation – Memory RAS Features............................................................................................................ 142
16.2.11 Memory Hot-Plug ....................................................................................................................................................... 148
16.2.12 Memory Error Handling .............................................................................................................................................. 152
16.3 Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) ......................................................................................................... 168
16.3.1 Scan Order ................................................................................................................................................................... 168
16.3.2 Resource Assignment .................................................................................................................................................. 169
16.3.3 Automatic IRQ Assignment .......................................................................................................................................... 169
16.3.4 EFI Optimized Boot support and Legacy Option ROMs ............................................................................................... 169
16.3.5 EFI PCI APIs ................................................................................................................................................................ 169
16.3.6 Legacy PCI APIs .......................................................................................................................................................... 169
16.3.7 Dual Video .................................................................................................................................................................... 169
16.4 PnP ISA .............................................................................................................................................................. 169
16.5 Keyboard / Mouse .............................................................................................................................................. 169
16.6 Universal Serial Bus (USB) ................................................................................................................................ 169
16.6.1 Native USB Support ..................................................................................................................................................... 170
16.6.2 Legacy USB Support .................................................................................................................................................... 170
16.6.3 SAS Supprt ................................................................................................................................................................... 170
16.7 Removable Media Drives ................................................................................................................................... 170
16.7.1 DIMM Thermal Management ........................................................................................................................................ 170
16.8 PCI Express Hot Plug ......................................................................................................................................... 170
16.9 Fan Speed Control and Thermal Management .................................................................................................. 172
16.9.1 DIMM Thermal Management ........................................................................................................................................ 172
16.9.2 Processor Thermal Management ................................................................................................................................. 175
16.9.3 Node Power Thermal Management (NPTM) or Node Manager (NM) .......................................................................... 175
17. BIOS User Interface ........................................................................................................... 176
17.1 Splash Logo / Diagnostic Screen ....................................................................................................................... 176
17.1.1 BIOS Boot Popup Menu ............................................................................................................................................... 176
17.2 BIOS Setup Utility ............................................................................................................................................... 176
17.2.1 Operation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 176
17.2.2 Page Layout ................................................................................................................................................................. 176
17.2.3 BIOS Setup Utility Screens .......................................................................................................................................... 178
17.3 Loading BIOS Defaults ....................................................................................................................................... 207
17.4 Clearing the BIOS Password .............................................................................................................................. 207