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Dell PowerEdge M420 Important Information Manual

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New System Features With Opteron 6200 Series

Processors

• The processor frequency drops to 500 MHz when the system is idle to reduce

power consumption.

• Application Power Management — The Thermal Design Power (TDP) of the

processor denotes its power consumption. This feature optimizes system

power consumption.

• Performance Monitoring Counters — The Northbridge P-States (performance

states) allows more users to access the performance monitor counters at the

same time. This feature reduces power consumption and optimizes

performance within the specified TDP.

• Low Voltage Memory Modules (DDR3L DIMMs) — The Opteron 6200 series

processors support DDR3L DIMMs at a lower operating voltage of 1.35 V.

NOTE: BIOS setup options allow you to control frequency and voltage

configurations within allowable limits.

New BIOS Setup Options

Processor Settings Screen

Option Description

Number of Cores per Processor

(All default)

Allows you to control the number of enabled

cores (up to 16) in each processor.

L2 Cache Displays the level 2 cache size (up to 16 MB).

L3 Cache Displays the level 3 cache size (up to 16 MB).

NOTE: Minimum partition size is 2 MB.

Core Performance Boost Mode

(Enabled default)

NOTE: Also known as Turbo CORE.

In this mode, workloads using a lesser number

of cores boost the exercised cores to higher

performance states.