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BIOS Setting Changes for Intel Flex RAN Performance Requirements (c-states) (r8, dsr8, r7, dsr7)

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- Added a note for BIOS Settings.
 - Added a note for C-State.

Change-Id: I4c203ab4c40dc499d459baab9f77f0901a1d1b4c
Signed-off-by: Elaine Fonaro <elaine.fonaro@windriver.com>
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Elaine Fonaro 2023-10-05 21:11:25 +00:00 committed by Elaine A Fonaro Antonio
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@ -106,13 +106,17 @@ host types are:
* - Power profile * - Power profile
- C-states (up to C6) may be configured for some use cases where application - C-states (up to C6) may be configured for some use cases where application
workloads can tolerate additional scheduling/timer latency. workloads can tolerate additional scheduling/timer latency.
.. note::
C-states may be enabled depending on application requirements.
* - Boot order * - Boot order
- HD, PXE, USB - HD, PXE, USB
* - BIOS mode * - BIOS mode
- BIOS or UEFI - BIOS or UEFI
.. note:: .. note::
|UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On |UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On
systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4 systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4
network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see
@ -130,6 +134,10 @@ host types are:
* Plug & play |BMC| detection disabled * Plug & play |BMC| detection disabled
.. note::
The system will not override the recommended BIOS settings.
.. end-min-hw-reqs-sx .. end-min-hw-reqs-sx
-------------------------- --------------------------
@ -243,20 +251,24 @@ host types are:
- 1 (Only required if used for initial installation of controller-0). - 1 (Only required if used for initial installation of controller-0).
- -
* - Board Management * - Board Management
- -
- 1 |BMC| - 1 |BMC|
* - Power profile * - Power profile
- -
- C-states (up to C6) may be configured for some use cases where application - C-states (up to C6) may be configured for some use cases where application
workloads can tolerate additional scheduling/timer latency. workloads can tolerate additional scheduling/timer latency.
.. note::
C-states may be enabled depending on application requirements.
* - Boot order * - Boot order
- HD, PXE, USB - HD, PXE, USB
- HD, PXE - HD, PXE
* - BIOS mode * - BIOS mode
- BIOS or UEFI - BIOS or UEFI
.. note:: .. note::
|UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On |UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On
systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4 systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4
network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see
@ -275,6 +287,10 @@ host types are:
* Plug & play |BMC| detection disabled * Plug & play |BMC| detection disabled
.. note::
The system will not override the recommended BIOS settings.
- (Same as controller node) - (Same as controller node)
.. end-min-hw-reqs-dx .. end-min-hw-reqs-dx
@ -318,12 +334,12 @@ host types are:
- 2-|max-workers| - 2-|max-workers|
* - Minimum processor class * - Minimum processor class
- Dual-CPU Intel® Xeon® E5 26xx family (SandyBridge) 8 cores/socket - Dual-CPU Intel® Xeon® E5 26xx family (SandyBridge) 8 cores/socket
.. note:: All cores are used by the platform. .. note:: All cores are used by the platform.
- Dual-CPU Intel® Xeon® E5 26xx family (SandyBridge) 8 cores/socket - Dual-CPU Intel® Xeon® E5 26xx family (SandyBridge) 8 cores/socket
.. note:: .. note::
* Platform: 1x physical cores (2x logical cores if hyper-threading), * Platform: 1x physical cores (2x logical cores if hyper-threading),
(by default, configurable) (by default, configurable)
* Application: Remaining cores * Application: Remaining cores
@ -354,16 +370,16 @@ host types are:
- 1 (Only required if used for initial installation of controller-0). - 1 (Only required if used for initial installation of controller-0).
- -
* - Board Management * - Board Management
- -
- 1 |BMC| - 1 |BMC|
* - Boot order * - Boot order
- HD, PXE, USB - HD, PXE, USB
- HD, PXE - HD, PXE
* - BIOS mode * - BIOS mode
- BIOS or UEFI - BIOS or UEFI
.. note:: .. note::
|UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On |UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On
systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4 systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4
network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see
@ -462,7 +478,7 @@ host types are:
Recommended, but not required: 1 or more 500G HDs (min. 10K RPM), |SSDs| Recommended, but not required: 1 or more 500G HDs (min. 10K RPM), |SSDs|
or |NVMe| drives for Container ephemeral disk storage. or |NVMe| drives for Container ephemeral disk storage.
* - Minimum network ports * - Minimum network ports
- * MGMT: 1x1GE ( Recommended: MGMT 2x10GE LAG ). - * MGMT: 1x1GE ( Recommended: MGMT 2x10GE LAG ).
* |OAM|: 1x1GE (Recommended: |OAM|: 2x1GE LAG) * |OAM|: 1x1GE (Recommended: |OAM|: 2x1GE LAG)
@ -481,13 +497,13 @@ host types are:
- 1 |BMC| - 1 |BMC|
* - Boot order * - Boot order
- HD, PXE, USB - HD, PXE, USB
- -
- HD, PXE - HD, PXE
* - BIOS mode * - BIOS mode
- BIOS or UEFI - BIOS or UEFI
.. note:: .. note::
|UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On |UEFI| Secure Boot and |UEFI| |PXE| boot over IPv6 are not supported. On
systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4 systems with an IPv6 management network, you can use a separate IPv4
network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see network for |PXE| boot. For more information, see