SPEC CPU2006 Platform Settings for ACTION systems based on Supermicro Solutions

Firmware / BIOS / Microcode Settings

Power Technology:
    This BIOS option allows to disable or define Power Management on server.
    This can be one of the following:  [Disable], [Energy Efficient] or [Custom].
    Users should set this option as [Energy Efficient] for performing application benchmarking.
    
Enforce POR:
    Enable to enforce POR restriction for DDR4 frequency and voltage programming.
    This can be one of the following:  [Disabled] or [Enabled].
    When memory modules are populated in two or more Dimm Per Channel, users should set this option as [Disabled] for manually selecting Memory Frequency.
    
Memory Frequency:
    When Enforce POR option is set as [Disabled], users can manually set Memory Frequency to maximum supported by the processor.
    
COD Enable:
    This Bios option is visible for Intel(R) E5-26xx v3 processors with 10+ cores.
    Enabling this option reduce coherence traffic and cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
    This can be one of the following:  [Enable] or [Disable].
    Users should set this option as [Enable] for performing application benchmarking.
    
Fan Mode:
    This feature allows manually selecting cooling mode.
    This option can be set in the BMC.
    Can be one of the following:  [Standard Speed], [HeavyIO Speed], [Optimal Speed] or [Full Speed].
    The first three options cause the fan speed is adapted to the current load on the server.
    [Full Speed] option provides the best cooling regardless of the load on the server.
    Users should set this option as [Full Speed] for performing application benchmarking.