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Following table highlights the typical firmware compatibility matrix as an example for hosting the RAN workloads.
Components | RAN Vendor-A |
iDRAC (XR11/R750) | 5.10.30.00 |
XR11 BIOS | 1.6.5 |
XR5610 BIOS | 1.1.3 |
BootMode | UEFI |
ICE Driver | NVM 3.2 |
The following BIOS settings are applied to the 15G XR11 and 16G XR5610servers.
BIOS Parameters | Dell XR11 | Dell XR5610 |
Processor Settings |
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Logical Processor | Enabled | Enabled |
Virtualization Technology | Enabled | Enabled |
AVX P1 | Level2 | Level2 |
HW Prefetcher | Enabled | Enabled |
DCU IP Prefetcher | Enabled | Enabled |
DCU Streamer Prefetcher | Enabled | Enabled |
LLC Prefetch | Enabled | Disabled |
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch | Enabled | Enabled |
XPT Prefetch | Enabled | Enabled |
X2APIC Mode | Enabled | Enabled |
AVX ICCP Pre-Grant License | Enabled | Enabled |
AVX ICCP Pre-Grant Level | 512 Heavy | 512 Heavy |
Processor Core Speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
Processor L3 Cache | 48 MB | 60 MB |
SATA Devices | AHCI Mode | AHCI Mode |
Integrated Devices |
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SR-IOV Global Enable | Enabled | Enabled |
Memmory Mapped I/O Above 4 GB | Enabled | N/A |
System Security |
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AC Power Recovery | Last | Last |
AC Power Recovery Delay | Immediate | Immediate |
BIOS.SysProfileSettings |
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Workload Profile | TelcoOptimizedProfile | TelcoOptimizedProfile |
Turbo Boost | Enabled | Enabled |
CPU Power Management | OS DBPM | OS DBPM |
C1E | Disabled | Disabled |
C States | Enabled | Enabled |
Memory Patrol Scrub | Disabled | Disabled |
CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Mgmt | Disabled | Enabled |
Monitor/Mwait | Enabled | Enabled |
Energy Effiecient Policy | Performance | Performance |
PCIe ASPM L1 Link Power Mgmt | Disabled | Disabled |
GPSS Timer | 0us | 0us |
System Profile | Custom | Custom |
Uncore Frequency | MaxUFS | MaxUFS |
Workload Configuration | IO Sensitive | IO Sensitive |