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This section focuses on server configuration best practices. We applied the following server configuration settings:
By default, the DOP profile is not used on the PowerEdge R750 server. In this best practice, we selected the DOP profile in BIOS. By selecting this DOP workload profile, the BIOS settings are automated set different from their default settings. These settings are described in Table 17.
System Setup Screen | BIOS Attribute Name | BIOS Default Setting | New setting with DBOP profile |
Processor Settings | Virtualization Technology | Enabled | Disabled |
| x2APIC mode | Enabled | Disabled |
System Profile | System Profile | Performance Per Watt (DAPC) | Performance |
CPU Power Management | System DBPM (DAPC) | Maximum | |
C1E | Enabled | Disabled | |
C State | Enabled | Disabled | |
Uncore Frequency | DynamicUFS | Maximum | |
Energy Efficient Policy | Balanced Performance | Performance | |
Monitor/Mwait | Enabled | Enabled | |
CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management | Enabled | Disabled | |
PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management | Enabled | Disabled |
Use the following steps to set the DOP Workload Profile:
Use the following steps to enable Virtualization Technology and x2APIC mode on the iDRAC console:
In this test case, we selected a high performance power management policy. In this setting, the ESXi host does not use any power management feature. Instead, it aims to provide more performance.
To set ESXi power policy to high performance, go to vSphere > Host > Configure > Hardware > Overview > Power Management > Edit Power Policy and select High Performance.
Figure 19. Set power policy to High Performance
We did not expect that disabling USB ports and serial communication on servers would significantly improve performance. It is, however, a good security practice.
We disabled the following unused integrated devices:
To perform these changes, go to IDRAC > Configuration > BIOS settings >Integrated Devices and make the following changes: