Workload Profiles dependencies—AMD-based servers

NOTE:

Options vary based on hardware installed on the server.

Table 13: Workload Profiles General Power Efficient Compute—Low Latency
  General Power Efficient Compute General Peak Frequency Compute General Throughput Compute Virtualization - Power Efficient Virtualization - Max Performance Low Latency Mission Critical
Power Regulator OS Control Static High Performance Static High Performance OS Control Static High Performance Static High Performance X
SR-IOV X X X Enabled Enabled Disabled X
AMD IOMMU X X X Enabled Enabled X X
AMD Virtualization Technology X X X Enabled Enabled Disabled X
Minimum Processor Idle Power Core C-state C6 X X C6 No C-states No C-state X
AMD Turbo Core Enabled Enabled Enabled X Enabled Disabled X
L1 Stream HW Prefetcher Enabled Enabled Enabled X X Enabled Enabled
L2 Stream HW Prefetcher Enabled Enabled Enabled X X Enabled Enabled
NUMA Group Size Optimization Flat Clustered Clustered Clustered Clustered Clustered X
Memory Patrol Scrubbing X X X X X Disabled X
Memory Refresh Rate X 1X 1X X X 1X 2X
x2APIC X X X X X Auto X
Table 24: Workload Profiles Mission Critical—I/O Throughput
  Transactional Application Processing High Performance Compute (HPC) Decision Support Graphic Processing I/O Throughput Custom EV Name
Power Regulator Static High Performance Static High Performance X X X X CQHPER
SR-IOV X Disabled X Disabled X X CQHSRIOV
AMD IOMMU X X X X X X CQHSKTPROC
AMD Virtualization Technology X Disabled X Disabled X X CQHAMD
Minimum Processor Idle Power Core C-state No C-states No C-states X X X X CQHSKTPOWER
AMD Turbo Core Enabled Enabled X X X X CQHSKTPOWER
L1 Stream HW Prefetcher Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled X CQHSKTPROC
L2 Stream HW Prefetcher Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled X CQHSKTPROC
NUMA Group Size Optimization Clustered Clustered Clustered Clustered Clustered X CQHNUMA
Memory Patrol Scrubbing X X X X X X CQHMEM
Memory Refresh Rate X 1X X X X X CQHMEM
x2APIC X Auto X Auto X X CQHSKTPROC