Configure the BIOS Settings

Sybase recommends that you change some BIOS settings before you run Adaptive Server on the VMware guest operating system.

Enable: Disable:
  • Virtualization technology
  • Turbo mode
  • Hardware-based virtualization support
  • Hyperthreading (workload dependent)
  • Wake on LAN (required for VMware vSphere Distributed Power Management)
  • Execute Disable (required for vMotion and DRS)
  • Static high performance and balanced policies
  • Node interleaving
  • C1E halt state
  • Power saving
  • Any unused features, such as:
    • Video BIOS shadowable
    • Video RAM cacheable
    • On-board audio
    • On-board modem
    • On-board serial ports
    • On-board parallel ports
    • On-board game port
    • Floppy disk drive
    • CD-ROM drive
    • USB port

See your operating system documentation.