Platform Management
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Revision 1.3
Intel order number E15331-006
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Legacy Console Redirection:
The BIOS enables Legacy operating system redirection on Serial A or Serial B, depending upon
the BIOS settings. Legacy operating system redirection happens when the user sets the Baud,
Flow Control, and Terminal Type.
SOL Found Active:
If SOL is found active, the BIOS overrides the BIOS settings and auto-
enables Legacy operating system redirection on the SOL console.
5.23.4
Wired For Management (WFM)
Wired for Management is an industry initiative to increase overall manageability and reduce total
cost of ownership. WFM allows a server to be managed over a network. The system BIOS
supports the
System Management BIOS Reference
Specification, Version 2.5 to help higher-
level instrumentation software meet the
Wired For Management Baseline Specification
,
Revision 2.0 requirements.
5.23.4.1
PXE BIOS Support
The BIOS supports the EFI PXE implementation as specified in Chapter 15 of the
Extensible
Firmware Interface Reference Specification
, Version 1.1. To use PXE, the EFI Simple Network
Protocol driver and the UNDI driver for the installed network interface card must be loaded. The
UNDI driver should be included with the network interface card. The Simple Network Protocol
driver is available at
http://developer.intel.com/technology/framework
.
The BIOS supports legacy PXE option ROMs in legacy mode and includes the necessary PXE
ROMs in the BIOS image for the onboard controllers. The legacy PXE ROM is required to boot
a non-EFI operating system over the network.
5.23.5
System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
The BIOS provides support for the
System Management BIOS Reference
Specification, Version
2.5, to create a standardized interface for manageable attributes that are expected to be
supported by DMI-enabled computer systems. The BIOS provides this interface via data
structures through which the system attributes are reported. Using SMBIOS, a system
administrator can obtain the types, capabilities, operational status, installation date, and other
information about the server components.
Refer to the SMBIOS structure tables in BIOS EPS about the access methods.
5.23.6
Security
The BIOS uses passwords to prevent unauthorized tampering with the server configuration. The
BIOS supports both user and administrator passwords. An administrator password must be
entered before a user password can be selected. The maximum length of the password is
seven characters. The password must be alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9). It is not case-sensitive.
You can clear a password by changing it to a null string. Entering the user password allows the
user to modify the time, date, and user password. Other setup fields can be modified only if the
administrator password is entered. If only one password is set, the password is required to enter
BIOS Setup.