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2.3.1.1 BIOS Revision Identification
The BIOS Identification string is used to uniquely identify the revision of the BIOS being used on the server.
The BIOS ID string is displayed on the Power-On Self -Test (POST) Diagnostic Screen and in the <F2> BIOS
Setup Main Screen, as well as in System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) structures.
The BIOS ID string for S2600 series server boards is formatted as follows:
BoardFamilyID.OEMID.MajorVer.MinorVer.RelNum.BuildDateTime
Where:
•
BoardFamilyID = String name to identify board family.
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“ SE5C610 ” is used to identify BIOS builds for Intel® S2600 series Server Boards, based on the
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3
, v4
product families and the Intel® C612 chipset.
• OEMID = Three-character OEM BIOS Identifier, to identify the board BIOS “owner”.
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“ 86B ” is used for Intel PCSD Commercial BIOS Releases.
• MajorVer = Major Version, two decimal digits 01-99 which are changed only to identify major
hardware or functionality changes that affect BIOS compatibility between boards.
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“ 01 ” is the starting BIOS Major Version for all platforms.
•
MinorVer = Minor Version, two decimal digits 00-99 which are changed to identify less significant
hardware or functionality changes which do not necessarily cause incompatibilities but do display
differences in behavior or in support of specific functions for the board.
•
RelNum = Release Number, four decimal digits which are changed to identify distinct BIOS Releases.
BIOS Releases are collections of fixes and/or changes in functionality, built together into a BIOS
Update to be applied to a Server Board. However, there are “Full Releases” which may introduce
many new fixes/functions, and there are “Point Releases” which may be built to address very specific
fixes to a Full Release.
The Release Numbers for Full Releases increase by 1 for each release. For Point Releases, the first
digit of the Full Release number on which the Point Release is based is increased by 1. That digit is
always 0 (zero) for a Full Release.
• BuildDateTime = Build timestamp – date and time in MMDDYYYYHHMM format:
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MM = Two-digit month.
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DD = Two-digit day of month.
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YYYY = Four-digit year.
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HH = Two-digit hour using 24-hour clock.
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MM = Two-digit minute.
An example of a valid BIOS ID String is as follows:
SE5C610.86B.01.01.0003.081320110856
The BIOS ID string is displayed on the POST diagnostic screen for BIOS Major Version 01, Minor Version 01,
Full Release 0003 that is generated on August 13, 2011 at 8:56 AM.
The BIOS version in the <F2> BIOS Setup Utility Main Screen is displayed without the time/date timestamp,
which is displayed separately as “Build Date”:
SE5C610.86B.01.01.0003