Dell
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide
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BIOS
9.1
Overview
The M915 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:
G34 support
Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support
PCI 2.3 compliant
Plug-and-play 1.0a compliant
MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant
Ability to boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card
ACPI support
PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs
Memory sparing support
SETUP access through <F2> key at end of POST
USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.1 compliant)
F1/F2 error logging in CMOS
Virtual KVM, CD, and floppy support
Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) support
Power management support, including DBS, Power Inventory and multiple Power Profiles
The PowerEdge M915 BIOS does not support the following:
BIOS language localization
BIOS recovery after bad flash
9.2
Supported ACPI States
Supported ACPI system states include S0, S4 (OS), and S5. The M915 supports the standard ACPI
states (see
ACPI.info
).