Development Kit User’s Guide
October 2008
Order Number: 320067-002US
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Pre-boot Firmware—Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
5.4.1
Default Settings
Table 34
shows the default settings of the serial console redirection.
5.5
PXE Boot Support
The Pre-boot Firmware supports the EFI PXE implementation for on-board gigabit
ethernet on Gigabit Ethernet Port 0. See Chapter 15 of the
Extensible Firmware
Interface Reference Specification
,
v1.10
. The PXE driver will be included in the Pre-boot
Firmware image to support this feature.
5.6
System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
The Pre-boot Firmware provides support for the
System Management BIOS Reference
Specification, v2.4
to create a standardized interface for manageable attributes that
are expected to be supported by DMI-enabled computer systems. The Pre-boot
Firmware provides this interface via data structures through which the system
attributes are reported. Using SMBIOS, a system administrator can obtain the following
information about server components:
• types
• capabilities
• operational status
• installation date
• other information
5.7
Legacy USB Support
The Pre-boot Firmware supports legacy USB during POST, which allows a user to enter
and configure the Pre-boot Firmware setup via a USB keyboard.
5.8
Pre-boot Firmware Recovery and Updates
The Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board Pre-boot Firmware can be updated by using
the Pre-boot Firmware programming tool software flash utility (flash programmer). The
Pre-boot Firmware Update for the Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology Development Kit
(Pre-boot Firmware)
and the Pre-boot
Firmware Update Tool for the Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology Development Kit
(AFUEFI Flash Utility)
are available to
download.
Table 34.
Serial Console Redirection Default Settings
Parameters
Default
Port Number
COM 1
Baud Rate
115200
Data Bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Flow Control
None
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