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ISA Plug and Play
If Plug and Play operating system is selected in Setup, the BIOS auto-configures
only ISA Plug and Play cards that are required for booting (IPL devices). If Plug and
Play operating system is not selected in Setup, the BIOS auto-configures all Plug
and Play ISA cards.
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is an interface for managing computers in an
enterprise environment. The main component of DMI is the management
information format (MIF) database, which contains information about the computing
system and its components. Using DMI, a system administrator can obtain the
system types, capabilities, operational status, and installation dates for system
components. The MIF database defines the data and provides the method for
accessing this information. The BIOS enables applications such as Intel LANDesk®
Server Manager to use DMI. The BIOS stores and reports the following DMI
information:
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BIOS data, such as the BIOS revision level
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Fixed-system data, such as peripherals, serial numbers, and asset tags
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Resource data, such as memory size, cache size, and processor speed
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Dynamic data, such as event detection and error logging
Language Support
The Setup program and help messages can be supported in 32 languages. The
default language is American English, which is present unless another language is
programmed into the BIOS using the flash memory update utility.
Boot Options
In the Setup program, the user can choose to boot from a floppy drive, hard drive,
CD-ROM, or the network. The default setting is for the floppy drive to be the primary
boot device and the hard drive to be the secondary boot device.
Booting from CD-ROM is supported in compliance to the El Torito bootable CD-ROM
format specification. Under the Boot menu in the Setup program, CD-ROM is listed
as a boot device. Boot devices are defined in priority order. A network can be
selected as a boot device, this allows booting from a network add-in card with a
remote boot ROM installed
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OEM Logo or Scan Area
A 4KB flash-memory user area at memory location FFFF8000h-FFFF8FFFh is for
displaying a custom OEM logo during POST.
BIOS Setup Access
Access to the Setup program can be restricted using passwords. User and
supervisor passwords can be set using the Security menu in Setup. The default is
no passwords enabled.