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8 BIOS

8.1 Overview

The PowerEdge R515 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core and supports the following features:

AMD C32 processor support

Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support

PCI 2.3 compliant

Plug and Play 1.0a compliant

Multiprocessor (MP) 1.4 compliant

Bootable from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card

Power management support including DBS, power inventory, and multiple power profiles: o Maximum performance

o OS control (DBS)

o Active Power Controller o Custom

ACPI 2.0 support (S0, OS-S4, S5 states)

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

iDRAC supported

Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) and UEFI shell support

SMBIOS 2.5

PCI-to-PCI bridge 1.0 compliant

Dell Server Assistant 7.0 support

System Service support

Onboard PCI video BIOS support

SATA enabled for CDROM and HDD

PCI FW3.0 compliant

I2O v1.5 ready

Selectable boot support based on BIOS Boot Specification v1.01

El Torito CD-ROM Boot 1.0

Remote BIOS update support

Remote Configuration Interface (RCI) support

Console redirection via COM1

PXE support based on Preboot Execution Environment Specification v2.1

2-byte ID support

ePPID support in flash

Memory remapping support

AC recovery staggering power-up

DIMM mismatch checking

The PowerEdge R515 BIOS does not support the following:

BIOS language localization

BIOS recovery after bad flash

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PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide

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Dell R515 manual Bios