Chapter 5. System software

Chapter 5. System software

This section briefly describes some of the system software included with the compu

BIOS

The

computer uses the IBM basic input/output system (BIOS), which is stored in flas

programmable

read-only

memory

(EEPROM). Some

features

of

the BIOS are:

Ÿ

PCI support in accordance with PCI BIOS Specification 2.2

Ÿ

Microsoft

PCI

IRQ

Routing Table

 

 

 

Ÿ

Plug

and

Play

support in accordance with Plug and Play BIOS Specification 1.1a

Ÿ

Advanced

Power

Management

(APM) support

according

to

APM BIOS Interface Specification

Ÿ

Wake

on

LAN

support

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Wake

on

Ring

support

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Alert

on

LAN

support

 

 

 

 

 

Ÿ

Remote program load (RPL) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Ÿ

Startable

CD-ROM support

 

 

 

 

ŸFlash-over-LAN support

ŸAlternate startup sequence

Ÿ

IBM

look and feel, such as screen arrangements

Ÿ

ACPI

(Advanced Configuration and Power Interfaces) 1.0b

Ÿ

IDE

logical block addressing (LBA) support

Ÿ

LSA

2.0 support

ŸLS120 support

Ÿ DM BIOS 2.1 (DMI 2.0 compliant)

ŸPC99 compliance

Plug

and

Play

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support

for

Plug

and

Play

conforms

to

the following:

Ÿ

Plug

and

Play

BIOS Specification 1.1a and 1.0

Ÿ

Plug

and

Play

BIOS

Extension Design

Guide 1.0

Ÿ

Plug

and

Play BIOS Specification, Errata, and Clarifications 1.0

Ÿ

Guide to

Integrating

the

Plug

and Play BIOS Extensions with system BIOS 1.2

Ÿ

Plug

and

Play

Kit

for

DOS

and

Windows

POST

IBM power-on self-test (POST) code is used. Also, initialization code is included for devices and controllers.

POST error codes include text messages for determining the cause of an error. For mo Appendix D, “Error codes” on page 41.

Copyright IBM Corp. September 1999

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