IBM PC 300PL manual System software, Play

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.

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