Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 | System BIOS |
10. System BIOS
The system BIOS is implemented as firmware that resides in flash ROM. It provides hardware- specific initialization algorithms, basic input/output (I/O) services, and standard Intel Server Board features. The flash ROM also contains firmware for certain embedded devices that are supplied by the device manufacturers and are not covered in this document.
The Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 BIOS implementation is fully compliant to the Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for EFI architecture specifications. This Framework is a set of robust architectural interfaces that have been designed to accelerate the evolution of innovative, differentiated, platform designs. The Framework is Intel's recommended implementation of the EFI Specification for platforms based on all members of the Intel Architecture (IA) family.
A BIOS identification string is used to uniquely identify the revision of the BIOS being used on the system. The following is an example BIOS identification string:
SHW40.86B.P01.01.00.0001.031820051839Board ID, ‘SHW40’ for Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4
OEMID, ’86B’ is used for Intel Server Boards
Build type and version, ‘P01’ for production version 1
Major revision, ‘01’
Minor revision, ‘00’
Build ID, ‘0001’
Build date and time, March 18, 2005 at 18:39
10.1 Advanced Memory Modes
The Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 supports several new memory features that allow flexibility in performance, redundancy, and the ability to upgrade. The System BIOS can be configured for maximum performance, where memory is up to
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