Bios Rom - HP Xw9400 - Workstation - 16 GB RAM Reference Manual

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Secure the integrated I/O functionality, including the serial and USB ports, audio, embedded NIC,
SAS, or IEEE 1394 so that the I/O functionality cannot be used until they are unsecured.
● Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
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Enable or disable removable media write ability (when supported by hardware). Used commonly
for legacy diskettes.
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Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration information onto diskette or USB, or
restoring it onto one or more workstations.

BIOS ROM

The BIOS of the computer is a collection of programs stored as firmware in ROM. The BIOS ROM
includes such functions as POST, PCI device initialization, Plug 'n' Play support, power management
activities, and the Computer Setup Utility. BIOS supports the following systems and specifications:
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Dual AMD Opteron 2xxx series processors
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Up to DDR2-667 memory
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HyperTransport setup and initialization
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Chipset (includes NVIDIA nForce Professional 3600 and 3050 with NEC ?PD720404 PCIe to PCI-
X bridge)
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ACPI 1.0b with ACPI 2.0 extensions for 64-bit support, according to Microsoft Logo Requirements.
S1, S3, S4, and S5 with Remote Power On by way of LAN wake packet.
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SMBIOS Spec 2.5 implementation and field definitions that accurately represent hardware
configurations and OEM ID
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BBS 1.01
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DOS and Windows based BIOS flash tools
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Microsoft SDG 3.0 compliant as applicable
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PMM 1.01 as applicable
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MPS 1.4 as applicable
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PXE 2.1
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USB 1.1/USB 2.0
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PCI 2.2 or later
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"El Torito" Bootable CD 1.0
The BIOS ROM is a 1-MB FLASH unit. The runtime portion of the BIOS resides in a 96-KB block from
E8000h to FFFFFh (approximately). ACPI code and data take about 128 KB below TOLM (top of low
memory, the last RAM address below 4 GB).
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