Bios; Overview - Dell R210 II Technical Manual

9 BIOS

9.1 Overview

The R210 II BIOS is based on the Insyde
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Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support
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PCI 2.3 compliant
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Plug and Play 1.0a compliant
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MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant
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Ability to boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card
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ACPI 2.0 support (S0, OS-S4, S5 States)
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PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs
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SETUP access through <F2> key at end of POST
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USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.1 compliant)
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F1/F2 error logging in CMOS
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Virtual KVM, CD, and floppy support
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iDRAC supported
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Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) support
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Power management support including DBS, Power Inventory and multiple Power Profiles:
o Maximum Performance
o OS Control (DBS)
o Custom
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SMBIOS 2.5
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PCI-to-PCI bridge 1.0 compliant
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Dell Server Assistant 7.0 support
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System Service support
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Onboard PCI video BIOS support
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SATA-enabled for CD-ROM and hard drives
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PCI FW 3.0 compliant
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Selectable Boot support
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El Torito CD-ROM Boot 1.0
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Remote BIOS Update support
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Remote Configuration Interface (RCI) support
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Console redirection through COM1
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PXE support based on Preboot Execution Environment Specification v2.1
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2-byte ID support
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ePPID support in flash
Dell PowerEdge R210 II Technical Guide
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BIOS core which supports the following features:
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