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PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide
8 BIOS
8.1 Overview
The PowerEdge R515 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core and supports the following features:
AMD C32 processor support
Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support
PCI 2.3 compliant
Plug and Play 1.0a compliant
Multiprocessor (MP) 1.4 compliant
Bootable from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card
Power management support including DBS, power inventory, and multiple power profiles:
o Maximum performance
o OS control (DBS)
o Active Power Controller
o Custom
ACPI 2.0 support (S0, OS-S4, S5 states)
PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs
Memory-sparing support
SETUP access through <F2> key at end of POST
USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.1 compliant)
F1/F2 error logging in CMOS
Virtual KVM, CD, and floppy support
iDRAC supported
Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) and UEFI shell support
SMBIOS 2.5
PCI-to-PCI bridge 1.0 compliant
Dell Server Assistant 7.0 support
System Service support
Onboard PCI video BIOS support
SATA enabled for CDROM and HDD
PCI FW3.0 compliant
I2O v1.5 ready
Selectable boot support based on BIOS Boot Specification v1.01
El Torito CD-ROM Boot 1.0
Remote BIOS update support
Remote Configuration Interface (RCI) support
Console redirection via COM1
PXE support based on Preboot Execution Environment Specification v2.1
2-byte ID support
ePPID support in flash
Memory remapping support
AC recovery staggering power-up
DIMM mismatch checking
The PowerEdge R515 BIOS does not support the following:
BIOS language localization
BIOS recovery after bad flash