Concept Guide

System BIOS characteristics
Name
systemBIOSCharacteristics
Object ID
.1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10909.1.300.50.1.12
Description
This attribute defines characteristics of the system
BIOS. This attribute is a bit field where a bit has the
meaning defined below when set to 1 (one). Bit 63
is the first bit in the value, and bit 0 is the last bit in
the value. See the description of
DellUnsigned64BitRange at the beginning of this
file for more information on the format of the
value.
NOTE: Bits 48-63 need to be examined in the
context of the system ID.
The system ID is available in the attribute chassisID.
If the value for chassisID is non-zero, bits 48-63
have the meaning defined below:
• Bit 0 — Reserved
• Bit 1 — Reserved
• Bit 2 — Unknown
• Bit 3 — BIOS Characteristics Not Supported
• Bit 4 — ISA is supported
• Bit 5 — MCA is supported
• Bit 6 — EISA is supported
• Bit 7— PCI is supported
• Bit 8 — PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
• Bit 9 — Plug and Play is supported
• Bit 10 — APM is supported
• Bit 11 — BIOS is Upgradeable (Flash)
• Bit 12 — BIOS shadowing is allowed
• Bit 13 — VL-VESA is supported
• Bit 14 — ESCD support is available
• Bit 15 — Boot from CD is supported
• Bit 16 — Selectable Boot is supported
• Bit 17 — BIOS ROM is socketed
• Bit 18 — Boot From PC Card (PCMCIA) is
supported
• Bit 19 — EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive)
Specification is supported
• Bit 20 — Int 13h - Japanese Floppy for NEC
9800 1.2mb (3.5 in, 1k Bytes/Sector, 360 RPM)
is supported
• Bit 21— Int 13h - Japanese Floppy for Toshiba
1.2mb (3.5 in, 360 RPM) is supported
• Bit 22 — Int 13h - 5.25 in / 360 KB Floppy
Services are supported
• Bit 23 — Int 13h - 5.25 in /1.2MB Floppy
Services are supported
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