Reference Guide
The Reference Guide contains the
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9 = AIX10 = MVS
11 = OS400
12 = OS/2
13 = JavaVM
14 = MSDOS
15 = WIN3x
16 = WIN95
17 = WIN98
18 = WINNT
19 = WINCE
20 = NCR3000
21 = NetWare
22 = OSF
23 = DC/OS
24 = Reliant UNIX
25 = SCO UnixWare
26 = SCO OpenServer
27 = Sequent
28 = IRIX
29 = Solaris
30 = SunOS
31 = U6000
32 = ASERIES
33 = TandemNSK
34 = TandemNT
35 = BS2000
36 = LINUX
37 = Lynx
38 = XENIX
39 = VM/ESA
40 = Interactive UNIX
41 = BSDUNIX
42 = FreeBSD
43 = NetBSD
44 = GNU Hurd
45 = OS9
46 = MACH Kernel
47 = Inferno
48 = QNX
49 = EPOC
50 = IxWorks
51 = VxWorks
52 = MiNT
53 = BeOS
54 = HP MPE
55 = NextStep
56 = PalmPilot
57 = Rhapsody
58 = Windows 2000
59 = Dedicated
60 = VSE
61 = TPF
62 = Windows (R) Me
63 = Not Applicable
Version Version should be in the form <Major>.<Minor>.<Revision> or <Major>.<Minor><letter><revision>
Dell_VideoBIOSElement
Caption The caption of the device.
Description A short description of the device.
IsShadowed If true, indicates that the Video BIOS is shadowed.
Manufacturer Manufacturer of this software element
Name The name used to identify this software element
ReleaseDate The Video BIOS release date.
SoftwareElementID This is an identifier for this software element and is designed to be used in conjunction with other keys to create a unique representation of this SoftwareElement
SoftwareElementState The SoftwareElementState is defined in this model to identify various states of a software elements life cycle.
Possible values are:
0 = Deployable - Describes the details necessary to successfully distribute it and the details (conditions and actions) required to create a software element in the
installable state (that is, the next state).
1= Installable - Describes the details necessary to successfully install it and the details (conditions and actions) required to create a software element in the executable
state (that is, the next state).
2 = Executable - Describes the details necessary to successfully start it and the details (conditions and actions) required to create a software element in the running state
(that is, the next state).
3 = Running - Describes the details necessary to monitor and operate on a started element.
TargetOperatingSystem The Target Operating System property allows the provider to specify the operating system environment. The value of this property does not ensure binary executable.
Two other pieces of information are needed. First, the version of the OS needs to be specified. using the OSVersion Check. The second piece of information is the
architecture the OS runs on. This information is captured with the ArchitectureCheckclass. The combination of these constructs allows the provider to clearly identify the
level of OS required for a particular software element.
Possible values are:
0 = Unknown
1 = Other
2 = MACOS
3 = ATTUNIX
4 = DGUX
5 = DECNT
6 = Digital Unix










