Reference Guide

Property Description
• 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
Property Description
Caption
The caption of the device.
Description
A short description of the device.
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
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