Reference Guide

System BIOS Manufacturer Name

Name

systemBIOSManufacturerName

Object ID .1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.1.300.50.1.11

Description This attribute defines the name of the manufacturer of the

system BIOS.

Syntax

DellString

Access Read only

System BIOS Characteristics

Name

systemBIOSCharacteristics

Object ID .1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.1.300.50.1.12

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