Specifications

BIOS Role in Server Management QSSC-S4R Technical Product Specification
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04h Count Byte 05 Number of strings.
20.5.2.11 Type 12 Structure — System Configuration Options
The SMBIOS Type 12 structure contains strings describing the configuration settings of all jumpers and switches on
the server board.
20.5.2.12 Type 13 Structure — BIOS Language Information
The SMBIOS Type 13 structure contains the number of installed languages and the currently configured language for
the BIOS.
Table 154. SMBIOS Type 13 Structure
Of
f
set Name Length Value Description
00h Type Byte 13 Language information indicator.
01h Length Byte 16h Number of bytes in this type structure.
02h Handle Word Varies The number of this structure in the table.
04h Installable
Languages
Byte 1 Only 1 language (English) is supported.
05h Flags Byte Bit Field Bits 7:1 – Reserved
Bit 0 – 0 = ISO 639 / ISO 3166
06h Reserved 15 bytes 0 Reserved for future use.
015h Current
Language
Byte String String number of current language
(1-based).
20.5.2.13 Type 16 Structure — Physical Memory Array
The SMBIOS Type 16 structure describes the attributes of a memory array in the server. There is one Type 16
structure present for each type of memory array in the server. Typically, there is one each for system memory, video
memory and flash memory. Others may be present.
All Intel
®
server boards and systems that use the Intel
®
Boxboro-EX chipset support the concept of two onboard
memory controller devices (Offset 04h, Location Field, is set to 03h), one per CPU socket.
Table 155. SMBIOS Type 16 Structure
Offset Name Length Value Description
00h Type Byte 16 Physical memory array type.
01h Length Byte 0Fh Number of bytes in this type structure.
02h Handle Word Varies The number of this structure in the table.
04h Location Byte Enum 03h = System board or motherboard.
05h Use Byte Enum 03h = System memory.
06h Memory Error
Correction
Byte Enum See the System Management BIOS Reference Specification, Version 2.5,
Section 3.3.17.3. This field is set to multi- bit ECC.
07h Maximum
Capacity
DWord Varies The maximum memory capacity, in KB, for this array.
0Bh Memory Error
Handle
Information
Word 0FFFEh Type 18 is not supported.
0Dh Number of
Memory
Devices
Word Varies The number of sockets available for memory devices in this array. This
should be set to 6.
20.5.2.14 Type 17 Structure — Memory Device
The SMBIOS Type 17 structure describes the attributes of each memory device present in the server. There is one
Type 17 structure for each memory device or empty memory socket in the server.
Table 156. SMBIOS Type 17 Structure
Of
f
set Name Length Value Description
00h Type Byte 17 Memory device type.
01h Length Byte Varies Length varies, minimum of 15h.
02h Handle Word Varies The number of this structure in the table.
04h Memory Array
Handle
Word Varies Handle of the array to which this device belongs.
06h Memory Error
Information
Word 0FFFEh Type 18 is not supported.