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Viglen BX130 – VIG385P User Manual

configuration information is stored in the extended system configuration data (ESCD)

format.

PCI IDE Support

If Auto is selected as a primary or secondary IDE in Setup, the BIOS automatically

sets up the two local-bus IDE connectors with independent I/O channel support. The

IDE interface supports hard drives up to PIO Mode 4 and recognises any ATAPI

devices, including CD-ROM drives, tape drives and Ultra DMA drives. Add-in ISA

IDE controllers are not supported. The BIOS determines the capabilities of each

drive and configures them so as to optimise capacity and performance. To take

advantage of the high-capacity storage devices, hard drives are automatically

configured for logical block addressing (LBA) and to PIO Mode 3 or 4, depending on

the capability of the drive. To override the auto-configuration options, use the

specific IDE device options in Setup. The ATAPI specification recommends that

ATAPI devices be configured as shown in Table 7.

Table 7: Recommendations for Configuring an ATAPI Device

Primary Cable

Configuration Drive 0 Drive 1

Normal, no ATAPI ATA

Disk and CD-ROM for enhanced IDE systems ATA

Legacy IDE system with only one cable ATA ATAPI

Enhanced IDE with CD-ROM and a tape or two CD-

ROMs

ATA

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is an interface for managing computers in an

enterprise environment. The main component of DMI is the management

information format (MIF) database, which contains information about the computing

system and its components. Using DMI, a system administrator can obtain the

system types, capabilities, operational status, and installation dates for system

components. The MIF database defines the data and provides the method for

accessing this information. The BIOS enables applications such as Intel LANDesk®

Client Manager to use DMI. The BIOS stores and reports the following DMI

information:

? BIOS data, such as the BIOS revision level.

? Fixed-system data, such as peripherals, serial numbers, and asset tags.

? Resource data, such as memory size, cache size, and processor speed.

? Dynamic data, such as event detection and error logging.

Language Support

The Setup program and help messages can be supported in 32 languages. The

default language is American English, which is present unless another language is

programmed into the BIOS using the flash memory update utility.