Specifications

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PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide
8 BIOS
8.1 Overview
The PowerEdge R515 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core and supports the following features:
 AMD C32 processor support
 Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support
 PCI 2.3 compliant
 Plug and Play 1.0a compliant
 Multiprocessor (MP) 1.4 compliant
 Bootable from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card
 Power management support including DBS, power inventory, and multiple power profiles:
o Maximum performance
o OS control (DBS)
o Active Power Controller
o Custom
 ACPI 2.0 support (S0, OS-S4, S5 states)
 PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs
 Memory-sparing support
 SETUP access through <F2> key at end of POST
 USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.1 compliant)
 F1/F2 error logging in CMOS
 Virtual KVM, CD, and floppy support
 iDRAC supported
 Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) and UEFI shell support
 SMBIOS 2.5
 PCI-to-PCI bridge 1.0 compliant
 Dell Server Assistant 7.0 support
 System Service support
 Onboard PCI video BIOS support
 SATA enabled for CDROM and HDD
 PCI FW3.0 compliant
 I2O v1.5 ready
 Selectable boot support based on BIOS Boot Specification v1.01
 El Torito CD-ROM Boot 1.0
 Remote BIOS update support
 Remote Configuration Interface (RCI) support
 Console redirection via COM1
 PXE support based on Preboot Execution Environment Specification v2.1
 2-byte ID support
 ePPID support in flash
 Memory remapping support
 AC recovery staggering power-up
 DIMM mismatch checking
The PowerEdge R515 BIOS does not support the following:
 BIOS language localization
 BIOS recovery after bad flash