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Dell
PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 44
9 BIOS
9.1 Overview
The T310 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:
• 1S Support
• Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support
• CPU Turbo Mode support
• PCI 2.3 compliant
• Plug n’ Play 1.0a compliant
• MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant
• Boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, and USB key
• ACPI support
• Direct Media Interface (DMI) support
• PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs
• 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 (up-sell for IDRAC6)
• Unified Server Configurator (USC) support
• Power management support including DBS, Power Inventory and multiple Power Profiles
• UEFI support
The T310 BIOS does not support the following:
• Embedded Diagnostics (embedded in IDRAC6)
• BIOS language localization
• BIOS recovery after bad flash (however, can be recovered from iDRAC6 Express)
9.2 Supported ACPI States
ACPI compliance: S0, S4, and S5 are supported. No S1, S2, S3 (STR) support is available.
Table 15. ACPI Wake Up Events and States
Wake Up Events
States Can Wake From
RTC
OS-S4
Power Button
S5
RI#
Not supported
PME#
S5
KB
Not supported
MOUSE
Not supported
USB
Not supported
WOL
OS-S4