HP Business Desktops BIOS

HP BIOS Compatibility
Technology/Standard Web Site Standard’s value to the product
Desktop Management
Interface (DMI)
DMTF:
http://www.dmtf.org/home
/
System Management BIOS
Reference Specification:
http://www.dmtf.org/stand
ards/smbios/
DMTF Steering and
Technical Committees:
http://www.dmtf.org/about
/list/
This specification defines how computers present
management information so that management applications
can obtain detailed configuration input without resorting to
error-prone probing methods. HP is a founding member of
DMTF and co-author the original DMI Specification, which is
now known as System Management BIOS Reference
Specification or SMBIOS. Current member of the DMTF
Steering and Technical Committees.
Drive Self Test (DST) DST:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/
products/desktops/whitepa
pers/DPSWhitePaper_0922
99.doc
ANSI ATA/ATAPI–5
specification:
http://www.t13.org/
HP developed the DST in collaboration with several leading
hard drive manufacturers and it was standardized the
industry standards body ANSI. The Drive Self Test was
integrated as part of the ANSI ATA/ATAPI–5 specification..
HP enhanced the DST to give a user access to this self-test in
F10 Computer Setup. This enhancement of the DST is called
Drive Protection System (DPS).
El Torito CD–ROM Boot
Specification
http://www.phoenix.com/
NR/rdonlyres/98D3219C-
9CC9-4DF5-B496-
A286D893E36A/0/specsc
drom.pdf
Standardizes information needed to make a CDROM
bootable.
Enhanced Disk Drive
Specification
http://www.phoenix.com/
NR/rdonlyres/9BEDED98-
6B3F-4DAC-BBB7-
FA89FA5C30F0/0/specsed
d11.pdf
Contributed to enhancements included in version 3.0 of the
specification, which provided compatibility between fixed
and removable media.
Multiprocessor
Specification (MPS)
http://www.intel.com/desig
n/archives/processors/pro/
docs/242016.htm
Specification utilized to provide multiprocessor and computer
configuration information.
Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI)
PCI:
http://www.pcisig.com/spe
cifications
PCI SIG steering committee
directors:
http://www.pcisig.com/me
mbership/about_us/board_
of_directors/
Defines methods for configuring PCI devices whether
embedded or installed in expansion slots. The BIOS also
supports the latest PCI Express technology, which is available
on selected models. HP has been PCI SIG steering committee
directors since the committee’s inception, and has co-
authored many versions of the specification.
Post Memory Manager http://www.phoenix.com/
NR/rdonlyres/873A00CF-
33AC-4775-B77E-
08E7B9754993/0/specsp
mm101.pdf
Defines a method for allocating RAM buffers to be used by
option ROM configuration needs during POST.
Preboot Execution
Environment (PXE)
ftp://download.intel.com/la
bs/manage/wfm/download
/pxespec.pdf
Allows the BIOS to boot a system that has no operating
system installed on its hard drive and to download the
software from a server.
Serial ATA (SATA) http://www.serialata.org/ Serial evolution of the ATA interface specification offering
higher speed transactions and more efficient cabling for the
desktop computer.
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