HP Business Desktops BIOS

HP BIOS Compatibility
Technology/Standard Web Site Standard’s value to the product
SMART (Self Monitoring
Analysis and Reporting
Technology) hard drives
ATA/ATAPI specification:
http://www.t13.org/
SMART is an early warning system for pending drive
problems. HP led the development effort and co-authored the
specifications for SMART hard drives, which became part of
the ATA/ATAPI specification.
Trusted Computing
Group (TCG)
https://www.trustedcomputi
nggroup.org/home
TCG develops security specifications for trusted computing
components and software interfaces. HP is a founding
member of the TCG committed to the enhancement of the
secure computing environment.
Wired for Management
(WfM)
ftp://download.intel.com/la
bs/manage/wfm/download
/base20.zip
The Wired for Management (WfM) Initiative is an industry-
supported effort to make systems easily manageable and
universally managed in a network environment, without
sacrificing agility or performance. This initiative enables
products to be centrally managed over networks to reduce
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). HP co-authored the WfM
specification.
Universal Serial Bus
(USB)
http://www.usb.org/develo
pers/docs/
This specification defines the software protocols and physical
interface for the USB ports. HP co-authored the USB
specification and has been shipping USB connectors on
computers since 3Q96.
Advanced Configuration
Power Interface (ACPI)*
http://www.acpi.info/spec.
htm
ACPI allows operating system controlled configuration and
Power Management. This interface is necessary to fully
unleash the power of Windows operating system products.
HP provided early critical input to the specification and
supplied on of the first ACPI hardware and BIOS capable
computers to Microsoft for ACPI development in both
Windows 98 and Windows 2000.
* Most specifications are linked to their respective Web sites. Refer to this White Paper at www.hp.com to access the white
paper URLs.
Summary
In summary, the HP BIOS is a valuable and innovative component of the overall system, designed with
an understanding of the business customer’s issues and requirements. The HP BIOS implements and
enables many solutions for use in the business enterprise and can easily be adapted to meet
individual customer needs. The HP BIOS has, and will continue, to champion new standards and
technologies that provide value to the business customer.
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