Intel S2600TP Technical Product Specification - Page 37

Technical Product Specification Product Features Overview programs, and the Shell which provides a limited OS-type command-line interface. This BIOS system implementation complies with HII Version 2.3.1, and includes a Shell. 2.16.1.1 BIOS Revision Identification The BIOS Identification string is used to uniquely identify the revision of the BIOS being used on the server. The BIOS ID string is displayed on the Power On Self Test (POST) Diagnostic Screen and in the BIOS Setup Main Screen, as well as in System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) structures. The BIOS ID string for S2600 series server boards is formatted as follows: BoardFamilyID.OEMID.MajorVer.MinorVer.RelNum.BuildDateTime Where:  BoardFamilyID = String name to identify board family. o "SE5C610" is used to identify BIOS builds for Intel® S2600 series Server Boards, based on the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 product families and the Intel® C610 chipset family.  OEMID = Three-character OEM BIOS Identifier, to identify the board BIOS "owner". o "86B" is used for Intel Commercial BIOS Releases.  MajorVer = Major Version, two decimal digits 01-99 which are changed only to identify major hardware or functionality changes that affect BIOS compatibility between boards. o "01" is the starting BIOS Major Version for all platforms.  MinorVer = Minor Version, two decimal digits 00-99 which are changed to identify less significant hardware or functionality changes which do not necessarily cause incompatibilities but do display differences in behavior or in support of specific functions for the board.  RelNum = Release Number, four decimal digits which are changed to identify distinct BIOS Releases. BIOS Releases are collections of fixes and/or changes in functionality, built together into a BIOS Update to be applied to a Server Board. However, there are "Full Releases" which may introduce many new fixes/functions, and there are "Point Releases" which may be built to address very specific fixes to a Full Release. The Release Numbers for Full Releases increase by 1 for each release. For Point Releases, the first digit of the Full Release number on which the Point Release is based is increased by 1. That digit is always 0 (zero) for a Full Release.  BuildDateTime = Build timestamp - date and time in MMDDYYYYHHMM format: o MM = Two-digit month. o DD = Two-digit day of month. o YYYY = Four-digit year. o HH = Two-digit hour using 24-hour clock. o MM = Two-digit minute. Revision 1.0 23