Intel S3210SHLX Product Specification - Page 57

System BIOS Intel® Server Boards S3200SH/S3210SH TPS 4. System BIOS 4.1 BIOS Identification String The BIOS Identification string is used to uniquely identify the revision of the BIOS being used on the server. The string is formatted as follows: BoardFamilyID.OEMID.MajorRev.MinorRev.BuildID.BuildDateTime Where: • BoardFamilyID = String name for this board family. • OEMID = Three-character OEM ID. "86B" is used for Intel server boards. • MajorRev = Two decimal digits • MinorRev = Two decimal digits • BuildID = Four decimal digits • BuildDateTime = Build date and time in MMDDYYYYHHMM format: MM = Two-digit month DD = Two-digit day of month YYYY = Four-digit year HH = Two-digit hour using 24 hour clock MM = Two-digit minute For example, Intel® Server Board S3200SH BIOS Build 3, generated on Jan 21, 2006 at 11:59 AM has the following BIOS ID string that will be displayed in the POST diagnostic screen: S3200.86B.01.00.0003.012120061159 The BIOS version in the Setup Utility is displayed as: S3200.86B.01.00.0003 The BIOS ID is used to identify the BIOS image. It is not used to designate either the board ID Snow Hill or the BIOS phase (Alpha, Beta, etc). The board ID is available in the SMBIOS type 2 structure in which the phase of the BIOS can be determined by the release notes associated with the image. The Board ID is also available via setup. Support for INT15H, Function DA8Ch (Get BIOSID) has been removed. The BIOS ID must be read from the SMBIOS type 0 structure. Revision 1.3 43