Intel 5000 Series User Manual

System BIOS Intel® 5000 Series Chipsets Server Board Family Datasheet
Revision 1.1
Intel order number D38960-004
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3. System BIOS
The BIOS is implemented as firmware that resides in the Flash ROM. It provides hardware-
specific initialization algorithms and standard PC-compatible basic input / output (I/O) services,
and standard Intel
®
Server Board features. The Flash ROM also contains firmware for certain
embedded devices. These images are supplied by the device manufacturers and are not
specified in this document.
The BIOS implementation is based on the Intel
®
Platform Innovation Framework for EFI
architecture and is fully compliant with all Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI
architecture specifications specified in the Extensible Firmware Interface Reference
Specification, Version 1.1. The Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI is referred to as
“Framework” in this document.
3.1 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:
BoardID.OEMID.MajorRev.MinorRev.BuildID.BuildD ateTim e
N character ID – S5000PSL, etc
3 character ID – “86B” = EPSD
2 character ID
2 character ID
4 character ID
Build Date and time in
MMDDYYYYHHMM format
For example, BIOS build 3, generated on August 13, 2005 at 11:56 AM has the following BIOS
ID string that will be displayed in the POST diagnostic screen:
S5000.86B.01.00.0003.081320051156
The BIOS version in the BIOS Setup utility is displayed as:
S5000.86B.01.00.0003

Intel 5000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	5000 Series
Category	Server Board
Language	English