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Dell Command | Configure Version 3.0 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

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--bioscharacteristics

Valid Argument Read-only
Description
Displays the features supported by the specific version of the BIOS. This contains bit-flags which define support attributes for the BIOS and the system. The first 32-bits are from the reference specification available on the Distributed Management Task Force at dmtf.org . These must be set only if the system supports the following features: Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA), PCI, Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PC Card/PCMCIA), PnP, Advanced power management (APM), Upgradeable BIOS, BIOS Shadowing allowed, Video Electronics Standards Association (VL VESA), Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD).
  • 32 to 47 are always set to 0 by Dell-developed BIOS.
  • 48 sets to 1 if the built-in NIC supports MagicPacket.
  • 49 sets to 1 if the system supports Wake-on-LAN.
  • 50 sets to 1 if the system supports chassis intrusion.
  • 51 sets to 1 if the built-in NIC supports pattern-matching.
  • 52 sets to 1 if the system BIOS supports a seven character service tag.
  • 53 to 63 are reserved for future assignments.
Example
C:\>cctk --bioscharacteristics
                                                      bioscharacteristics=1700007d019b90
                                                   

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