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1 2 Document Identifier: DSP0134 3 Date: 2019-08-22 4 Version: 3.3.0 5 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference 6 Specification 7 Supersedes: 3.2.0 8 Document Class: Normative 9 Document Status: Published 10 Document Language: en-US 11 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification DSP0134 12 Copyright Notice 13 Copyright © 2000, 2002, 2004–2019 DMTF. All rights reserved. 14 DMTF is a not-for-profit association of industry members dedicated to promoting enterprise and systems 15 management and interoperability. Members and non-members may reproduce DMTF specifications and 16 documents, provided that correct attribution is given. As DMTF specifications may be revised from time to 17 time, the particular version and release date should always be noted. 18 Implementation of certain elements of this standard or proposed standard may be subject to third party 19 patent rights, including provisional patent rights (herein "patent rights"). 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Translation into other languages is permitted. 2 Published Version 3.3.0 DSP0134 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification 35 CONTENTS 36 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 37 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 10 38 Document conventions ........................................................................................................................ 10 39 Typographical conventions ....................................................................................................... 10 40 Document version number conventions ................................................................................... 10 41 1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................. 13 42 1.1 Supported processor architectures ........................................................................................... 13 43 2 Normative references .......................................................................................................................... 13 44 3 Terms and definitions .......................................................................................................................... 15 45 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms .......................................................................................................... 15 46 5 Accessing SMBIOS information .......................................................................................................... 21 47 5.1 General ..................................................................................................................................... 21 48 5.2 Table convention ....................................................................................................................... 22 49 5.2.1 SMBIOS 2.1 (32-bit) Entry Point .................................................................................. 22 50 5.2.2 SMBIOS 3.0 (64-bit) Entry Point .................................................................................. 23 51 6 SMBIOS structures .............................................................................................................................. 25 52 6.1 Structure standards ................................................................................................................... 25 53 6.1.1 Structure evolution and usage guidelines .................................................................... 26 54 6.1.2 Structure header format ............................................................................................... 27 55 6.1.3 Text strings .................................................................................................................. 27 56 6.2 Required structures and data ................................................................................................... 28 57 6.3 SMBIOS fields and CIM MOF properties .................................................................................. 29 58 7 Structure definitions ............................................................................................................................. 30 59 7.1 BIOS Information (Type 0) ........................................................................................................ 30 60 7.1.1 BIOS Characteristics.................................................................................................... 32 61 7.1.2 BIOS Characteristics Extension Bytes......................................................................... 33 62 7.2 System Information (Type 1) .................................................................................................... 34 63 7.2.1 System — UUID ........................................................................................................... 35 64 7.2.2 System — Wake-up Type ............................................................................................ 36 65 7.3 Baseboard (or Module) Information (Type 2) ........................................................................... 36 66 7.3.1 Baseboard — feature flags .......................................................................................... 37 67 7.3.2 Baseboard — Board Type ........................................................................................... 38 68 7.4 System Enclosure or Chassis (Type 3) .................................................................................... 38 69 7.4.1 System Enclosure or Chassis Types ........................................................................... 40 70 7.4.2 System Enclosure or Chassis States........................................................................... 41 71 7.4.3 System Enclosure or Chassis Security Status ............................................................ 42 72 7.4.4 System Enclosure or Chassis — Contained Elements................................................ 42 73 7.5 Processor Information (Type 4) ................................................................................................ 43 74 7.5.1 Processor Information — Processor Type ................................................................... 46 75 7.5.2 Processor Information — Processor Family ................................................................ 47 76 7.5.3 Processor ID field format ............................................................................................. 53 77 7.5.4 Processor Information — Voltage ................................................................................ 54 78 7.5.5 Processor Information — Processor Upgrade ............................................................. 54 79 7.5.6 Processor Information — Core Count.......................................................................... 56 80 7.5.7 Processor Information — Core Enabled ...................................................................... 57 81 7.5.8 Processor Information — Thread Count ...................................................................... 57 82 7.5.9 Processor Characteristics ............................................................................................ 57 83 7.6 Memory Controller Information (Type 5, Obsolete) .................................................................. 58 84 7.6.1 Memory Controller Error Detecting Method ................................................................. 59 85 7.6.2 Memory Controller Error Correcting Capability ............................................................ 59 86 7.6.3 Memory Controller Information — Interleave Support ................................................. 60 Version 3.3.0 Published 3 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification DSP0134 87 7.6.4 Memory Controller Information — Memory Speeds .................................................... 60 88 7.7 Memory Module Information (Type 6, Obsolete) .....................................................................