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smbios(7D)			    Devices			    smbios(7D)

NAME
       smbios - System Management BIOS image

SYNOPSIS
       /dev/smbios

DESCRIPTION
       The smbios device is a character special file that provides access to a
       snapshot of the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) image exported  by  the
       current	system.	 SMBIOS is an industry-standard mechanism that enables
       low-level system software to export hardware configuration  information
       to  higher-level	 system management software. The SMBIOS data format is
       defined by the Distributed  Management  Task  Force  (DMTF).  For  more
       information  on SMBIOS and to obtain a copy of the SMBIOS specification
       and implementation guidelines, refer to http://www.dmtf.org.

       The SMBIOS image consists of a table  of	 structures,  each  describing
       some  aspect of the system software or hardware configuration. The con‐
       tent of the image varies widely by platform and BIOS vendor and may not
       exist  on  some	systems. You can use the smbios(1M) utility to inspect
       the contents of the SMBIOS image and copy it to a file.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWkvm.i			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability	     │Stable			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       prtdiag(1M), smbios(1M), attributes(5)

       System Management BIOS Reference Specification, Version 2, Release 4  —
       2005

NOTES
       The implementation of a System Management BIOS image is entirely at the
       discretion of the system and BIOS vendors. Not  all  systems  export  a
       SMBIOS.	The SMBIOS structure content varies widely between systems and
       BIOS vendors  and  frequently  does  not	 comply	 with  the  guidelines
       included	 in  the specification. For example, some structure fields may
       not be filled in by the BIOS, while others may be filled in  with  non-
       conforming values.

SunOS 5.10			26 August 2005			    smbios(7D)

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