Quickspecs – HP Z600 User Manual

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ALERTED – excessive temperatures are detected. Raises a flag so action can be taken to
avoid shutdown or provide for a smoother system shutdown
SHUTDOWN – excessive temperatures are encountered. Automatically shuts down the
computer without warning before hardware component damage occurs

Remote ROM Flash

Provides secure, fail-safe ROM image management from a central network console

ACPI (Advanced
Configuration and Power
Management Interface)

Allows the system to enter and resume from low power modes (sleep states).]
Enables an operating system to control system power consumption based on the dynamic
workload.
Makes it possible to place individual cards and peripherals in a low-power or powered-off
state without affecting other elements of the system.
Supports ACPI 2.0 for full compatibility with 64-bit operating systems.

Ownership Tag

A user-defined string stored in non-volatile memory that is displayed in the BIOS splash screen

Remote
Wakeup/Remote
Shutdown

System administrators can power on, restart, and power off a client computer from a remote
location

ASF 2.0 Compliant

Allows workstation status to be monitored on a remote console

Instantly Available PC
(Suspend to RAM –
ACPI sleep state S3)

Allows for very low power consumption with quick resume time

Remote System
Installation via F12
(PXE 2.1) (Remote Boot
from Server)

Allows a new or existing system to boot over the network and download software, including the
operating system

ROM revision levels

Reports the system BIOS revision level in Computer Configuration Utility (F10 Setup). Version is
available through an industry standard interface (SMBIOS) so that management SW applications
can use and report this information.

System board revision
level

Allows management SW to read the revision level of the system board
Revision level is digitally encoded into the HW and cannot be modified.

Start-up Diagnostics
(Power-on Self-Test)

Assesses system health at boot time with selectable levels of testing

Auto Setup when new
hardware installed

System automatically detects the addition of new hardware

Keyboard-less
Operation

The system can be booted without a keyboard

Localized ROM Setup

Common BIOS image supports System Configuration Utility (F10 Setup) menus in 12 languages
with local keyboard mappings

Asset Tag

Allows the user or MIS to set a unique tag string in non-volatile memory

Per-slot Control

Allows I/O slot parameters (option ROM enable/disable, bus latency) to be configured individually

Adaptive Cooling

Fan control parameters are set according to detected hardware configuration for optimal acoustics

Pre-boot Diagnostics

Early (pre-video) critical errors are reported via beeps and blinks on the power LED

Industry Standard
Specification Support

Industry Standard

Revision Supported by the BIOS

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface, Version 2.0

ASF

Alert Standard Format Specification, Version 2.0

ATA (IDE)

AT Attachment 6 with Packet Interface (ATA/ATAPI-6), Revision 3b

CD Boot

"El Torito" Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification Version 1.0

QuickSpecs

HP Z600 Workstation

System Technical Specifications

DA - 13277 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 23 — 12/1/2010

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