Building BIOS Architecture

Health Monitoring determines whether BIOS hardware, services, components, Cartridges, Interfaces, communication networks, storage, and dependencies remain capable of performing their required functions.

Health status shall be represented as:

healthy;

healthy with advisory;

degraded;

maintenance required;

critical;

unavailable;

unknown.

Health Monitoring may evaluate:

service availability;

communication quality;

storage integrity;

processor and memory condition;

power quality;

backup readiness;

sensor validity;

actuator response;

Interface state;

temperature;

vibration;

leakage;

corrosion;

cycle count;

calibration status;

inspection status;

software support;

cybersecurity status.

A Health Record shall include:

subject identity;

health state;

contributing indicators;

thresholds;

data source;

confidence;

trend;

time of assessment;

required action.

Health shall not be inferred solely from communication availability. A connected device may be physically failed, and a passive component may remain healthy without digital communication.

The BIOS shall distinguish among:

current failure;

degradation trend;

overdue inspection;

expired evidence;

loss of observability;