# man > smbios-type-11(7)

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## NAME
       smbios-type-11 - SMBIOS Type 11 strings

## SYNOPSIS
       /sys/firmware/dmi/entries/11-*/raw

## DESCRIPTION
       Various OS components process SMBIOS Type 11 vendor strings that a virtual machine manager
       (VMM) may set and a virtual machine (VM) receives. SMBIOS Type 11 vendor strings may play a
       similar role as [**kernel-command-line**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/kernel-command-line/1/markdown) parameters but generally are under control of the VMM
       rather than the boot loader or UKI.

       For details on SMBIOS Type 11 see the **System Management BIOS**[1] specifications.

## STRINGS
       The following strings are supported:

       _io.systemd.credential:CREDENTIAL=VALUE_, _io.systemd.credential.binary:CREDENTIAL=VALUE_
           This allows passing additional system credentials into the system, in textual or binary
           (Base64) form. See [**systemd.exec**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/systemd.exec/5/markdown) and **System and Service Credentials**[2] for details.

           Added in version 252.

       _io.systemd.stub.kernel-cmdline-extra=CMDLINE_
           This allows configuration of additional kernel command line options, and is read by the
           kernel UEFI stub. For details see [**systemd-stub**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/systemd-stub/1/markdown).

           Added in version 254.

## SEE ALSO
       [**systemd**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/systemd/1/markdown), [**kernel-command-line**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/kernel-command-line/7/markdown), [**systemd.system-credentials**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/systemd.system-credentials/7/markdown)

## NOTES
        1. System Management BIOS
           <https://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios/>

        2. System and Service Credentials
           <https://systemd.io/CREDENTIALS>

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