Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide
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protection of this NV memory area is configurable
by the TPM owner.
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card FRU
Details
Size
2Kb (256 bytes)
Type
Serial I2C EEPROM, nonvolatile
Purpose
This chip stores some system configuration
information (system type, board PPID information,
etc.)
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No. A special (not available to customers) DOS
utility is needed to flash the application code.
How is data input to this memory?
I2C bus from the iDRAC
How is this memory write protected?
Only the iDRAC can write to the chip
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card eMMC
Details
Size
1GB
Type
NAND Flash
Purpose
Stores the iDRAC6 kernel and other data for
system management
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Yes, under software control
How is data input to this memory?
I2C bus from the iDRAC
How is this memory write protected?
Only the iDRAC can write to the chip
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card MCU
Details
Size
256Kbytes
Type
Flash
Purpose
RIPS FW
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Yes
How is data input to this memory?
USB: Special Dell utility required for programming
How is this memory write protected?
Software protected
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card SPI Flash
Details
Size
64Mb
Type
SPI Flash
Purpose
SD RAID write log
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No
How is data input to this memory?
SPI interface from MCU
How is this memory write protected?
None