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PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 68
Table 32. Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose
Can user programs or
operating system write data
to it during normal
operation?
Purpose?
Planar
System BIOS SPI
Flash No
Boot Code, System Configuration Information, EUFI
environment
LOM
Configuration
Data No LAN on Motherboard configuration and firmware
iDRAC6
Controller ROM
No Not used
iDRAC6 controller
RAM
No iDRAC internal RAM
System CPLD No System specific Hardware Logic
System CPLD No Not used
iDRAC6 Express
Internal Flash
No for iDRAC Operating
System. Yes for Managed
System Services Repository
iDRAC Operating System plus Managed System Services
Repository (i.e., Unified Server Configurator, OS drivers,
diagnostics, rollback versions of various programmables)
System RAM
Yes System OS RAM
TPM ID EEPROM
(Plug in module
only) No BIOS Identification of TPM module
TPM Binding
EEPROM (China
only)
No BIOS binding of plug-in module to a particular planar.
iDRAC6 SDRAM No BMC OS + VGA frame buffer
iDRAC6 FRU
No Motherboard electronic product identifier
iDRAC6 Boot
Block Flash
No
iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e., MAC address)
Lifecycle log
nd system event log.
Trusted Platform
Module Yes Storage of encryption keys
Chipset
CMOS
No BIOS settings