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PowerEdge R815

Technical Guide

Ideal for

virtualization,

medium-sized

databases, high-

performance

computing, and

other highly

threaded application

implementations.

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PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide Ideal for virtualization, medium-sized databases, highperformance computing, and other highly threaded application implementations.
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Dell This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. The content provided is as is and without express or implied warranties of any kind. Dell, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, OpenManage, and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Citrix® and XenServer™ are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc.
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Dell Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison ........................................................................................... 5 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 5 1.1.1 Performance-Driven Technology ................................................................. 5 1.1.2 Purpose-Built for Reliability ...................................................................... 5 1.1.3 Efficient Infrastructure ..............
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Dell 6 Memory ........................................................................................................ 6.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 6.2 DIMMs Supported ....................................................................................... 6.3 Slots/Risers ............................................................................................. 6.4 Speed .....................................................
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Dell 16 Peripherals .................................................................................................... 51 16.1 USB peripherals......................................................................................... 51 16.2 External Storage........................................................................................ 51 Tables Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table 6. Table 7. Table 8. Table 9. Table 10. Table 11. Table 12. Table 13. Table 14. Table 15. Table 16.
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Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 is a 4-socket rack server offering the latest AMD Opteron™ processors with up to 48 processor cores and an excellent balance of advanced manageability, memory scalability, I/O, and redundancy in a space-saving 2U form factor. 1.1.
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Dell 1.1.3 Efficient Infrastructure Limitations on space, power, and cooling capacity combined with rising energy costs present enormous challenges for IT. Our newest Dell PowerEdge servers are made to deliver energy efficiency as a design standard while helping to meet the performance and budget goals your infrastructure requires.
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Dell Feature R815 R905 (predecessor) R810 Min/Max RAM 8GB/512GB 4GB/256GB Up to 512GB HD Bays 6x 2.5‖ 5x 3.5‖ or 8x 2.5‖ 6x 2.5‖ HD Types SAS, SATA, SAS SSD SAS SAS, SATA, SAS SSD Ext Drive Bay(s) 1 1 1 Int.
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Dell 2 System Overview Table 2.
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Dell Feature Hard Drives1 Technical Specification 2.5‖ SATA (7.2K RPM): 160GB, 250GB, 500GB 2.5‖ Near Line SAS (7.2K RPM): 500GB 2.
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Dell Feature Technical Specification Rack Support ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management arm for 4-post racks (optional adapter brackets required for threaded hole racks) Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V™) Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2, x64 (includes Hyper-V™ v2) Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008 Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server Operating Systems Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Sun® Solaris™ Optional Embedded Hypervisors: Citrix® XenServer® V
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Dell 3 Mechanical 3.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R815 is a rack mount 2U chassis that provides the following features:       Slide-out drive bay section to allow servicing of DIMMs below drives Updated industrial design including a new LCD, bezel, and hard drive carriers Toolless rack latches Pull-out tray for Express Service Tag and customer labels Support for persistent storage (internal USB and SD card slots and external SD card slot) Updated power supply removal process 3.
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Dell 3.3 Front Panel View and Features For more information, see the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R815 Hardware Owner’s Manual. Figure 2. Figure 3. 3.4 Front View (without Bezel) Front View (with Bezel) Back Panel View and Features For more information, see the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R815 Hardware Owner’s Manual. Figure 4.
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Dell 3.5 Power Supply Indicators The base redundant system consists of two hot-plug 1100 W power supplies in a 1+1 configuration. PowerEdge R815 power supplies have embedded cooling fans. The PSUs have one status bi-color LED: green for AC power present and amber for a fault. Table 3. Power Supply Status LED Power Supply Status AC Power is not present AC Power is present Fault of any kind is detected DC Power is applied to the system ↔ 3.
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Dell 3.8 Internal Chassis View Figure 6. 3.
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Dell 3.10 Fans Six hot swappable fans are mounted in a fan gantry that is located in the chassis behind the processors. Each fan has a blind mate 2x2 connector that plugs directly into the CPU Board. There is an additional fan integrated in each power supply to cool the power supply subsystem and also provide additional cooling for the whole system. The Embedded Server Management logic in the system monitors the speed of the fans.
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Dell ID USB 2.0 Quad RJ-45 S l o t 4 R is e r 2 PSU (1+1 configuration) 2 x 3 0 USB 2.0 S l o t 3 Video R is e r 1 S A S x 4 Serial Storage Adapter IO Planar SATA data PDB 32-signal/6 blade connector AIR MAX Fan D I M M D I M M D I M M D I M M D I M M D I M M Fan D I M M Drac C o n n IO PWR PSU Connector USB 2.
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Dell 3.12 Control Panel/LCD The system control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to buttons, display, and I/O interfaces. Features of the system control panel include:       ACPI-compliant power button with an integrated green power LED (controlled by iDRAC6) 128x20 pixel LCD panel with controls o Two navigation buttons o One select button o One system ID button Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button (recessed) Ambient temperature sensor Two external USB 2.
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Dell 3.13.2 Bezel A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to system peripherals and the control panel. System status via the LCD is viewable even when the bezel is installed. The bezel is optional for PowerEdge R815 systems. For more information, see the Front Bezel (Optional) section in Installing System Components chapter of the PowerEdge R815 Hardware Owner’s Manual. 3.13.
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Dell Figure 9. 3.15 USB Port Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V lithium coin cell battery is mounted on the planar to provide backup power for the Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the SP5100 chip. An optional 3.7V lithium ion RAID battery is available. 3.16 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) Both planars contain a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. The iDRAC6 Enterprise contains a FRU EEPROM.
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Dell 4 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 4.1 Power Supplies The power supply subsystem supports up to two AC-DC power supplies (1+1 redundant configuration) connected indirectly to the CPU planar through a Power Distribution Board (PDB). The power supply only provides +12V and +12Vaux. There are several voltage regulators in the system to supply different voltage levels needed by different logic devices. 4.
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Dell  Ability to disable a CPU core  Ability to turn off embedded NICs or PCI-e lanes when not being used  Option to run PCI-e at Gen1 speeds instead of Gen2 4.4 Power Supply Specifications Power Supply Specifications are detailed in Table 4. Table 4.
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Dell Maximum shock Operating Half sine shock in all operational orientations of 31 G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6 ms +/-10% Storage Half sine shock on all six sides of 71 G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2 ms +/-10% Square wave shock on all six sides of 27 G with velocity change @ 235 in/sec or greater Altitude Operating -16 to 3048 m (-50 to 10,000 ft) Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1°F/550 ft. Storage -16 to 10,600 m (-50 to 35,000 ft) 4.
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Dell 4.8 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R815 reflects adherence to Dell‘s high sound quality standards. Sound quality is different from sound power level and sound pressure level in that it describes how humans respond to annoyances in sound, like whistles, hums, etc. One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone as shown in Table 6. Table 6.
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Dell 5 Processors 5.1 Overview The AMD G34 is designed specifically for high-end server applications. The processor features up to twelve-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments. The G34 processor also features AMD Opteron micro-architecture and AMD64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems.
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Dell BIOS allows the user to disable or enable processor cores. The cores will remain as defined after a reboot. 5.3 Supported Processors Table 8. Supported Processors Model Speed Power Cache Cores 6176SE 2.3GHz 140W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6174* 2.2GHz 115W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6172 2.1GHz 115W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6168* 1.9GHz 115W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6136 2.4GHz 115W 4MB L2 12MB L3 8 6134 2.3GHz 115W 4MB L2 12MB L3 8 6128* 2.0GHz 115W 4MB L2 12MB L3 8 6164HE 1.
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Dell 5.6 Additional Processor Information CPU Power Voltage Regulation Modules (EVRD 11.1): Voltage regulation to the G34 processor is provided by EVRD (Enterprise Voltage Regulator-Down). EVRDs are embedded on the planar. CPU core voltage is not shared between processors. EVRDs support dynamic phase shedding, controlled by the CPUs in response to CPU utilization and power state.
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Dell 6 Memory 6.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 utilizes DDR3 memory which provides a high-performance, highspeed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The platform supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) and Unbuffered DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM). The memory interface supports memory scrubbing (sequential or redirection) and patrol scrubbing, single-bit correction and multi-bit error detection.
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Dell If DIMMs of different speeds are mixed, all channels will operate at the fastest common frequency. 6.5 Sparing Memory sparing is supported. Sparing will require a fully populated memory configuration (2P = 16 DIMMs, 4P = 32 DIMMs). 6.6 Mirroring No mirroring support. 6.7 RAID No RAID support. 6.8 Supported Configurations Supported Configurations are detailed in Table 9. Table 9.
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Dell System Capacity # of CPUs DIMM Type DIMM Capacity # of DIMMs DIMM Capacity # of DIMMs Ranks per DIMM 1Gb or 2Gb based Data width 128 GB 4 RDIMM 4 32 — — 2 1 x4 128 GB 2 RDIMM 16 8 — — 4 2 x4 128 GB 2&4 RDIMM 8 16 — — 2 2 x4 160 GB 2 RDIMM 16 8 4 8 4 2&1 x4 160 GB 4 RDIMM 8 16 2 16 2 2&1 x4 192 GB 4 RDIMM 8 16 4 16 2 2&1 x4 256 GB 2&4 RDIMM 16 16 — — 4 2 x4 256 GB 4 RDIMM 8 32 — — 2 2 x4 512 GB 4 RDIMM 16 32
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Dell 7 Chipset 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 planar incorporates the Maranello chipset with dual IOB configuration, using AMD SR5650 and SR5670 IO bridges and SP5100 Southbridge. SR5650 and SR5670 are designed to support AMD‘s G34 processor family, HyperTransport 3 Interface (@ 2.6GHz), DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. The chipset consists of the SR5650, SR5670, and SP5100. 7.
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Dell 7.5 SouthBridge Link Interface The SB Link connects the SR5650 IOB with the AMD Southbridge SP5100. The SB Link (A-Link Express) is equivalent to an x4 PCIe Gen 1 link with a transfer rate of 1 GB/s in each direction. SP5100 is a highly integrated SouthBridge controller, supporting the following functions:          PCI Bus 32-bit Interface Rev 2.
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Dell 8 BIOS 8.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:                8.2 G34 Support Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support PCI 2.3 compliant Plug-and-play 1.0a compliant MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant Boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card ACPI support PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs Memory sparing support SETUP access through key at end of POST USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.
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Dell 9 Embedded NICs/ LAN on Motherboard (LOM) 9.1 Overview Two embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN controllers are on the PowerEdge R815 planar as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices.
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Dell 10 I/O Slots 10.1 Overview See Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing System Components chapter of the PowerEdge R815 Hardware Owner’s Manual. The PowerEdge R815 includes a total of 6 PCI slots that reside on the IO planar and two riser cards. Two low-profile PCI Express slots are provided on the IO planar.
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Dell Table 10. PCI Risers PCI Slot # Mechanical Electrical Height Length Bracket 1 x16 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ FH 2 x8 x4 4.376‖ 9.5‖ FH 3 x8 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ LP 4 x8 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ LP 5 x16 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ FH 6 x16 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ FH Internal x8 x4 10.3 Max Power System can support 2x 25W + 4x 15W cards Boot Order The boot order can be customized based on bootable devices detected by the BIOS. 10.
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Dell 11 Storage 11.1 Overview Table 11. Drives Form Factor Capacity 2.5‖ 50, 100 GB 2.5‖ 160, 250, 500 GB 7.2K 3Gb SATA 2.5‖ 500 GB 7.2K 6Gb Near-line SAS 2.5‖ 146, 300 GB 10K 6Gb SAS 2.5‖ 73, 146 GB 15K 6Gb SAS Table 12. Speed Type SSD (SATA) RAID Configurations Non-Mixed drives all SATA or all SAS or all SSD Config Type Configs Description Min HDD Max HDD No HDD 0 NZC No controller/No hard drive 2.5‖ = 0 2.
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Dell 11.2 Storage Controllers 11.2.1 PERC H200 The H200 SAS HBA is an expansion card that plugs into the dedicated internal SAS slot on Riser1. It incorporates two four-channel 6 Gb/s SAS IOCs for connection to SAS hard disk drives. It is designed in a form factor that allows the same card to be used in other 11G 2U rack-form factor platforms. 11.2.2 PERC H700 Customers who want an internal RAID solution should select the H700.
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Dell Table 13.
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Dell 12 Video 12.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the SP5100. This logic is based on the Matrox G200. The device only supports 2D graphics. The video device outputs are multiplexed between the front and rear video ports.
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Dell 13 Rack Information 13.1 Overview The ReadyRails™ sliding rail system for the R815 provides tool-less support for racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes including all generations of Dell racks. They also support tooled mounting in 4-post threaded racks via an optional adapter brackets kit. The optional cable management arm (CMA) can be mounted on either the left or right side of the sliding rails without the use of tools for fast and easy deployment.
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Dell The rails can be used in a threaded hole rack only if threaded rack adapter brackets are installed. The threaded rack adapter brackets are first mounted to the EIA flanges in the rack, and then the rails are mounted into the brackets. The design of the brackets has been optimized to limit the forward shift of the system in the rack to only 17.3 mm. The adapter brackets kit includes 6 brackets to accommodate different rail lengths, plus 4 sets of custom screws in common thread sizes.
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Dell Table 16. Rail Adjustability Ranges and Depth Rail Adjustability Range (mm) Rail Depth (mm) Square Round Threaded Min Max Min Max Min 686 883 672 876 651 Max without CMA with CMA 897 755 883 Note that the adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted. The min-max values listed above represent the allowable distance between the front and rear mounting flanges in the rack.
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Dell Figure 12. R815 Mounted in the B2 Sliding Rails The R815 CMA can be mounted to either side of the rails without the use of tools or the need for conversion, but it is recommended that it be mounted on the side opposite the power supplies to allow easier access to the power supplies for service or replacement as shown in Figure 13. Figure 13.
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Dell 14 Operating Systems and Virtualization For detailed information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com.
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Dell 15 Systems Management 15.1 Overview Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in IT environments of any size.
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Dell and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems. • 15.3 Server Update Utility: In addition to the Systems Management Tools and Documentation and Dell Management Console DVDs, customers have the option to obtain Server Update Utility DVD. This DVD has an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware, BIOS and drivers for either Linux or Windows varieties.
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Dell Table 17. Unified Server Configurator Features and Description Feature Description Faster O/S Installation Drivers and the installation utility are embedded on system, so no need to scour DELL.
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Dell 15.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise The optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card provides access to advanced iDRAC6 features. The iDRAC6 Enterprise connects directly to the R815 planar and is mounted parallel to the planar with stand-offs.
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Dell Feature BMC VLAN Tagging  iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media    IPv6    Dynamic DNS      Dedicated NIC Security and Authentication Role-based Authority     Local Users     Active Directory    SSL Encryption    Remote Management and Remediation Remote Firmware Update     Server power control     Serial-over-LAN (with proxy)     Serial-over-LAN (no proxy)    Power capping    Last crash scr
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Dell Feature BMC iDRAC 6 Express Historical Power Counters iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media            Logging Features System Event Log  RAC Log Trace Log Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 50
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Dell 16 Peripherals 16.1 USB peripherals PowerEdge R815 supports the following USB devices: 16.2  DVD (bootable; requires two USB ports)  USB Key (bootable)  Keyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported)  Mouse (only one USB mouse is supported) External Storage See Data Storage & Backup on Dell.com for information about external storage and tape drives available.
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Dell Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell PowerEdge R815 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the component. Nonvolatile components continue to retain their data even after the power has been removed from the component. Components chosen as user-definable configuration options (those not soldered to the motherboard) are not included in the Statement of Volatility.
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Server BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) also known as “iDRAC Express” boot block flash Details Size: 2 MB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Serial Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e. MAC address), Lifecycle log.
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System Event Log (SEL) memory and I/O Board FRU Details Size: 4 KB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: SEEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Store system events from BMC and BIOS. FRU information for board such as PPID, MAC addresses etc. How is data input to this memory? For SEL, BMC writes to it.
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TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Details Size: 128 Bytes Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: EEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Stores encryption keys for TPM functionality How is data input to this memory? Data is pre-programmed by vendor. Keys are updated using TPM enabled operating systems.
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& 1200 on CPU board (CPLD2 – slave) Broadcom 5709C LAN On Motherboard (2 controllers on I/O board) Details Size: 1MB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Serial Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g.
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750W Delta: ?K with ?? Bytes RAM Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: FLASH Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Stores PSU controller firmware. FRU information for boards such as name, manufacturing date etc. How is data input to this memory? FRU data pre-programmed by the PSU vendors.
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ordered with it) Size: Multiple Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Secure Digital NAND Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Normal usage is embedded Hypervisor OS but not limited How is data input to this memory? Factory load, OS run time usage and OS updates and configuration changes.