Dell PowerEdge R530 User Manual
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Item
Type (e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM)
Can user
programs or
operating system
write data to it
during normal
operation?
Purpose? (e.g. boot
code)
Planer
PCH Internal CMOS RAM
Battery-backed CMOS RAM
No
Real-time clock and
BIOS configuration
settings
BIOS SPI Flash
SPI Flash
Yes
Boot code, system
configuration
information, UEFI
environment, Flash
Disceptor, ME
iDRAC SPI Flash
SPI Flash
No
iDRAC Uboot
(bootloader),
server managent
persistent store
(i.e. IDRAC MAC
Address, iDRAC
boot variables),
lifecycle log cache,
virtual planar FRU
and EPPID, rac log,
System Event Log,
BMC EMMC
eMMC NAND Flash
No
Operational iDRAC
FW, Lifecycle
Controller (LC) USC
partition, LC service
diags, LC OS
drivers, USC
firmware
CPU Vcore and VSA
Regulators
OTP(one time programmable)
No
Operational
parameters
System CPLD RAM
RAM
No
Not utilized
System Memory
RAM
Yes
System OS RAM
Power Supplies
PSU FW
Embedded microcontroller flash
No
Power Supply
operation, power
management data
and fault behaviors
2U 8x3.5” Backplane
SEP internal flash
Integrated Flash+EEPROM
No
Firmware + FRU
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