Dell POWEREDGE R710 - Manual (Page 6)

Component How is data input to this memory?
TPM Binding EEPROM
(on China planar only)
BIOS only.
iDRAC6 SDRAM Embedded iDRAC OS for 108MB and 8MB for VGA frame buffer.
iDRAC6 FRU Factory and iDRAC embedded OS.
iDRAC6 Boot Block Flash
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program
that is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable or
out-of-band firmware updates across the management network. Bad contents yield the
iDRAC inoperable and unrecoverable in the customer environment. Note the life cycle
log is automatically updated by the iDRAC as various system component FW, HW,
and SW versions are changed.
Trusted Platform Module Using TPM-enabled operating systems.
Chipset
CMOS
BIOS control only via input such as BIOS F2 menu user configuration settings (such
as boot order).
2.5" Backplane or 3.5" Backplane
Storage Controller
Processor
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program
that is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable
(DRMK, USC, OS DUPs utility support) containing the firmware file and the loader.
Backplane loaded with bad firmware will not provide backplane and HDD status.
Control Panel
Internal USB Either read-only license key or OS control copies.
Internal SD Module Factory load, OS run time usage, and OS updates and configuration changes.
Power Supply
PSU Microcontroller
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program
that is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable
(Unified Server Configurator) containing the firmware file and the loader. PSUs loaded
with bad firmware will not provide PSU functional behavior and result in PSU system
faults.
PERC 6/i Integrated
PERC NVSRAM Config
Data
Embedded storage firmware controls this data.
PERC Firmware
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program
that is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable
(DUPs, Unified Server Configurator) containing the firmware file and the loader.