Dell PowerEdge T630 User Manual

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Dell - Internal Use - Confidential

Item

Type (e.g. Flash PROM,

EEPROM)

Can user programs or operating system

write data to it during normal

operation?

SBR

SBR

No

Flash

Flash

No

PCIe SSD Extension Card

Switch Configuration EEPROM

SPI Flash EEPROM

No (requires specialized SW)

IDSDM

SPI Flash

SPI Flash

No

MCU

Embedded Flash

FW can be updated via iDRAC which

runs on Linux

Front Panel

SPI Flash

SPI Flash

No

Item

Purpose? (e.g. boot code)

How is data input to this memory?

Planer

PCH Internal CMOS RAM

Real-time clock and BIOS

configuration settings

BIOS

BIOS Password

Password to change BIOS

settings

Keyboard

BIOS SPI Flash

Boot code, system

configuration information,

UEFI environment, Flash

descriptor, ME

SPI interface via iDRAC

iDRAC SPI Flash

iDRAC Uboot (bootloader),

server management persistent

store (i.e. IDRAC MAC Address,

iDRAC boot variables), lifecycle

log cache, virtual planar FRU

and EPPID, rac log, system

event log, JobStore, iDRAC

Secure boot code,

SPI interface via iDRAC

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