Dell POWEREDGE R710 User Manual
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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook
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can useR PROGRams OR OPeRatinG
system WRite Data tO it DuRinG
nORmal OPeRatiOn?
PuRPOse? [e.g., bOOt cODe]
PlanaR, POWeReDGe R710
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 utilized
iDRAC6 Controller RAM
No
iDRAC internal RAM
System CPLD
No
System-specific hardware logic
System CPLD
No
not utilized
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
(on China planar only)
No
BIOS binding of plug in module to a particulare 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),
life cycle log, and system event log
Trusted Platform Module
yes
Storage of encryption keys
chiPset
CMOS
No
BIOS settings
2.5" backPlane OR 3.5" backPlane
Storage Controller Processor
No
Backplane firmware (HDD status, etc.)
cOntROl Panel
Internal USB
Yes as allowed by OS
Normal usage is read only software license key, but not
limited
Internal SD Module
Yes as allowed by OS
Normal usage is embedded hypervisor OS but not
limited
POWeR suPPly
PSU Microcontroller
No
Power supply operation, power telemetry data, and fault
behaviors
PeRc 6/i inteGRateD
PERC NVSRAM Config Data
No
Stores configuration data of HDDs
PERC Firmware
No
Storage Controller Firmware
PERC Cache RAM
No - not directly.
Storage RAID controller cache
FRU
No
Card product identification for system inventory
purposes
IBUTTON Key EEPROM
No
Feature enablement encyrpted key
CPLD
No
HW control logic (i.e., power sequencing)
SAS 6/iR Integrated
Controller Configuration Data
No
Stores configuration data of HDDs
FRU
No
Card product identification for system inventory
purposes
Integrated Mirroring NVSRAM
No
Stores configuration data of HDDs
iDRAC6 Enterprise
VFlash
Yes - When enabled, installed, and the media
does not have the write protect switch applied
Storage of logs, user images like files, drivers, OS's, etc.
R710 Volatility Chart Continued.