Dell PowerEdge R510 - Table 33. Methodology for Data Input to Memory

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Table 33. Methodology for Data Input to Memory
How is data input to this memory?
Planar
System BIOS SPI
Flash
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program
which is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable
containing the firmware file and the loader. System loaded with arbitrary data in
firmware memory will not operate.
LOM Configuration
Data
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program
which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based executable
containing the firmware file and the loader. LOMs loaded with arbitrary data in
firmware memory will not operate.
iDRAC6 Controller
ROM N/A
iDRAC6 controller
RAM
iDRAC embedded system
System CPLD Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program
which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based executable
(currently only DRMK utility support) containing the firmware file and the loader. A
system loaded with arbitrary data in CPLD memory will not operate.
System CPLD Not used
iDRAC6 Express
Internal Flash
iDRAC OS: Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and
loader program which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based
executable containing the firmware file and the loader. System loaded without a good
iDRAC firmware image yields a non-functional iDRAC.
Managed Services Repository: Various partitions are loaded via vendor-provided
firmware file and loader program just like iDRAC OS.
System RAM System OS
TPM ID EEPROM
(Plug in module only) Factory load only
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
which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based executable or
out-of-band firmware updates across the management network. Bad content makes
the iDRAC inoperable and is unrecoverable in the customer environment. The