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Dell PowerEdge T430 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)

firmware

System CPLD RAM

RAM

No

Not utilized

System Memory

DRAM

Yes

System OS RAM

Internal USB Key

Flash

Yes

General purpose
USB key drive

CPU

Cache + registers

Yes

Processor cache +
registers

iDRAC DDR

DRAM

No

iDRAC local
memory

iDRAC

Cache + registers

No

Processor cache +
registers

LOM EEPROM

EEPROM

No

Onboard LOM FW

Power Supplies

PSU FW

Embedded microcontroller flash

No

Power Supply

operation, power

management data

and fault

behaviors

5U 8x3.5” Backplane

SEP internal flash

Integrated Flash+EEPROM

No

Firmware + FRU

5U 16x2.5” Backplane

NVSRAM memory

Flash

No

FW config data

Flash memory

Flash

No

Firmware

Expander FRU image

I2C EEPROM

No

FRU

BP FRU image

I2C EEPROM

No

FRU

SAS12G HBA Card

NVSRAM

NVSRAM

No

Configuration data

FRU

FRU

No

Card
manufacturing
information