Dell PowerEdge T430 - Manual (Page 7)

System CPLD
RAM Not utilized Not accessible Not accessible
System Memory System OS OS Control Reboot or power down system
Internal USB Key USB interface via PCH.
Accessed via system OS
No write protect Can be cleared in system OS
CPU Various Various Power off
iDRAC DDR iDRAC Firmware NA Power off
iDRAC iDRAC Firmware NA Power off
LOM EEPROM SPI interface via i350 NA Not user clearable
LOM Flash SPI interface via i350 NA Not user clearable
Expander FRU
image I2C interface via expander Hardware strapping Not user clearable
BP FRU image I2C interface via iDRAC Hardware strapping Not user clearable
Power Supplies
PSU FW Different vendors have
different utilities and
tools to load the data to
memory. It can also be
loaded by Dell Update
Package from LC or OS
(Windows and Linux)
NA Protected by the embedded
microcontroller. Special keys are used by
special vendor provided utilities to
unlock the ROM with various CRC checks
during load.
5U 16x2.5” Backplane
NVSRAM
memory Common Flash memory
Interface (CFI) Hardware strapping Not user clearable
Flash memory Common Flash memory
Interface (CFI) Hardware strapping Not user clearable
Expander FRU
image I2C interface via Expander Hardware strapping Not user clearable
BP FRU image I2C interface via iDRAC Hardware strapping Not user clearable
8x3.5" Backplane
SEP internal
flash I2C interface via iDRAC Program write protect
bit Not user clearable
SAS12G HBA Card
NVSRAM ROC writes configuration
data to NVSRAM Not WP. Not visible to
Host Processor Cannot be cleared with existing tools
available to the customer
FRU Programmed at ICT during Not WP Cannot be cleared with existing tools