Dell PowerEdge M520 - Manual

2012 - 09
Statement of Volatility – Dell PowerEdge M520
Systems
The Dell PowerEdge M520 system contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their
data immediately after power is removed from the component. Non-volatile (NV) components continue to retain their data
even after power is removed from the component. The following NV components are present on the M520 system.
Item Reference Designator Volatility Description
User
Accessible for
external data Remedial Action (Action
necessary to prevent loss
of data)
System BIOS U_SPI_BIOS Boot code, system
configuration
information, UEFI
environment, Flash
Descriptor, ME.
No N/A
BMC SPI U_IDRAC_SPI iDRAC boot code,
and Planar FRU. No N/A
eMMC U_EMMC iDRAC FW and
USC.
No N/A
SD Controller On Management Riser
Card: U5 Management Riser
card monitor and
control chip. No N/A
Server
Complementary
Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor
(CMOS)
Memory U_PBGA BIOS
configurations.
Yes N/A
BMC Memory U_IDRAC7_MEM Graphics buffer and
memory of iDRAC Yes Data is lost when AC off.
Server RAM Total 12 DIMMs
CPU1: DIMMA1~2
DIMMB1~2
DIMMC1~2
CPU2: DIMME1~2
DIMMF1~2
DIMMG1~2
Main System
Memory. Yes Data is lost when system
is powered down.
Server Processor
Memory J_CPU1
J_CPU2
Processor cache. Yes Data is lost when system
is powered down.
Trusted
Platform
Module (TPM) U_TPM Store firmware for
TPM functionality.
No N/A