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Dell PowerEdge R630 User Manual

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Dell - Internal Use - Confidential

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)

properties/settings

SBR

SBR

No

Bootloader

Flash

Flash

No

Card firmware

PCIe SSD Extension
Card

Switch
Configuration
EEPROM

SPI Flash EEPROM

No (requires
specialized SW)

Configuration for PLX PCIe switch, setting
registers

IDSDM

SPI Flash

SPI Flash

No

Exclusively used by the controller

MCU

Embedded Flash

FW can be
updated via
iDRAC which
runs on Linux

Firmware

x8 Control Panel

rSPI Flash

SPI Flash

No

restored SPI

x10/x24 Control
Panel

rSPI Flash

SPI Flash

No

restored SPI

iDRAC Quick Sync

MCU MSP430

Flash

No

iDRAC Quick Sync Communicate Protocol