Dell POWEREDGE R710 User Manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook

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PlanaR, POWeReDGe R710

System BIOS SPI Flash

Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program that 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 would not operate. Future firmware releases may add support
for recovery of a bad/corrupted BIOS ROM image via the iDRAC (administrator privilege plus specific firmware,
binary, and commands)

LOM Configuration Data

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 that is executed by booting
up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable (currently only DRMK utility support) containing the
firmware file and the loader. System loaded with arbitrary data in CPLD memory would not operate.

System CPLD

Not utilized

iDRAC6 Express Internal
Flash

iDRAC OS: Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program that is executed
by booting up 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 that is executed by booting
up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable or out-of-band firmware updates across the management
network. Bad contents yield the iDRAC inoperable and unrecoverable in the customer environment. Note the
life cycle log is automatically updated by the iDRAC as various system component FW, HW, and SW verions are
changed.

Trusted Platform Module

Using TPM-enabled operating systems

chiPset

CMOS

BIOS control only via input such as BIOS F2 menu user configuration settings (such as boot order)

2.5" backPlane OR 3.5" backPlane

Storage Controller Pro-
cessor

Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting
up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable (DRMK, USC, OS DUPs utility support) containing the firm-
ware file and the loader. Backplane loaded with bad firmware will not provide backplane and HDD status.

cOntROl Panel

Internal USB

Either read-only license key or OS control copies

Internal SD Module

Factory load, OS run time usage, and OS updates and configuration changes.

POWeR suPPly

PSU Microcontroller

Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting
up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable (Unified Server Configurator) containing the firmware file
and the loader. PSUs loaded with bad firmware will not provide PSU functional behavior and result in PSU system
faults.

PeRc 6/i inteGRateD

PERC NVSRAM Config
Data

Embedded storage firmware controls this data

PERC Firmware

Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting
up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable (DUPs, Unified Server Configurator) containing the firmware
file and the loader. Storage adapters loaded with bad firmware will not provide storage controller behavior.

PERC Cache RAM

Embedded storage firmware controls the use of storage cache data.

FRU

Factory only. Not customer updatable.

IBUTTON Key EEPROM

Factory only. Not customer updatable.

CPLD

Factory only. Not customer updatable.

SAS 6/iR Integrated

R710 Volatility Chart Continued.