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Technical Guidebook’s Title
Table 32. Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose
Can user programs or
operating system write data
to it during normal operation?
Purpose?
Planar
System BIOS SPI
Flash
No Boot Code, System Configuration Information, EUFI
environment
LOM Configuration
Data
No LAN on Motherboard configuration and firmware
iDRAC6 Controller
ROM
No not utilized
iDRAC6 controller
RAM
NO iDRAC internal RAM
System CPLD
No System specific Hardware Logic
System CPLD
No not utilized
iDRAC6 Express
Internal Flash
No for iDRAC Operating
System. Yes for Managed
System Services Repository
iDRAC Operating System plus Managed System
Services Repository (i.e., Unified Server Configurator, OS
drivers, diagnostics, and rollback versions of various
programs)
System RAM
Yes System OS RAM
TPM ID EEPROM
(Plug in module
only)
No BIOS Identification of TPM module
TPM Binding
EEPROM (China
only)
No BIOS binding of plug in module to a particular planar.
iDRAC6 SDRAM
No BMC OS + VGA frame buffer
iDRAC6 FRU
No motherboard electronic product identifier
iDRAC6 Boot Block
Flash
No iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e., MAC address),
Lifecycle log
nd system event log
Trusted Platform
Module
yes Storage of encryption keys
Chipset
CMOS
No BIOS settings