Dell POWEREDGE R510 Technical Manualbook

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Dell68Technical Guidebook’s TitleTable 33. Methodology for Data Input to MemoryHow is data input to this memory?PlanarSystem BIOS SPIFlashLoading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader programwhich is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executablecontaining the firmware file and the loader. System loaded with arbitrary data infirmware memory will not operate.LOM ConfigurationDataLoading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader programwhich is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based executablecontaining the firmware file and the loader. LOMs loaded with arbitrary data infirmware memory will not operate.iDRAC6 ControllerROM N/AiDRAC6 controllerRAM iDRAC embedded systemSystem CPLD Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader programwhich is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based executable(currently only DRMK utility support) containing the firmware file and the loader. Asystem loaded with arbitrary data in CPLD memory will not operate.System CPLD Not usediDRAC6 ExpressInternal FlashiDRAC OS: Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file andloader program which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-basedexecutable containing the firmware file and the loader. System loaded without a goodiDRAC firmware image yields a non-functional iDRAC.Managed Services Repository: Various partitions are loaded via vendor-providedfirmware file and loader program just like iDRAC OS.System RAM System OSTPM ID EEPROM(Plug in module only) Factory load onlyTPM BindingEEPROM (on Chinaplanar only) BIOS onlyiDRAC6 SDRAM Embedded iDRAC OS for 108MB and 8MB for VGA frame bufferiDRAC6 FRU Factory and iDRAC embedded OSiDRAC6 Boot BlockFlashLoading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader programwhich is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based executable orout-of-band firmware updates across the management network. Bad content makesthe iDRAC inoperable and is unrecoverable in the customer environment. The