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19 Persistent Storage
19.1
Overview
The R310 offers two types of persistent storage: managed and unmanaged. Figure 33 depicts three options
for persistent storage.
19.2
Internal SD Module (Unmanaged Internal Persistent Storage)
The Internal SD Module (unmanaged internal persistent storage or UIPS) consists of two ports:
One located on the control panel board for the USB key
One located on the Internal SD Module for the SD card.
The UIPS is a feature which enables multiple customer solutions listed below:
USB license keys used for software application enablement
User custom boot OS and pre-boot OS
User custom logs/scratch pad
Embedded hypervisor image used as virtual server and VMM for virtualized platforms
19.3
Managed iDRAC6 Express and iDRAC6 Enterprise
See Section 18, Systems Management, for information.
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Figure 33. Persistent Storage Options
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