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Type: [e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Purpose? [e.g. boot code]
How is data input to this memory?
How is this memory write protected?
Backplane Firmware and FRU
Size:
Type: [e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Purpose? [e.g. boot code]
How is data input to this memory?
How is this memory write protected?
Embedded Bootable Memory Device
Size:
Type: [e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Purpose? [e.g. boot code]
How is data input to this memory?
How is this memory write protected?
Dell PowerEdge R810 Technical Guide
EEPROM
No
Store firmware for TPM functionality
Loading flash memory requires a vendor
provided firmware file and loader
program. System loaded with arbitrary data
in firmware memory would not operate.
Software write protected
32 KB
Flash
No
Backplane Firmware and FRU data storage
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-
provided firmware file and loader program
which 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.
Software write protected
1 GB
SD card
Yes
Optional embedded boot device
Factory installed or via USB bus
Not write protected
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