Dell PowerEdge R515 Technical Manual page 59

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TPM (Trusted Platform Module;
For boards shipped outside of China; Boards
sold to destinations in China do not have TPM
at this time)
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?
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?
PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide
Details
Unspecified size of user ROM, RAM, EEPROM;
128 bytes of OTP memory included
ROM, RAM, EEPROM
Yes, operating systems and applications that
conform to the TCG standard can write data to
the TPM during normal operation. Access to the
NV Storage is controlled by the TPM owner.
Trusted Platform Module NV storage. May be
used to securely storage of encryption keys.
TCG TPM Specification defined command
interface or Using TPM Enabled operating
systems
As defined by the TCG TPM Specification,
protection of this NV memory area is
configurable by the TPM owner.
Details
32KB
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.
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