Table - Dell PowerEdge R715 Technical Manual

Dell
Server BMC (Baseboard Management
Controller) also known as "iDRAC Express"
boot block flash
Size:
Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Does it retain data when powered off?
Purpose? [e.g., boot code]
How is data input to this memory?
How is this memory write protected?
Remarks
Server BMC (Baseboard Management
Controller) also known as "iDRAC Express"
Internal Flash
Size:
Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Does it retain data when powered off?
Purpose? [e.g., boot code]
How is data input to this memory?
How is this memory write protected?
Remarks
PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide
Details
2 MB
Serial Flash
No
Yes
iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e. MAC
address), Lifecycle log.
Data pre-programmed or update using Dell
utility which is a DOS or Windows or Linux
based executable containing firmware file and
loader
Software write protected
Bad contents yield the iDRAC inoperable and is
unrecoverable in the customer environment.
Note the lifecycle log is automatically updated
by the iDRAC as various system component FW,
HW and SW versions are changed.
This flash resides on I/O board
Details
1 GB
NAND Flash
No
Yes
iDRAC Operating System plus Managed System
Services Repository (i.e. Unified Server
Configurator, OS drivers, diagnostics, rollback
versions of various programmables)
iDRAC OS: 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 without a good iDRAC firmware
image yields a non-functional iDRAC. Managed
Services Repository: Various partitions are
loaded via vendor provided firmware file and
loader program just like iDRAC OS.
Software write protected
This flash resides on I/O board
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