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Table 36. Methodology for Memory Protection and Clearing

 

How is this

 

 

memory

 

 

write

 

 

protected?

How is the memory cleared?

Planar

 

 

 

 

 

System BIOS SPI

Software

Not possible with any utilities or applications and system

Flash

write

is not functional if corrupted/removed.

 

protected

 

 

 

 

 

LOM

No explicitly

 

Configuration

protected but

 

Data

special

 

 

applications

 

 

are needed to

Not user clearable

 

communicate

 

 

 

through the

 

 

LOMs to

 

 

reprogram

 

 

this ROM

 

 

 

 

iDRAC6

protected

 

Controller ROM

permanently

Not clearable

 

by hardware

 

 

 

 

iDRAC6

n/a

iDRAC reset

controller RAM

 

 

 

System CPLD

Requires

Not possible with any utilities or applications and system

(non-volatile)

special system

is not functional if corrupted/removed.

 

specific utility

 

 

 

 

 

System CPLD

Not accessible

Not clearable

(volatile)

 

 

 

 

 

iDRAC6 Express

Writes are

 

Internal Flash

proxied

 

 

through a

 

 

temporary

 

 

iDRAC

Not user clearable

 

scratchpad

 

 

 

RAM and not

 

 

directly made

 

 

from an OS or

 

 

OS application

 

 

 

 

System RAM

OS control

Reboot or power down system

 

 

 

TPM ID EEPROM

 

 

(Plug in module

HW read only

Not clearable, read only

only)

 

 

 

 

 

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