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TPM (Trusted Platform Module;

Details:

For boards shipped outside of China;

 

Boards sold to destinations in China do not

 

have TPM at this time)

 

 

 

Size:

Unspecified size of user ROM, RAM, EEPROM;

 

128 bytes of OTP memory included

 

 

Type [e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM]:

ROM, RAM, EEPROM

 

 

Can user programs or operating system write

Yes, OS and applications that conform to the

data to it during normal operation?

TCG standard can write data to the TPM

 

during normal operation. Access to the NV

 

Storage is controlled by the TPM owner.

 

 

Purpose? [e.g. boot code]

Trusted Platform Module NV storage. May be

 

used to securely storage of encryption keys.

 

 

How is data input to this memory?

TCG TPM Specification defined command

 

interface or Using TPM Enabled operating

 

systems

 

 

How is this memory write protected?

As defined by the TCG TPM Specification,

 

protection of this NV memory area is

 

configurable by the TPM owner.

 

 

Remarks

 

 

 

Server BMC (Baseboard Management

Details

Controller) Firmware Flash Memory

 

 

 

Size:

16MB Flash

 

 

Type [e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM]:

SPI Flash

 

 

Can user programs or operating system write

No

data to it during normal operation?

 

 

 

Purpose? [e.g. boot code]

Stores the BMC Firmware

 

 

How is data input to this memory?

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.

 

 

How is this memory write protected?

Software write protected

 

 

Remarks

 

 

 

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