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Embedded Bootable Memory Device

 

 

Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size:

 

1GB

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

MMC

 

 

 

 

 

Can user programs or operating system write

 

Yes

 

data to it during normal operation?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose? [e.g., boot code]

 

Optional embedded boot device

 

 

 

 

 

How is data input to this memory?

 

Factory installed or via USB bus

 

 

 

 

 

How is this memory write protected?

 

Not write protected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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