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Table 34. Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose
| Can user programs or | Purpose? |
| operating system write data |
|
| to it during normal operation? |
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|
|
Planar |
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|
|
|
System BIOS SPI | No | Boot Code, System Configuration Information, EUFI |
Flash |
| environment |
|
|
|
LOM Configuration | No | LAN on Motherboard configuration and firmware |
Data |
|
|
|
|
|
iDRAC6 Controller | No | not utilized |
ROM |
|
|
|
|
|
iDRAC6 controller | NO | iDRAC internal RAM |
RAM |
|
|
|
|
|
System CPLD | No | System specific Hardware Logic |
|
|
|
System CPLD | No | not utilized |
|
|
|
iDRAC6 Express | No for iDRAC Operating System. | iDRAC Operating System plus Managed System Services |
Internal Flash | Yes for Managed System | Repository (i.e., Unified Server Configurator, OS drivers, |
| Services Repository | diagnostics, and rollback versions of various programs) |
|
|
|
System RAM | Yes | System OS RAM |
|
|
|
TPM ID EEPROM | No | BIOS Identification of TPM module |
(Plug in module |
|
|
only) |
|
|
|
|
|
TPM Binding | No | BIOS binding of plug in module to a particular planar. |
EEPROM (China |
|
|
only) |
|
|
|
|
|
iDRAC6 SDRAM | No | BMC OS + VGA frame buffer |
|
|
|
iDRAC6 FRU | No | motherboard electronic product identifier |
|
|
|
iDRAC6 Boot Block | No | iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e., MAC address), |
Flash |
| Lifecycle log |
|
| nd system event log |
|
|
|
Trusted Platform | yes | Storage of encryption keys |
Module |
|
|
|
|
|
Chipset |
|
|
|
|
|
CMOS | No | BIOS settings |
|
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