Dell PowerEdge External Media System 1434 Statement of Volatility - Page 7

Purpose? e.g. boot code, How is data input to this memory?, H310, H310M PERCs, PCIe SSD Extension

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Item FRU 1-Wire EEPROM SPD Purpose? (e.g. boot code) Card manufacturing information Holds default controller properties/settings Memory configuration data How is data input to this memory? Programmed at ICT during production. ROC writes data to this memory Pre-programmed before assembly SBR SPI Flash Flash ONFI Backup Flash SDRAM H310, H310M PERCs NVSRAM FRU 1-Wire EEPROM SBR Bootloader FPGA configuration data Card firmware Holds cache data during power loss Cache for HDD I/O Pre-programmed before assembly Pre-programmed before assembly. Can be updated using Dell/LSI tools Pre-programmed before assembly. Can be updated using Dell/LSI tools FPGA backs up DDR data to this device in case of a power failure ROC writes to this memory - using it as cache for data IO to HDDs Configuration data Card manufacturing information Holds default controller properties/settings Bootloader ROC writes configuration data to NVSRAM Programmed at ICT during production ROC writes data to this memory Pre-programmed before assembly Flash Card firmware PCIe SSD Extension Card Switch Configuration EEPROM Configuration for PLX PCIe switch, setting registers IDSDM SPI Flash MCU Exclusively used by the controller Firmware Pre-programmed before assembly. Can be updated using Dell/LSI tools The EEPROM image is pre-loaded at factory before assembly. Once assembled on the card, data can be entered via PLX Device Editor or PLX EEP DOS based tool. SPI interface via iDRAC USB interface via PCH

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Item
Purpose? (e.g. boot code)
How is data input to this memory?
FRU
Card manufacturing information
Programmed at ICT during production.
1-Wire EEPROM
Holds default controller
properties/settings
ROC writes data to this memory
SPD
Memory configuration data
Pre-programmed before assembly
SBR
Bootloader
Pre-programmed before assembly
SPI Flash
FPGA configuration data
Pre-programmed before assembly. Can
be updated using Dell/LSI tools
Flash
Card firmware
Pre-programmed before assembly. Can
be updated using Dell/LSI tools
ONFI Backup Flash
Holds cache data during power loss
FPGA backs up DDR data to this
device in case of a power failure
SDRAM
Cache for HDD I/O
ROC writes to this memory - using it as
cache for data IO to HDDs
H310, H310M PERCs
NVSRAM
Configuration data
ROC writes configuration data to
NVSRAM
FRU
Card manufacturing information
Programmed at ICT during production
1-Wire EEPROM
Holds default controller
properties/settings
ROC writes data to this memory
SBR
Bootloader
Pre-programmed before assembly
Flash
Card firmware
Pre-programmed before assembly. Can
be updated using Dell/LSI tools
PCIe SSD Extension Card
Switch Configuration
EEPROM
Configuration for PLX PCIe switch,
setting registers
The EEPROM image is pre-loaded at
factory before assembly. Once
assembled on the card, data can be
entered via PLX Device Editor or PLX
EEP DOS based tool.
IDSDM
SPI Flash
Exclusively used by the controller
SPI interface via iDRAC
MCU
Firmware
USB interface via PCH