Dell PowerEdge M710HD Technical Guide - Page 47

iDRAC6 Enterprise Card FRU, Details, iDRAC6 Enterprise Card eMMC, iDRAC6 Enterprise Card MCU, iDRAC6

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Dell iDRAC6 Enterprise Card FRU Size Type Purpose Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? How is data input to this memory? How is this memory write protected? iDRAC6 Enterprise Card eMMC Size Type Purpose Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? How is data input to this memory? How is this memory write protected? iDRAC6 Enterprise Card MCU Size Type Purpose Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? How is data input to this memory? How is this memory write protected? iDRAC6 Enterprise Card SPI Flash Size Type Purpose Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? How is data input to this memory? How is this memory write protected? Details 2Kb (256 bytes) Serial I2C EEPROM, nonvolatile This chip stores some system configuration information (system type, board PPID information, etc.) No. A special (not available to customers) DOS utility is needed to flash the application code. I2C bus from the iDRAC Only the iDRAC can write to the chip Details 1GB NAND Flash Stores the iDRAC6 kernel and other data for system management Yes, under software control I2C bus from the iDRAC Only the iDRAC can write to the chip Details 256Kbytes Flash RIPS FW Yes USB: Special Dell utility required for programming Software protected Details 64Mb SPI Flash SD RAID write log No SPI interface from MCU None PowerEdge M710HD Technical Guide 47

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iDRAC6 Enterprise Card FRU
Details
Size
2Kb (256 bytes)
Type
Serial I2C EEPROM, nonvolatile
Purpose
This chip stores some system configuration
information (system type, board PPID information,
etc.)
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No. A special (not available to customers) DOS
utility is needed to flash the application code.
How is data input to this memory?
I2C bus from the iDRAC
How is this memory write protected?
Only the iDRAC can write to the chip
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card eMMC
Details
Size
1GB
Type
NAND Flash
Purpose
Stores the iDRAC6 kernel and other data for
system management
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Yes, under software control
How is data input to this memory?
I2C bus from the iDRAC
How is this memory write protected?
Only the iDRAC can write to the chip
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card MCU
Details
Size
256Kbytes
Type
Flash
Purpose
RIPS FW
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
Yes
How is data input to this memory?
USB: Special Dell utility required for programming
How is this memory write protected?
Software protected
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card SPI Flash
Details
Size
64Mb
Type
SPI Flash
Purpose
SD RAID write log
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No
How is data input to this memory?
SPI interface from MCU
How is this memory write protected?
None