Dell PowerEdge M820 Statement of Volatility – Dell PowerEdge M820

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Statement of Volatility – Dell PowerEdge M820
Systems
The Dell PowerEdge M820 system contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their
data immediately after power is removed from the component. Non-volatile (NV) components continue to retain their data
even after power is removed from the component. The following NV components are present on the M820 system.
Item
Reference Designator
Volatility Description
User Accessible
for external data
Remedial Action
(Action necessary to
prevent loss of data)
System BIOS
U_SPI_BIOS
Boot code, system
configuration
information, UEFI
environment, Flash
Descriptor, ME.
No
N/A
BMC SPI
U_IDRAC_SPI
iDRAC boot code, and
Planar FRU.
No
N/A
eMMC
U_EMMC
iDRAC FW and USC.
No
N/A
SD Controller
On Mgmt Riser Card: U5
Management Riser
card monitor and
control chip.
No
N/A
Server
Complementary
Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor
(CMOS)
Memory
U_PBGA
BIOS configurations.
Yes
N/A
BMC Memory
U_IDRAC7_MEM
Graphics buffer and
memory of iDRAC
Yes
Data is lost when AC
off.
Server RAM
48 DDR3 DIMM
Connectors -
DIMMA1,2,3 /
DIMMB1,2,3 /
DIMMC1,2,3 /
DIMMD1,2,3 /
DIMME1,2,3 /
DIMMF1,2,3 /
DIMMG1,2,3 /
DIMMH1,2,3 /
DIMMI1,2,3 /
DIMMJ1,2,3 /
DIMMK1,2,3 /
DIMML1,2,3 /
DIMMM1,2,3 /
DIMMN1,2,3 /
DIMMO1,2,3 /
DIMMP1,2,3
Main System Memory.
Yes
Data is lost when
system is powered
down.
Server
Processor
Memory
J_CPU1,2,3,4
Processor cache.
Yes
Data is lost when
system is powered
down.