Dell PowerEdge R730 Dell PowerEdge R730 and R730xd Owners Manual - Page 8

Item How is data input to this How is this memory How is the memory cleared? memory? write protected? Planar PCH Internal BIOS CMOS RAM N/A - BIOS only control 1) Set NVRAM_CLR jumper to clear BIOS configuration settings at boot and reboot system; 2) AC power off system, remove coin cell battery for 30 seconds, replace battery and power back on; 3) restore default configuration in F2 system setup menu. BIOS Password Keyboard N/A Place shunt on J_PSWD_NVRAM jumper pins 2 and 4. BIOS SPI Flash SPI interface via iDRAC Software write protected Not possible with any utilities or applications and system is not functional if corrupted/removed. iDRAC SPI Flash SPI interface via iDRAC Embedded iDRAC subsystem firmware actively controls sub area based write protection as needed. Not completely user clearable; however, user data, lifecycle log and archive, SEL, fw image repository can be cleared via Delete Configuration and Retire System, accessible in Lifecycle Controller interface BMC EMMC NAND Flash interface via iDRAC Embedded FW write protected Not completely user clearable; however, user data, lifecycle log and archive, SEL, fw image repository can be cleared via Delete Configuration and Retire System, accessible in Lifecycle Controller interface CPU Vcore Regulators NA Not user clearable Vmem Regulators NA Not user clearable System CPLD RAM Not utilized Not accessible Not accessible System Memory System OS OS Control Reboot or power down system Internal USB Key USB interface via PCH. Accessed via system OS No write protect Can be cleared in system OS CPU Various Various Power off iDRAC DDR iDRAC Firmware NA Power off iDRAC iDRAC Firmware NA Power off Dell - Internal Use - Confidential