Setup Guide

Item
Type (e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM)
Can user programs or operating
system write data to it during normal
operation?
Planer
PCH Internal CMOS RAM
Battery-backed CMOS RAM
No
BIOS Password
Battery-backed CMOS RAM
Yes
BIOS SPI Flash
SPI Flash
No
iDRAC SPI Flash
SPI Flash
No
BMC EMMC
eMMC NAND Flash
No
System CPLD RAM
RAM
No
System Memory
DRAM
Yes
Internal USB Key
Flash
Yes
Trusted Platform Module
(TPM, TPM 2.0 only)
EEPROM
Yes
CPU
Cache + registers
Yes
iDRAC DDR
DRAM
No
iDRAC
Cache + registers
No
Power Supplies
PSU FW
Embedded microcontroller flash
No
12x3.5" Backplane
NVSRAM memory
Flash
No
Flash memory
Flash
No
BP FRU image
I2C EEPROM
No
Expander FRU image
I2C EEPROM
No
1U 4x3.5” and 1U 8x2.5”Backplanes
SEP internal flash
Integrated Flash+EEPROM
No
H730, H830, H730p PERCs
NVSRAM
NVSRAM
No