Specifications

Dell
PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide
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Appendix A. Statement of Volatility
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile
components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the component. Non-volatile
components continue to retain their data even after the power has been removed from the
component. Components chosen as user-definable configuration options (those not soldered to the
motherboard) are not included in the Statement of Volatility. Configuration option information
(pertinent to options such as microprocessors, system memory, remote access controllers, and
storage controllers) is available by component separately. The PowerEdge T310 server has the NV
components detailed in Table 23.
Table 23. PowerEdge T310 Volatility
Server BIOS Memory
Details
Size
4MB
Type
Flash EEPROM (SPI interface)
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No
Purpose
Boot Code, System Configuration
Information, EUFI environment
How is data input to this memory?
Loading flash memory requires a vendor-
provided firmware file and loader program
which is executed by booting up the system
from a floppy or OS-based executable
containing the firmware file and the loader.
A system loaded with arbitrary data in
firmware memory would not operate.
How is this memory write protected?
Software write protected
Server CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor) Memory
Details
Size
265 Bytes
Type
Battery backed NVRAM
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No
Purpose
RTC and configuration settings
How is data input to this memory?
F2 Setup menu during POST
How is this memory write protected?
N/A
Remarks
Jumper on motherboard can be used to
clear to factory default settings