Capabilities and Use Cases of the OEM FRU Storage Feature on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers - Owner's Manual

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This technical white paper describes the OEM FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) storage feature capabilities on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. It covers the common header, internal area, chassis info area, board info area, product info area, and multirecord area structures. The document explains how OEM customers can utilize the storage area for custom data. Target audience includes OEM partners, system integrators, and server administrators.

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OEM FRU TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER Capabilities and Use Cases of the OEM FRU Storage Feature on Dell EMC Power Edge Servers

ABSTRACT This white paper describes the capabilities of the OEM FRU storage feature and how OEM customers can use the storage area to their benefit.

July, 2017

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Page 1 OEM FRU TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER Capabilities and Use Cases of the OEM FRU Storage Feature on Dell EMC Power Edge Servers ABSTRACT This white paper describes the capabilities of the OEM FRU storage featu...

Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................4 AUDIENCE .................................................

Page 3 MIGRATION ............................................................................................................................................ 14 UPGRADES ........................................

Page 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Every modern component of a computer or electronic equipment, commonly referred to as a Field Replaceable Unit or FRU, contains a memory block that stores the inventory information o...

Page 5  Provide steps to build the OEM FRU data structure  Provide commands to read and write the OEM FRU onto a server  Provide commands to edit the OEM FRU on the fly  Provide the recommended factory d...

Page 6 The Dell OEM FRU implementation provides 1024 bytes of storage space. While most of the fields in the information areas below allow variable string lengths, the overall size of the FRU would need to b...

Page 7  Product Name  Product Part/Model Number  Product Version  Product Serial Number  Asset Tag  FRU File ID  Custom Product Info Fields MULTIRECORD AREA Multi Record Area provides an extension are...

Page 8 ; Is Multi-Record Info Area to be populated ; Not implemented in Python tool as of today multirecord = 0 INTERNAL AREA [internal] ; Data entered here will directly go into Internal Use Area data = ; E...

Page 9 ; Custom fields pertaining to the board extra1 = extra2 = extra3 = PRODUCT INFO AREA [product] ; Hexadecimal values defined in table 15-1 of the Intel FRU specification language = 0 ; Product manufact...

Page 10 [Product] ; ipmitool -I lanplus -H %IP% -U root -P password fru edit 17 field p 0 123456789012 0: manufacturer = b'Widgets Inc.' (12) The tool generates the BIN file and displays what fields were adde...

Page 11 In order to read back the entire OEM FRU content, including data that isn’t printable such as any data in the Internal Area, use the IPMItool fru read command. It creates a file with the same binary s...

Page 12 As discussed earlier, the OEM FRU area can be used to store generic values such as Manufacturer Name and Part Number, which are fixed and don’t change on a per server basis. Serial Numbers and similar...

Page 13  Relevant serial numbers could be included in the license file 3. Sign the license file with OEM private key and append to the license file. 4. Ensure that the total file size is under 1k. 5. Create ...

Page 14 i. Compare IPMItool fru print contents with license file contents ii. Correlate with sales database to verify the license sold on that server 2. Extract the license file within Internal Area from FRU ...

Page 15 UPGRADES If a customer is allowed to upgrade or downgrade their OEM application license, the OEM FRU content would have to be updated. It would be yet another variation of the re-activation scenario, ...

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Brand	Dell
Pages	15
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Published	June 24, 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can I verify if the OEM FRU feature is enabled?

Check the system inventory for 'Identity Module' using the Racadm CLI command swinventory.

What happens if the OEM FRU content is blank?

Verify the system has the ID Module enabling the capability, as content will not persist without it.

How is license migration handled between servers?

Re-activation steps are used, but the IPMItool fru print must come from the new server while the BIN file comes from the original.