Dell Statement of Volatility – Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c User's Guide

Statement of Volatility – Dell EMC Power Edge MX740c The Statement of Volatility provides you the information related to volatile and non-volatile components of different configurations of Dell EMC Power Edge servers. Volatile components lose their data when power cord is removed from the system, whereas, non-volatile components continue to retain their data when the power has been removed from the component.

The following table provides information of different configurations of the Power Edge MX740c.

Item Non- Quantity Reference Size of Type of Can user programs What is the How is data How is How is memory

Volatile or Designator memory memory or operating Purpose? written to memory write- cleared? (e.g. boot this

Volatile (e.g. Flash system write data protected?

code) memory?

PROM, to it during normal EEPROM) operation?

Planar

Perform the following steps: 1) Set NVRAM_CLR jumper to clear BIOS configuration

Real-time clock

settings at boot and reboot

No and BIOS

system; 2) AC power off

256 Bytes configuration BIOS N/A – BIOS only

PCH Internal

system, remove coin cell

settings control

CMOS RAM

battery for 30 seconds,

Battery-backed

replace battery and power

Non-Volatile U_PCH

CMOS RAM

back on; 3) restore default configuration in F2 system setup menu.

BIOS Password 16 bytes Yes Password to

1) Place shunt on

(out of 256 bytes change BIOS

(part of PCH

J_PSWD_NVRAM jumper

used for PCH settings

internal CMOS

pins 4 and 6.

Internal CMOS

N/A – BIOS only

RAM) Keyboard

2) AC power off is required

control

after placing the shunt.