Techniques of updating host device firmware via service processor

US10831467B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMERICAN MEGATRENDS INTERNATIONAL, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ramakoti Reddy Bhimanadhuni · Suwanee, US
• Purandhar Nallagatla · Johns Creek, US
• Harikrishna Doppalapudi · Norcross, US
• Valantina Arumugam · Chennai, IN
• Abhitesh Kumar · Maner, IN
• Muthuchamy Kumar · Chennai, IN
• Satheesh Thomas · Dunwoody, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/54
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. The computer system includes an initialization component of a host. The initialization component requests from a service processor of the host a first replacement firmware image of a first device of the host. The initialization component then receives the first replacement firmware image from the service processor. The initialization component further provides the first replacement firmware image to a first updating program. The initialization component uses the first updating program to replace the first existing firmware image on the first device with the first replacement firmware image.