Automatic firmware corruption recovery and update
US7849454B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/654
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Firmware for a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a blade server module in an information handling system may have automatic firmware corruption recovery and updating through a TFTP transfer from a central storage location having the most recent BMC firmware image. Upon blade power-on or reset the BMC firmware image is checked for corruption and if corrupted a new BMC firmware image is loaded into the BMC memory. If the BMC firmware image is not corrupted then it is checked to determine if it is the latest version. If it is the latest version the BMC starts normal program execution. If not the latest version then the BMC firmware is updated through the TFTP transfer from the central storage location having the most recent BMC firmware image.
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