Combining resources of multiple BIOS ROMS and managing them as a single entity
US8099552B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and related computer program product for combining resources of multiple RAID controllers and managing them as a single entity, comprising searching the RAID controllers for the most appropriate version of the firmware to be executed, determining whether a more appropriate version of the firmware was previously loaded into system memory, unloading inappropriate versions of the firmware, loading the most appropriate version of the firmware and initializing all RAID controllers as a commonly managed entity having combined resources.
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