Method of updating firmware of a server rack system, and a server rack system
US9690569B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/654
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of updating firmware of a server rack system includes: receiving, by a rack management controller (RMC), a firmware updating program; broadcasting, by the RMC, an update notification to a rack back plate (RBP); after receiving the update notification, transmitting one by one, by the RBP, request messages which are associated with respective ones of sections of the firmware updating program to the RMC; responding, by the RMC, to each of the request messages by transmitting the respective one of the sections to the RBP; and after receiving the sections of the firmware updating program, recovering, by the RBP, the firmware updating program at least from the complete sections for subsequent firmware update.
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