Preconfiguring hardware and speeding up server discovery prior to bios boot
US9965288B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4401
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for preconfiguring hardware prior to BIOS boot up, and in particular, accessing a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) feature descriptor in the BIOS read only memory area, the BIOS feature descriptor comprising information associated with a BIOS of the server; and utilizing the BIOS feature descriptor, prior to boot up operations of the server, to configure hardware of the server.
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