Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Server and firmware updating method
- Patent Title (中): 服务器和固件更新方法
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Application No.: US13472416Application Date: 2012-05-15
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Publication No.: US08856772B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Cun-Hui Fan
- Applicant: Cun-Hui Fan
- Applicant Address: CN Shenzhen TW New Taipei
- Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.,Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.,Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shenzhen TW New Taipei
- Agency: Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP
- Priority: CN201110182199 20110630
- Main IPC: G06F9/24
- IPC: G06F9/24 ; G06F9/312 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
A server includes a Southbridge chipset, a USB port, a storage device, a baseboard management controller (BMC), and a switch. When the BMC is powered on and started, the BMC establishes communication between a USB device connected to the server and the BMC by uploading a driver of the USB device from the storage device to memory of the BMC. In response to receiving a firmware update command in relation to the BMC, the BMC disconnects an electrical connection between the USB port and the Southbridge chipset, and establishes an electrical connection between the USB port and the BMC using the switch. Then, the BMC reads updated firmware data from the USB device via the USB port, writes the updated firmware data into the memory, and updates the firmware of the BMC by writing the updated firmware data into the storage device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130007430A1 SERVER AND FIRMWARE UPDATING METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-01-03
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