公开(公告)号：US09690569B1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US15090865

申请日：2016-04-05

Applicant: Mitac Computing Technology Corporation

Inventor： Yi-Yuan Yeh

IPC: G06F9/445 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L67/34 ,  G06F8/654

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.