公开(公告)号：US20230342470A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US17724752

申请日：2022-04-20

Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.

Inventor： Pei-Chun HSIEH ,  Chin-Huai HSU ,  Chun-Ping HUANG ,  Yen-Ju KU

IPC: G06F21/57 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  G06F9/4401

CPC classification number: G06F21/572 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  G06F9/4401

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed that initiate, during a power-on self-test of a computer system, a pre-registered handler for accessing, modifying, or a combination thereof one or more registers within a basic input output system (BIOS) of the computer system. A request to access, modify, or a combination thereof at least one register of the one or more registers within the BIOS is received during runtime of an operating system of the computer system. The request with the pre-registered handler is processed to access, modify, or a combination thereof at least one register of the one or more registers within the BIOS corresponding to the request. A response to the request is provided based on data from the at least one register obtained by the pre-registered handler.

公开(公告)号：US20170046151A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-16

申请号：US14823216

申请日：2015-08-11

Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.

Inventor： Chin-Huai HSU

IPC: G06F9/445

CPC classification number: G06F8/654 ,  G06F9/44505

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable storage devices for enabling improved management and installation of default configurations for firmware such as a basic input/output system (BIOS) or unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) on a computer motherboard. The system disclosed herein includes an additional storage device connected to system south bridge, which can store additional groups of default firmware configuration settings. The additional storage device is accessible directly by both the firmware and the baseboard management controller (BMC), so that a remote entity can update the firmware through an out-of-band network connection without using a local operating system and without booting into a local firmware update utility. In one variation, the additional storage can still be separately accessible via a local operating system. In this way, the configuration procedure is more flexible and convenient for managing multiple computing devices, such as for managing a rack of servers in a data center.

Abstract translation: 一种系统，方法和计算机可读存储设备，用于实现对计算机主板上的基本输入/输出系统（BIOS）或统一的可扩展固件接口（UEFI）等固件的默认配置的改进的管理和安装。 本文公开的系统包括连接到系统南桥的附加存储设备，其可以存储附加的一组默认固件配置设置。 附加存储设备可以由固件和基板管理控制器（BMC）直接访问，以便远程实体可以通过带外网络连接来更新固件，而无需使用本地操作系统，也不需要引导到本地 固件更新实用程序。 在一个变型中，附加存储器仍然可以通过本地操作系统单独访问。 以这种方式，配置过程对于管理多个计算设备（例如用于管理数据中心中的服务器机架）而言更加灵活和方便。