Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING BMC AS PROXY FOR NVME OVER FABRICS DEVICE FIRMWARE UPGRADE
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Application No.: US15376263Application Date: 2016-12-12
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Publication No.: US20180101376A1Publication Date: 2018-04-12
- Inventor: Sompong Paul Olarig , Son Pham , Fred Worley
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F9/445
- IPC: G06F9/445 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/24
Abstract:
A method for upgrading a firmware of a target device includes: receiving a firmware upgrade request from an initiator, the firmware upgrade request including a target identification and a firmware image; authenticating the firmware upgrade request using a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a switching board; and performing the firmware upgrade of the target device using the BMC of the switching board.
Public/Granted literature
- US10146527B2 Method and apparatus for using BMC as proxy for NVME over fabrics device firmware upgrade Public/Granted day:2018-12-04
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