MAINTAINING SYSTEM FIRMWARE IMAGES REMOTELY USING A DISTRIBUTE FILE SYSTEM PROTOCOL

MAINTAINING SYSTEM FIRMWARE IMAGES REMOTELY USING A DISTRIBUTE FILE SYSTEM PROTOCOL

Maintaining system firmware images remotely using a distributed file system protocol is described. A method of preserving a system firmware image on a computer includes identifying that system firmware on the computer is to be updated with a new image identifying an original image of the system firm...

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Hauptverfasser: CEPULIS DARREN J, SPOTTSWOOD JASON
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
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ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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Zusammenfassung:Maintaining system firmware images remotely using a distributed file system protocol is described. A method of preserving a system firmware image on a computer includes identifying that system firmware on the computer is to be updated with a new image identifying an original image of the system firmware using a management processor of the computer establishing a network connection to a remote storage system through a network interface of the computer using the management processor sending the original image through the network connection to the remote storage system using a distributed file system protocol.