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BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) firmware automatic update system and method

An automatic update, BMC chip technology, applied in the direction of program loading/starting, program control devices, etc., can solve the problems of staff fatigue, low efficiency, large engineering workload, etc., to achieve automatic update and reduce errors Probability, the effect of shortening working hours

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-03-18
WARECONN TECH SERVICE (TIANJIN) CO LTD +1
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However, the number of servers in the data center is huge. If there is a new version of the BMC firmware, it needs to be updated one by one, and the staff is required to perform manual operations. The amount of work is large and the efficiency is not very high. Personnel are prone to fatigue, resulting in unnecessary mistakes

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[0021] refer to figure 1 Shown is a schematic view of the operating environment of a preferred embodiment of the BMC firmware automatic update system 11 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the BMC firmware automatic update system 11 is installed and runs in the server 1 , and the server 1 also includes, but not limited to, a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC chip) 10 . The BMC chip 10 includes, but not limited to, a memory 12 and a microprocessor 13 . The server 1 is connected to the monitoring terminal device 2 and the database 3 through the network 4, and the monitoring terminal device 2 may be a personal computer (PC), a workstation computer (workstation computer) or other electronic devices for user input monitoring server 1 various instructions, including BMC update instructions, etc. The database 3 can be a local database (Local database), or a network database (Web database) or a file server (File server), which is used to store the latest version of the ...

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Disclosed is a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) firmware automatic update system and method which is applied to a server. The server comprises a BMC chip and is connected with a monitoring terminal device and a database through a network. The BMC firmware automatic update method comprises the steps of opening the BMC automatic update function of the server and setting a monitoring time period of a monitoring dog through an operating system of the server; starting the monitoring dog to perform timing on the monitoring time period; resetting the monitoring time period into an initial value when the monitoring time period ends; downloading the latest version of BMC firmware data from the database and automatically updating the latest version of BMC firmware data into a corresponding storage area of a memory of the BMC chip when the current BMC firmware in the memory needs to be updated. According to the BMC firmware automatic update system and method, the BMC firmware data stored in BMC chips of servers can be automatically updated and accordingly the working complexity of manual refreshing of the BMC firmware data is reduced and the error probability in the process of refreshing is reduced.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a server data update system and method, in particular to a server BMC (Baseboard Management Controller, Baseboard Management Controller) firmware (Firmware) automatic update system and method. Background technique [0002] The application of the server is more and more widely used in today's information society. Its performance is good and its security is high, so it has been well received by users. Large companies or enterprises cannot do without the presence of servers, and there are a large number of them. There are many servers in a company's data center (Data Center), and it is very troublesome if the data of each server needs to be updated, and the amount of data is very large. For example, it is necessary to refresh the BMC firmware (Firmware) of the server, which can be updated through a web browser or network. However, the number of servers in the data center is huge. If there is a new version of the BMC firm...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445
Inventor 马淞张文杰
Owner WARECONN TECH SERVICE (TIANJIN) CO LTD
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