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Method for refreshing BIOS (Basic Input Output System) in Itanium platform operating system

An operating system, Itanium platform technology, applied in the field of BIOS refresh under the Itanium platform operating system, can solve problems such as BIOS flashing, achieve high-efficiency upgrades, improve maintenance efficiency, and shorten the time used

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-11-18
LANGCHAO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IND CO LTD
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When it comes to flashing the BIOS, many people must think that it is dangerous to do this kind of thing, and the BIOS will be damaged if it is not done properly.

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[0018] Attached below figure 1 , the method for refreshing the BIOS under a Itanium platform operating system of the present invention will be described in detail below.

[0019] The method for refreshing BIOS under a kind of Itanium platform operating system of the present invention comprises the following steps:

[0020] 1) Preparation:

[0021] a. Copy the Itanium_BIOS_update program and the BIOS file to be refreshed into the system of the minicomputer server to be upgraded;

[0022] b. Execute the Itanium_BIOS_updatexxx.fd (xxx.fd file is the BIOS program file) command to start refreshing.

[0023] 2) The refresh process is divided into the following three steps, all of which are automatically realized:

[0024] a. The Itanium_BIOS_update program reads the version information of the existing version BIOS, and reads and backs up the original BIOS content into backup.fd;

[0025] b. Compare the original program with the refreshed program. If the refreshed program is cons...

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The invention provides a method for refreshing a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) in an Itanium platform operating system. The method comprises the following steps that: 1) an Itanium_BIOS_update program reads version information of the BIOS of an existing version, reads original BIOS content and backs up the content as backup.fd; 2) an original program is compared with a refreshing program, if the refreshing program is consistent with the version of an existing machine, the program is stopped, a prompt ''now it is already latest version and refreshing is not required'' is output, and if the refreshing program is not consistent with the version of the existing machine, BIOS ROMs (Read Only Memories) of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) are subjected to program update one by one; and 3) the program automatically verifies whether the refreshing is successful after all the ROMs are updated, if the refreshing is failed, a prompt ''upgrade failed'' is output, 1 is selected for returning to the original version, 2 is selected for re-upgrading, if the refreshing is failed again, the operation of returning to the original version is suggested, and if the refreshing is successful, a prompt ''the refreshing is successful, please restart during maintenance and the BIOS of a new version takes effect immediately'' is output. According to the method, the time for BIOS upgrading maintenance by clients on site is greatly shortened, the maintenance efficiency is improved, and the maintenance downtime cost is reduced.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for refreshing BIOS, in particular to a method for refreshing BIOS under an Itanium platform operating system. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of technology in the IT field, automation has saved a lot of human resources and time in the development and production of servers. BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) is the basic input and output system of the computer. It is a ROM chip integrated on the motherboard, which provides the most basic functional support of the computer system. It includes boot boot code, basic hardware driver, parameter setting program, and software independently developed by some manufacturers. A major feature of BIOS is that it can be refreshed in a specific way, which is commonly referred to as BIOS upgrade. In addition to obtaining many new functions, upgrading the BIOS can also solve some defects in the chipset and motherboard design, and eliminate some special com...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445
Inventor 陈健伟王守昊
Owner LANGCHAO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION IND CO LTD
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