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Method for upgrading RAID card firmware automatically

An automatic upgrade and card firmware technology, applied in software deployment, electrical components, program loading/starting, etc., can solve problems such as low degree of automation and error-prone, achieve high flexibility, strong adaptability, save test time and The effect of human cost

Active Publication Date: 2017-09-29
INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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[0005] (1) Part of the FW must be upgraded under the DOS system. To make a DOS boot disk, manually input the upgrade command, which is error-prone
[0006] (2) If you use a DOS disk to upgrade the FW of the RAID card, after the upgrade is completed, you must manually boot into Linux to perform a functional test, and the degree of automation is low.

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[0028] In order to clearly illustrate the technical features of this solution, the present invention will be described in detail below through specific implementation modes and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention omits descriptions of common knowledge and processing techniques and processes to avoid unnecessarily limiting the present invention.

[0029] A method for automatically upgrading the firmware of a RAID card according to the present invention introduces a PXE network boot function, and the PXE (preboot execute environment, referred to as PXE) is a pre-boot execution environment, which is used to guide the client computer to start to different operations through the network. system. And the client computer downloads the boot image file from the server, wherein the boot image file is an operating system, and the client computer guides the operating system pre-installed in the server according to the boot image file, so as to start the op...

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The invention discloses a method for upgrading a RAID card firmware automatically. The method comprises the steps that a Linux system is started up through the internet, the type of a RAID card is detected, and the upgrading environment of the RAID card firmware is judged; if the RAID card firmware can be upgraded on the Linux system, the RAID card firmware is directly upgraded on the Linux system; if the RAID card can only be upgraded on a DOS system, the DOS system is started up through the internet, and the RAID card firmware is upgraded on the DOS system. Compared with the prior art, the whole firmware grading process needs no person participation, the error probability is lowered, and the test time and the human cost are saved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of computer firmware, in particular to a method for automatically upgrading the firmware of a RAID card. Background technique [0002] RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a redundant array of independent disks, or disk array for short. Simply put, RAID is a technology that combines multiple independent hard disks (physical hard disks) in different ways to form a hard disk group (logical hard disk), thereby providing higher storage performance and data redundancy than a single hard disk. [0003] Firmware, Firmware, referred to as FW, is a program written into EROM, erasable read-only memory or EEPROM, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory. Refers to the device "driver" stored inside the device. Through the firmware, the operating system can implement the operation of a specific machine according to the standard device driver. For example, CD-ROM drives and recorders have internal fi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445H04L12/24
CPCG06F8/65H04L41/082
Inventor 赵晓强
Owner INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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