147 results about "Firmware version" patented technology

The invention belongs to the technical field of server management and firmware upgrading, and particularly relates to a BMC firmware upgrading method and system in an offline state, and the method comprises the steps: firstly deploying an intelligent BMC firmware storage device in a server; then, the server detects that BMC firmware upgrading or repairing needs to be carried out, a specified abnormal request signal is sent to the intelligent BMC firmware storage device, and the intelligent BMC firmware storage device analyzes the abnormal request signal; the intelligent BMC firmware storage device generates a response, specifies a BMC firmware version according to the server, and sends corresponding BMC firmware version data to the BMC firmware; the BMC firmware receives the firmware version data and verifies the firmware version data; and the BMC firmware executes automatic upgrading according to the firmware version data, and writes new and verified BMC firmware version data into the BMC chip. Automatic upgrading and maintenance of the BMC firmware in the offline state are achieved, and the reliability, stability and efficiency of the server are improved.

The invention discloses a firmware management system, a firmware management method, a firmware management product and firmware management equipment, relates to the technical field of servers, is applied to a multi-node server comprising mainboard nodes and logic devices, and comprises the following steps: respectively arranging two mutually redundant flash memories on each mainboard node of the multi-node server on a management board and the mainboard nodes, according to the invention, the management board is additionally provided with the cache memory for caching the target firmware and the logic device, so that a heterogeneous collaborative upgrading architecture is realized, and the flash memories corresponding to the nodes are arranged on the management board, so that the centralized management of the flash memories can be realized, and the upgrading efficiency is improved. According to the method, the firmware version alignment and management of each node in the multi-node server can be realized with little material change, the firmware upgrading efficiency is improved, meanwhile, a large amount of system operation and maintenance time is saved, and the influence on user services is reduced.

A method includes detecting a startup of an apheresis machine; in response to detecting start up, transmitting data to a server; determining, based on the data, whether software of the apheresis machine is current; receiving, in response to the data, a response from the server; and preventing usage of apheresis machine if the response indicates the software is not current. The data transmitted to the server may include one or more of a data log, a firmware version identifier, and an error log. The response may include a lockout signal. The response may include a software update. The software update may include a firmware update. The method may include automatically initiating installation of the software update. The method may include ceasing prevention of usage of the apheresis machine following installation of the software update.

A process for management of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices includes a management system for identifying, interrogating, and updating devices connected to one or more networks. The management system can include a data store for storing various data related to the devices and the various processes of the management system. The management system can include a controller for executing processes such as interrogation processes, firmware change processes, credential change processes, and other processes. The controller can determine versions of firmware and other configuration properties of a device and generate various profiles for updating the firmware and other configuration properties. The controller can determine upgrade paths for updating the firmware and other configuration properties from a first version to a second version, the upgrade paths including one or more intermediary versions for facilitating the upgrade path. The management system can update devices individually, on a device family basis, or on a system-wide basis.

Techniques for analyzing risk for devices within a managed environment are described. One example method includes receiving a provisioning request from a device including a device identifier, device credentials, and a current firmware revision, wherein the provisioning request indicates that the device is newly connected to the managed environment; verifying the authenticity of the device based at least in part on the device identifier and the device credentials; verifying that the current firmware revision of the device matches a master firmware revision associated with a type of the device; and determining a risk score associated with the device based at least in part on the device identifier, the device credentials, the current firmware revision of the device, and on whether any known vulnerabilities are associated with the type of the device.

The invention discloses an initialized firmware upgrading method and device, a controller and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of server firmware management.The corresponding initialized firmware version number is obtained according to an initialized firmware package carried in an initialized firmware upgrading instruction, and due to the fact that the initialized firmware has a version dependency relationship with controller firmware, the version number of the initialized firmware is not the version number of the initialized firmware; obtaining a first controller firmware version number of the controller firmware on which the initialized firmware version number depends; acquiring a second controller firmware version number of the current controller firmware, and if the first controller firmware version number is inconsistent with the second controller firmware version number, indicating that the version of the current controller firmware is incompatible with the initialized firmware corresponding to the initialized firmware version number, and needing to upgrade the current controller firmware; after the firmware of the controller is upgraded, the initialized firmware is upgraded according to the initialized firmware package. The upgrading efficiency is improved, and system faults are avoided.

The embodiment of the invention provides a firmware upgrading method and device, equipment and a storage medium, a to-be-upgraded function partition and a first physical address area of firmware are determined, and the to-be-upgraded function partition points to a second physical address area; obtaining an upgrade differential package from the server; writing the upgrading differential packet into a first physical address area; and under the condition of successful verification of the upgrade differential packet, changing the to-be-upgraded function partition from pointing to the second physical address area to pointing to the first physical address area, and obtaining an upgraded target function partition. When firmware upgrading is carried out, only the upgrading package corresponding to the to-be-upgraded function partition needs to be downloaded, the bandwidth is remarkably saved, the upgrading time is shortened, fine-grained function partition updating is achieved, coexistence of multiple versions of firmware is supported, system services do not need to be interrupted in the upgrading process, hot replacement of the function partition is achieved, and the upgrading efficiency is improved. And the system reliability and the service continuity are effectively improved.

The invention relates to a firmware upgrading method of a parallel system and the parallel system. The method comprises the following steps: reading a firmware version number of each device connected with a first device bus; determining device roles of the first device and each device based on the firmware version number of the first device, the firmware version number of each device and the bus communication addresses of all devices; wherein the device roles comprise an upgrade initiator, an upgrade receiver and a silence party; the firmware upgrading action corresponding to the device role of each device is executed, and the firmware information of the device corresponding to the upgrading initiator is used for upgrading the device corresponding to the upgrading receiver. By adopting the method, the upgrading failure risk caused by network instability can be avoided.

Systems and methods are disclosed for automating firmware updating on a computing system. Specifically, the aspects and features disclosed allow a baseboard management controller (BMC) to automatically step through the local firmware versions of various components of a computing system and compare those versions with up-to-date firmware versions to see whether any of the local firmware versions should be replaced with the respective up-to-date firmware version. The up-to-date firmware versions can be obtained from vendor firmware server(s) either locally by the computing system (e.g., by a BMC or main processor of the computing system) or remotely. When up-to-date firmware versions are obtained remotely, a facilitator system can obtain the up-to-date firmware versions and save them to a removable storage device, which can be temporarily coupled to the BMC of the computing system to automatically update the firmware of the components of that computing system.

The invention provides a data processing method and an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of determining a plurality of second devices passing verification of a first device in a local area network; obtaining current firmware versions of the plurality of second devices, and determining a target device with the highest current firmware version in the first device and the plurality of second devices based on the current firmware versions of the plurality of second devices; obtaining firmware updating data of the target equipment; and based on the firmware updating data of the target device, updating the current firmware version of the second device of which the current firmware version is lower than that of the target device in the plurality of second devices.

The invention provides a server firmware version management method and a program product, and relates to the technical field of computers, the method comprises the following steps: obtaining current firmware version data of a server and firmware version data refreshed along with a line; if the current firmware version data of the server is inconsistent with the firmware version data refreshed along with the line, generating error reporting information; periodically acquiring historical firmware version data of the server; performing clustering analysis on the historical firmware version data by utilizing a clustering algorithm, and dividing similar data into the same cluster; and monitoring and acquiring new firmware version data of the server in real time, and if the new firmware version data deviates from the cluster to which the new firmware version data belongs, judging that the new firmware version data is abnormal data. By adopting the method provided by the invention, the firmware version can be checked, the firmware version information is ensured to be consistent with the expectation, and the firmware version management efficiency is improved.

The application provides a firmware version detection method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of firmware detection. A firmware version detection method comprises the following steps: obtaining a corresponding element self-discovery register (CSR) design file based on a target configuration of a current product line server; the CSR design file comprises a latest version CSR firmware package corresponding to the target configuration, a firmware version table and a CSR self-checking program; updating the firmware in the server based on the latest version CSR firmware package to obtain a target server; determining a CSR target version in the target server based on the CSR self-checking program; comparing the CSR target version with the latest version CSR in the firmware version table, and determining a version detection result of the firmware based on the comparison result. Thus, the stability and reliability of the server can be improved, and the use performance of the server can be optimized.

This invention discloses a firmware update method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The firmware update method includes obtaining a firmware update program; executing the firmware update program to enter a firmware update file system; and when device information of the storage device is obtained in the firmware update file system and a firmware version update command is received, updating the firmware of the storage device to the target firmware version while retaining all storage data and serial number of the storage device. This application simplifies firmware updates by automatically updating the storage device's firmware to the target firmware version upon receiving a firmware version update command, while retaining all storage data and serial number. This allows users to update firmware locally without further intervention, reducing the complexity of firmware updates.

The embodiment of the invention provides a firmware version upgrading method and system and a photovoltaic robot, and relates to the technical field of photovoltaics. According to the firmware version upgrading method, the difference file is generated according to the current firmware version information and the firmware version information of the new firmware version, the data size of the difference file is far smaller than the data size of a complete firmware program, and therefore the firmware version upgrading efficiency is improved. Moreover, according to the firmware version upgrading method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the size of the fragment is adjusted according to the communication quality value, and the differential file is cut into a plurality of fragment files for transmission. When the communication quality is good, the size of the fragments can be properly increased, the number of the fragments is reduced, and the transmission overhead is reduced; when the communication quality is general (for example, network fluctuation occurs), the size of the fragment can be properly reduced, transmission interruption or failure caused by the too large fragment is avoided, and therefore the upgrading stability of the firmware version is improved.

The invention provides a server instance firmware parallel test method and electronic equipment. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, in response to a firmware test instruction, physical hardware resources of a target server are allocated to a plurality of instances; wherein each instance comprises independent hardware resources, and a plurality of firmware testing environments which are mutually independent in logic are constructed on the same physical server; firmware mirror images corresponding to the instances are loaded, firmware starting processes corresponding to the instances are executed according to the firmware mirror images corresponding to the instances, each instance comprises independent hardware resource mapping and firmware mirror images, and different firmware versions can be started in the same physical server in parallel; issuing a firmware test case to the instance; firmware testing is carried out on the instances according to the firmware testing cases corresponding to the instances, and firmware testing results corresponding to the instances are obtained; the firmware testing cost is reduced, and the resource utilization rate is increased.

The application discloses a decoupling method, device, program product, server and storage medium, and relates to the field of servers. In view of the problem that the close coupling between a BMC and a BIOS causes the firmware versions of both to have to be kept in synchronization at all times, a decoupling method is provided, which introduces semantic hash values to replace field names to perform accurate matching of fields. Because the semantic hash values can represent the essential meaning of the fields better than the field names, the semantic hash values do not require complete consistency of surface names. Therefore, replacing the field names with the semantic hash values to perform field matching can improve compatibility and also enable automatic renaming of the field names. Based on this, the method can reduce the coupling between the BIOS and the BMC, so that the BMC and the BIOS versions can be upgraded independently and do not need to be maintained synchronously, thereby significantly reducing operation and maintenance costs.

1. Name of the product in this design: System Information Graphical User Interface for Electronic Devices. 2. Purpose of this design: To display a graphical user interface. 3. The key design features of this product are the interface content in the graphical user interface. 4. Images or photos that best illustrate the design key points: Interface state change diagrams. 5. The rest of the design is standard, omitting the rear view, left view, right view, top view, and bottom view. 6. Purpose of the graphical user interface: An information interface used to display system information. 7. Human-computer interaction method of graphical user interface: The main view is the central page of system information; by clicking the "Settings" button in the upper right corner of the main view, you can enter the interface change state diagram; the interface change state diagram will display information such as "product model", "operating system", "APP version", "firmware version", "MAC address" and "configuration table version" of the "smart central control".

The invention discloses a server detection method and a program product. Acquiring a hardware fingerprint vector and an operation parameter vector of the server, and determining an equipment state detection model corresponding to the server; wherein the hardware fingerprint vector comprises an equipment manufacturer code, a mainboard model code and a firmware version code; the operation parameter vector comprises a voltage ripple, a clock skew rate, a bus load rate and an environment temperature and humidity parameter; inputting the hardware fingerprint vector and the operation parameter vector into an equipment state detection model to obtain an equipment operation state of the server; wherein the equipment operation state comprises a normal state and at least one fault state; and determining a target response operation corresponding to the equipment running state of the server, and executing the target response operation. Therefore, the intelligent detection of the server can be realized, the potential hardware degradation risk in the server is avoided in time, and the accuracy of server detection is improved.

This application proposes a segmented OTA upgrade method and system adapted to zero-wait-area constraints. The method is applied to a terminal device, which includes flash memory with both zero-wait-area and non-zero-wait-area areas. The method includes: responding to a boot signal from the terminal device, calling a bootloader to read an OTA status flag from the non-zero-wait-area; if the OTA status flag is a first download flag, reading a program startup status flag from the non-zero-wait-area; if the program startup status flag is a first startup flag, calling a quick-write program to rewrite the program startup status flag from the first startup flag to a second startup flag, and starting the main program of the terminal device; responding to a successful boot signal from the main program, rewriting the program startup status flag from the second startup flag back to the first startup flag; if the OTA status flag is a second download flag, downloading a new firmware version for OTA upgrade. This application enables segmented OTA upgrades adapted to zero-wait-area constraints.

To reduce waste of processing time required for updating firmware of a sub-substrate, and to maintain consistency of firmware between sub-substrates.SOLUTION: The PC120 for maintenance makes the secure card substrate 111 read the version information of the firmware of the plurality of sub-substrates B, C113, 114 and transmit it to the PC120 for maintenance, selects the sub-substrate C114 for executing the update of the firmware according to the version information of the plurality of sub-substrates B, C113, 114, transfers a firmware update file to the secure card substrate 111, and then requests the secure card substrate 111 to execute an update sequence. In the update sequence, the firmware update file is transferred to the selected sub board C114, and the firmware is updated based on the firmware update file.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The invention discloses a secure parallel upgrading method and system for firmware of embedded equipment based on a CAN bus, electronic equipment and a medium, and belongs to the field of embedded systems.The secure parallel upgrading method comprises the steps that an equipment management server generates an upgrading data packet; the server generates a temporary session key through a key derivation function, encrypts firmware to be upgraded by using the temporary session key, and then generates a digital signature for encrypted firmware data by using a private key of the server; the server issues the upgrade data packet to the embedded device in parallel through a CAN bus; the embedded device receives the upgrade data packet, derives the same temporary session key by using a preset fixed key and the received random number, verifies the digital signature by using a preset server public key, decrypts the firmware data by using the temporary session key after the verification is passed, and performs integrity verification; and finally, loading and operating the new firmware according to the firmware effective strategy. According to the method, the problems of firmware version synchronization and low serial upgrading speed are solved, and the efficiency and the safety are improved.

Embodiments of the present application provide a power module upgrading method, a server, an electronic device, a storage medium and a program product. The method comprises: obtaining firmware version information of a target power module; when the firmware version information indicates that the firmware version of the target power module is inconsistent with a target version, obtaining a firmware identifier of the target power module; in the case that the firmware identifier indicates that the firmware upgrading mode of the target power module is reset upgrading, controlling the target power module to power off, and replacing the firmware data of the target power module and the current firmware version with firmware data corresponding to the target version, so as to upgrade the firmware of the target power module; in the case that the firmware identifier indicates that the firmware upgrading mode of the target power module is real-time upgrading, replacing the firmware data of the target power module and the current firmware version with firmware data corresponding to the target version, so as to upgrade the firmware of the target power module. The method can realize fast upgrading of the power module.

Upgrading a network appliance to a second firmware is dynamically specified and implemented to minimize network disruption. The installed firmware runs in a first execution domain and the second firmware runs in safe mode in a second execution domain. Upgrade planning data is produced by monitoring service executables in the second execution domain for stage failures at various execution states. The upgrade planning data is used to produce an upgrade specification for upgrading from the installed firmware to the second firmware. The upgrade planning data can indicate that there are execution state dependencies between the service executables. The upgrade specification can be adapted for the execution state dependencies and used by a finite state machine to implement the upgrade.

The invention discloses a decoupling method and device, a program product, a server and a storage medium, and relates to the field of servers. Aiming at the problem that firmware versions of the BMC and the BIOS must be always kept synchronous due to tight coupling between the BMC and the BIOS, a decoupling method is provided, and accurate matching of fields is carried out by introducing semantic hash values instead of field names. Wherein the semantic hash value can better represent the essential meaning of the field compared with the field name, so that the surface name is not required to be completely consistent. Therefore, the field matching is carried out by replacing the field name with the semantic hash value, so that the compatibility can be improved, and the automatic renaming of the field name can be realized. On the basis of the method, the coupling between the BIOS and the BMC can be reduced, so that the BMC and the BIOS version can be independently upgraded without synchronous maintenance, and the operation and maintenance cost is remarkably reduced.

This invention discloses a firmware version switching system, method, and computer device, belonging to the field of electronic technology. The system includes a baseboard management controller, a basic input / output system (PIS), and a VR chip. The output terminal of the baseboard management controller is connected to the first input terminal of the PIS, and the output terminal of the PIS is connected to the input terminal of the VR chip. The technical solution of this invention can automatically and seamlessly complete the BIOS firmware version switching without affecting customer business operations, greatly meeting customer needs, improving operational efficiency, and is applicable to various types of servers.

The present application discloses a method, device, electronic device, and medium for refreshing a dual basic input / output system, relating to the technical field of storage systems. The method includes first upgrading the firmware of a backup memory, switching to the main memory and restarting, and then upgrading the firmware of the main memory, automatically executing a sequential upgrade to avoid missed refreshes; after the firmware upgrade of the main memory is completed, executing a watchdog register erase instruction to clear any dirty data that may exist in the EEPROM register data area to prevent it from interfering with system operation. By verifying that the dual firmware versions are the same to verify version consistency, and detecting that the watchdog erase instruction is effective to ensure that the dirty data has been cleared, the dual verification confirms that the upgrade is successful and the system status is clean, thereby eliminating performance fluctuations, stability degradation, or reliability risks caused by dirty data from the root.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a firmware update method, apparatus, electronic device, and computer-readable medium. A specific implementation of the method includes: determining a robotic arm set; in response to successfully allocating a virtual controller to the robotic arm set, determining update path information according to the robotic arm task information corresponding to the robotic arms in the robotic arm set; performing a hot switch of the target robotic arm from being controlled by the corresponding main controller to being controlled by the virtual controller; in response to the completion of the switch, updating the robotic arm firmware of the target robotic arm to the target firmware version; in response to the completion of the update, collecting a control information group; and in response to the control information group meeting a preset condition, performing a hot switch of the target robotic arm from being controlled by the virtual controller to being controlled by the corresponding main controller. This implementation improves the update efficiency of the robotic arm firmware.

Disclosed methods and systems for implementing serverless management of platform resources maintain a function-as-a-service (FaaS) mapping database associating a resource and management function combination with a locator identifying a container image for implementing management interactions required to perform the management function. When a FaaS request indicating a function-resource combination is detected, the applicable locator is retrieved from the mapping database and the corresponding container image is deployed. Each resource may correspond to a specific version of a specific make or model, e.g., a server model and a firmware version. API, protocol, and messaging specifics for performing the function on the resource are embedded in each container image. Thus, the container image for an inventory operation on a server with a first version of firmware may execute SOAP-based messaging while the image for the same operation on the same server model provisioned with a second firmware version may invoke a RESTful API.

The present invention relates to the technical field of server upgrades, and discloses a method and system for remotely upgrading server firmware, the method comprising: a management node obtains a device identification list and target firmware version information of a server to be upgraded, and divides tasks using a distributed task scheduling algorithm; transmits upgrade instructions and data packets through an encrypted channel, and generates incremental packets using differential upgrade technology; ensures data transmission through heartbeat detection and breakpoint resumption; upgrades and isolates tasks during idle periods after pre-verification in a server-side security sandbox; adopts grayscale release strategy verification, and automatically rolls back if failed; and uses a blockchain network to store upgrade status and logs. The system includes corresponding functional modules. The present invention improves upgrade efficiency, security, and reliability, reduces the impact on business, achieves data immutability and traceability, effectively solves the problems existing in traditional upgrade methods, and is applicable to various server firmware remote upgrade scenarios.

The application provides an over-the-air upgrade method and related equipment, and relates to the fields of network technology and security. The method comprises the following steps: sending a device identifier and a first firmware version number to the cloud; receiving a public key, firmware corresponding to a second firmware version number, encrypted data and signature data sent by the cloud; obtaining a first response according to the first firmware version number based on a physically unclonable function chip; decrypting the encrypted data according to the first response to obtain the second firmware version number to be verified; verifying the signature data according to the public key, the second firmware version number to be verified and the firmware corresponding to the second firmware version number; and performing firmware upgrade according to the firmware corresponding to the second firmware version number in the case of passing the verification. The application does not need to store the public key of the cloud on the device side for a long time, reduces the occupation of storage resources, improves the overall performance of the device side, and does not need to preset the same OTA cloud public key on the device side, thereby reducing the management complexity.