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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan, TW;
Inventor:
Te-Hsien Lai, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01); G06F 8/656 (2018.01); G06F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0632 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 8/656 (2018.02); G06F 8/66 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems of updating serial attached small computer system interface (SAS)/serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) hard disk drive (HDD) firmware (FW) using a management controller (MC) are provided. The method includes uploading the HDD FW to the MC via the local area network (LAN), breaking the HDD FW into a plurality of chunks, issuing a plurality of write commands and writing the plurality of chunks into the SAS HDD.