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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Chandrasekhar Mugunda, Austin, TX (US);
Yogesh Prabhakar Kulkarni, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sruthi Reddy Mothukupally, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Rui An, Austin, TX (US);
Akshata Sheshagiri Naik, Leander, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An information handling system may include an information handling resource, and a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system and coupled to the information handling resource via a communications bus. The management controller may be configured to cause the information handling resource to update a firmware thereof by transmitting a plurality of datagrams to the information handling resource via the communications bus, wherein the plurality of datagrams includes: a pilot datagram comprising a first header that includes information regarding an update payload, wherein the pilot datagram is configured to trigger an update handler of the information handling resource; and one or more subsequent datagrams comprising second headers and respective portions of the update payload, wherein the update handler is configured to update the firmware based on the update payload.