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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lingjun Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Ahmad Byagowi, Fremont, CA (US);
Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system including a baseboard management controller (BMC) and a socket is described. The BMC is configured to provide a management interface to a network device. The socket is configured to accept an edge connector of a removable storage card. The BMC is configured to access via the socket at least a portion of the firmware of the BMC stored on the removable storage card.