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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Mitac Computing Technology Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Chih-Peng Chang, Taoyuan, TW;
Mitac Computing Technology Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A method of updating firmware of a BMC of a server, the server includes the BMC and a PLD, the method includes: in response to receipt of a firmware update instruction to update the firmware of the BMC, the BMC storing in the PLD a firmware configuration file that contains current settings; the BMC updating the firmware after storing the firmware configuration file in the PLD; the BMC being reset after updating the firmware; and the BMC executing an initializing process that includes sub-steps of reading the firmware configuration file from the PLD and applying the current settings contained in the firmware configuration file to the firmware.