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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Karl Rasmussen, Temple, TX (US);
Yifei Wan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Karl Rasmussen, Temple, TX (US);
Yifei Wan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Newisys, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, system, software, and processor for initializing information systems operating in headless and non-headless environments are presented. In one form, an information system includes a server platform operably associated with a platform BIOS and a service processor communicatively coupled to the platform BIOS. The service processor employs a platform boot monitor operable to provide an initialization mode of the server platform and may provide a flash update mode for updating a system BIOS.