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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Timothy Lambert, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen Cochran, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US);
Pedro Lopez, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy Lambert, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen Cochran, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US);
Pedro Lopez, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A baseboard management controller (BMC) of a blade server module in an information handling system may operate as a virtual system BIOS firmware hub that may have automatic firmware updating through a TFTP transfer from a chassis management controller (CMC) or for rack/tower servers from a remote assistant card (RMC). The system BIOS may be stored in a RAM drive or a ROM of the BMC. Valuable printed circuit board real estate and hardware for a firmware hub is no longer necessary since the BMC may have the capacity to act as a virtual system BIOS firmware hub in addition to its other functions.