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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gordon Paul Gray, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Anthony Burke, Frisco, TX (US);
David Munro, San Jose, CA (US);
Yan Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Derek Crovo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aruba Networks, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for altering stored firmware within a network device comprises receiving, by a first network device, information to download firmware. This information is provided from the first network device to at least a second network device, which is communicatively coupled to the first network device. The information enables the second network device to access a second version of firmware different than a first version of firmware installed on the second network device.