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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Mahmoud K Jibbe, Wichita, KS (US);

Dhishankar Sengupta, Yelachanahalli, IN;

Britto Rossario, Bangalore, IN;

Senthil Kannan, Reddiarpalayam, IN;

Inventors:

Mahmoud K Jibbe, Wichita, KS (US);

Dhishankar Sengupta, Yelachanahalli, IN;

Britto Rossario, Bangalore, IN;

Senthil Kannan, Reddiarpalayam, IN;

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing firmware update for network connected storage subsystem components is disclosed. In one embodiment, the storage system is registered via a secured process using a client management module of a firmware update management module residing in a client device associated with the storage system. The storage system includes a plurality of storage subsystems. Further, an inventory list including each storage subsystem component in each of the plurality of storage subsystems along with its associated firmware code level is formed by the client management module. Furthermore, the inventory list along with an associated firmware code level of the storage system is stored by a registration management module of the firmware update management module residing in a registration server coupled to the client device via the network.


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