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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Eric Kuzmack, Georgetown, TX (US);

Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Round Rock, TX (US);

Xianghong Qian, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/665 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A software update manager running on an information handling system over a type 1 hypervisor operating system retrieves a virtual firmware update through a primary network interface. The virtual firmware update executes over the hypervisor to initiate a download of a firmware update to a management processor of the information handling system through a management network interface. The firmware update executes to update the firmware of the information handling system with an update process managed by an end user through the primary network interface and the software update manager.


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