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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Shanghai, CN;
Inventec Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Shu Chiu, Taipei, TW;
Zhong-Ying Qu, Shanghai, CN;
Tianwen Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Peng Hu, Shanghai, CN;
Fangjie Chu, Shanghai, CN;
INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Shanghai, CN;
INVENTEC CORPORATION, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A server system is disclosed herein, which includes a first BIOS chip, a second BIOS chip, a platform controller, and a baseboard management controller. The platform controller and the baseboard management controller are electrically connected to a first multi-way selector and a second multi-way selector, respectively. The first multi-way selector and the second multi-way selector are individually electrically connected to both the first BIOS chip and the second BIOS chip. The disclosure can accomplish an aspect that when either of the first BIOS chip and the second BIOS chip fails in activating the server system, the server system can be automatically activated by the other BIOS chip. Further, by the baseboard management controller, a firmware of the fail-to-activate BIOS chip can be simultaneously updated, thereby improving security and reliability of the server system.