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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Shibu Abraham, Duluth, GA (US);
Jay Pancholi, Duluth, GA (US);
Kayalvizhi Dhandapani, Suwanee, GA (US);
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
Present disclosure relates to a system for programming and verifying backplane controller chip firmware on target backplane controller chips. The system includes a backplane controller chip validation board. In certain embodiments, the backplane controller chip validation board includes: (a) a program/verify/validate controller chip, (b) one or more backplane controller chip sockets for installing one or more target backplane controller chips, and (c) a backplane simulator. The program/verify/validate controller chip includes backplane controller chip firmware verification software, a USB interface, and a software storage. The backplane simulator is used to simulate functions of drives, LEDs, and other devices of a backplane for verifying all functions of backplane controller chip firmware. The backplane controller chip validation board is in communication with a host computer, and host computer has a user interface, a backplane controller chip programming and verifying software, a USB interface, and a software storage to store backplane controller chip firmware.