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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Accton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Hsiang Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A network switch system includes a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) controller, a power sourcing equipment (PSE) controller, and a host computer. The PoE controller is electrically connected to the PSE controller, and stores a loader and a firmware image. The host computer is connected to the PoE controller and stores a second firmware image. The host computer switches the PoE controller to a firmware upgrade mode when the second firmware image is newer than the firmware image. The PoE controller executes the loader in the firmware upgrade mode and overwrites the firmware image with the second firmware image downloaded from the host computer. The PoE controller checks data integrity of the firmware image with an error detection and correction code included in the firmware image, and restarts if no error is found in the firmware image.