Invention Grant
- Patent Title: SAS hard disk drive update via management controller
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Application No.: US15584589Application Date: 2017-05-02
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Publication No.: US10747437B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Te-Hsien Lai
- Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Taoyuan
- Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Current Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taoyuan
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F8/65 ; G06F8/654 ; G06F8/656 ; G06F9/02

Abstract:
Methods and systems of updating serial attached small computer system interface (SAS)/serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) hard disk drive (HDD) firmware (FW) using a management controller (MC) are provided. The method includes uploading the HDD FW to the MC via the local area network (LAN), breaking the HDD FW into a plurality of chunks, issuing a plurality of write commands and writing the plurality of chunks into the SAS HDD.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180321854A1 SAS/SATA HARD DISK DRIVE UPDATE VIA MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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