Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for transparent hard disk drive update
- Patent Title (中): 用于透明硬盘驱动器更新的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11609356Application Date: 2006-12-12
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Publication No.: US08271968B2Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Russell Woodbury , Don H. Walker , Frank Widjaja Yu
- Applicant: Russell Woodbury , Don H. Walker , Frank Widjaja Yu
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP
- Agent Robert W. Holland
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/46
Abstract:
Information handling system hard disk drive firmware updates are initiated on a hard disk drive without disrupting operations of the information handling system. A firmware update is copied in executable form to the hard disk drive's buffer and executed by the hard disk drive's controller without aborting queued tasks or losing system synchronization. The controller then copies the firmware update to flash memory in parallel with execution of the firmware update so that the hard disk drive operates with minimal degradation in performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080141235A1 System and Method for Transparent Hard Disk Drive Update Public/Granted day:2008-06-12
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