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US08776037B2 Apparatus and method to update multiple devices disposed in a computing system
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更新设置在计算系统中的多个设备的装置和方法
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method to update multiple devices disposed in a computing system
- Patent Title (中): 更新设置在计算系统中的多个设备的装置和方法
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Application No.: US11619984Application Date: 2007-01-04
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Publication No.: US08776037B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Lourdes Magally Gee , Jason James Graves , Kevan D. Holdaway , David Michael Morton , Ivan Ronald Olguin, II
- Applicant: Lourdes Magally Gee , Jason James Graves , Kevan D. Holdaway , David Michael Morton , Ivan Ronald Olguin, II
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Agent Dale F. Regelman
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
A method is disclosed to update multiple devices disposed in a computing system comprising a plurality of devices. The method receives a request to perform a firmware image update for a plurality of designated target devices, where each of those designated target devices comprises a first firmware image, and where the request comprises a second firmware image. The method uploads the second firmware image to a shared memory device, where each of the designated target devices is in communication with that shared memory device, and broadcasts an update command to each of the plurality of devices. The method determines the device state of each of the designated target devices, and if each of the designated target devices reports either an operational device state or an error device state, then the method reports that the firmware update is complete.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080168434A1 Apparatus and method to update multiple devices disposed in a computing system Public/Granted day:2008-07-10
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