Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Server and method for updating firmware of server
- Patent Title (中): 更新服务器固件的服务器和方法
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Application No.: US13793578Application Date: 2013-03-11
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Publication No.: US08978025B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Kuo-Shu Chiu , Chien-Chou Chen , Jo-Yu Chang
- Applicant: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation , Inventec Corporation
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai TW Taipei
- Assignee: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation,Inventec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation,Inventec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai TW Taipei
- Agency: Morris Manning & Martin LLP
- Agent Tim Tingkang Xia, Esq.
- Priority: CN201210446923 20121109
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/00 ; G06F1/00 ; G06F7/38 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
The disclosure provides a server including a baseboard management controller (BMC), a programmable logic device (PLD) and a blocking unit. The BMC receives an update instruction, and according to the update instruction, generates a firmware update data. The BMC generates an update signal according to on a reception state of the update instruction. The PLD is coupled to the BMC, receives the firmware update data to update a firmware. When the firmware is updated, the PLD generates a restart signal. The blocking unit is coupled to the BMC and the PLD, receives the update signal and the restart signal, and according to the update signal, determines whether to block the restart signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140137095A1 SERVER AND METHOD FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE OF SERVER Public/Granted day:2014-05-15
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