Non-terminating firmware update

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device of a control plane, configure the computing device of the control plane to:
• provide, to a user device, a notification indicating a scheduled time for an update to a server;
• receive, from the user device, a request to change the scheduled time;
• change the scheduled time;
• and
• perform the update at the scheduled time by performing operations to:
• store a server state of the server in a storage device of the control plane, the server state comprising an initial network address that identifies the server on a network path and a host configuration for the server;
• instruct the server to shut down for a first time;
• instruct, while the server is shut down for the first time, a network interface card to change a configuration of the server to disassociate the server from a first boot storage device, the network interface card disassociating the server from the initial network address and the first boot storage device including a customer operating system, the first boot storage device being locally connected to the computing device;
• instruct, while the server is shut down for the first time, the network interface card to change the configuration of the server to associate the server with an update storage device containing an update operating system and an update code;
• instruct the server to boot into the update operating system;
• instruct the server to execute the update code;
• determine that the server has executed the update code;
• instruct the server to shut down for a second time;
• instruct, while the server is shut down for the second time, the network interface card to change the configuration of the server to reassociate the server with the first boot storage device;
• instruct the server to boot into the first boot storage device;
• and
• restore the server to the server state by associating the server to the network path using the initial network address and restoring the server to the host configuration.

A computing device of a control plane, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
• provide, to a user device, a notification indicating a scheduled time for an update to a server;
• receive, from the user device, a request to change the scheduled time;
• change the scheduled time;
• and
• perform the update at the scheduled time by performing operations to:
• store a server state of the server in a storage device of the control plane, the server state comprising an initial network address that identifies the server on a network path and a host configuration for the server;
• instruct the server to shut down for a first time;
• instruct, while the server is shut down for the first time, a network interface card to change a configuration of the server to disassociate the server from a first boot storage device, the network interface card disassociating the server from the initial network address and the first boot storage device including a customer operating system, the first boot storage device being locally connected to the computing device;
• instruct, while the server is shut down for the first time, the network interface card to change the configuration of the server to associate the server with an update storage device containing an update operating system and an update code;
• instruct the server to boot into the update operating system;
• instruct the server to execute the update code;
• determine that the server has executed the update code;
• instruct the server to shut down for a second time;
• instruct, while the server is shut down for the second time, the network interface card to change the configuration of the server to reassociate the server with the first boot storage device;
• instruct the server to boot into the first boot storage device;
• and
• restore the server to the server state by associating the server to a network path using the initial network address and restoring the server to the host configuration.