US 2015/0149989 A1 · SERVER SYSTEM AND UPDATE METHOD THEREOF

Abstract

A server system and an updating method of firmware are provided, and the updating method includes: acquiring a configuration file which includes firmware packet data which corresponds to a node in the server system; sending a notification signal to a web server of the node described in the configuration file; acquiring a version annotation and update package data in the configuration file according to the notification signal; storing the version annotation and the update package data to obtain file paths of the version annotation and the update package data; and selectively installing the update package data to the node according to internet protocol addresses of the file paths and the node.

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Dependent claims

An updating method of firmware, adapted to a server system and comprising:

acquiring a configuration file comprising firmware packet data corresponding to a node in the server system;
sending a notification signal to a web server of the node described in the configuration file;
acquiring a version annotation and an update package data in the configuration file according to the notification signal;
storing the version annotation and the update package data, so as to obtain a file path of the version annotation and of the update package data;
and
selectively installing the update package data in the node according to internet protocol address of the file path and the node.

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A server system, comprising:

at least one node;
a load module for acquiring a configuration file which comprises firmware packet data which corresponds to one of the at least one node, and sending a notification signal when acquiring the configuration file;
a first resident module for communicating with the load module, and acquiring update package data and a version annotation from the configuration file according to the notification signal;
a first database for communicating with the first resident module and storing the version annotation and the update package data to obtain a file path of the version annotation and the update package data in the first database;
and
a second resident module for communicating with the first resident module, the first database and the at least one node, and selectively installing the update package data into the node according to an internet protocol address of the file path and of one of the at least one node.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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