System and method for managing component updates

A method for managing an asset, comprising:

• obtaining a power management update for a physical computing resource of physical computing resources of the asset;
• in response to obtaining the power management update:
• obtaining, using an out-of-band manager, a power management descriptor for the asset;
• updating the power management descriptor based on the power management update;
• staging the power management descriptor at a location;
• and
• performing a low resource consumption reboot using the location to implement the power management update.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing an asset, the method comprising:

• obtaining a power management update for a physical computing resource of physical computing resources of the asset;
• in response to obtaining the power management update:
• obtaining, using an out-of-band manager, a power management descriptor for the asset;
• updating the power management descriptor based on the power management update;
• staging the power management descriptor at a location;
• and
• performing a low resource consumption reboot using the location to implement the power management update.