Automatic bmc and bios firmware recovery
AssigneeAmerican Megatrends International, LLC
InventorsANURAG BHATIA, Winston Thangapandian, Valantina Arumugam
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Abstract
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus is a BMC. The BMC detects a boot failure from both an active firmware image and a recovery firmware image. The BMC starts a recovery protocol to acquire a fallback firmware image from a first source once it identifies the failure. The BMC flashes the obtained fallback firmware image onto its storage device. The BMC initiates a boot process using the fallback firmware image.
Claims20
A method for recovering a firmware image in a baseboard management controller (BMC), the method comprising:
- identifying, by the BMC, a failure to boot the BMC from both an active firmware image and a recovery firmware image;
- initiating a recovery protocol to secure a fallback firmware image from a first source, when the failure is identified;
- flashing the fallback firmware image onto a storage device of the BMC;
- and
- booting the BMC using the fallback firmware image stored on the storage device.
An apparatus, the apparatus being a baseboard management controller (BMC), comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
- identify a failure to boot the apparatus from both an active firmware image and a recovery firmware image
- initiate a recovery protocol to secure a fallback firmware image from a first source, when the failure is identified;
- flash the fallback firmware image onto a storage device of the apparatus;
- and
- boot the apparatus using the fallback firmware image stored on the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.