Systems and methods for accessing system utilities

An apparatus, comprising:

• a display configured to display a user interface for requesting access to system utilities;
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• a management controller embodied in hardware coupled to the display and configured to:
• during a configuration of a system receive from a user, via the user interface displayed on the display, a request to access one or more of a plurality of system utilities stored on one or more memory partitions that are hidden from the user interface;
• in response to receipt the request, identify one or more memory partitions of a memory device storing the one or more requested system utilities;
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• update the one or more identified memory partitions based on a chance made by the user;
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• remove one or more user-selectable icons from the user interface after a pre-determined time has elapsed;
• the memory device comprising a plurality of memory partitions including a first memory partition storing systems diagnostics data, a second memory partition storing operation system drivers, a third memory partition storing system configuration data, a fourth memory partition storing deployment data, and a fifth memory partition storing an application;
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• the user interface configured to display one or more user-selectable icons corresponding to the one or more identified memory partitions to provide the user access to the one or more identified memory partitions, in response to identification of the one or more memory partitions.

A method, comprising:

• during a configuration of a system, receiving a request for access to one or more of a plurality of system utilities stored on one or more memory partitions that are hidden from the user interface, the request received from a user via a user interface displayed on a display;
• in response to receiving the request, a management controller embodied in hardware coupled to the processor identifying one or more of a plurality of memory partitions of a memory device storing the one or more requested system utilities, the plurality of memory partitions including a first memory partition storing systems diagnostics data, a second memory partition storing operation system drivers, a third memory partition storing system configuration data, a fourth memory partition storing deployment data, and a fifth memory partition storing an application;
• in response to identifying the one or more memory partitions, providing the user access to the one or more identified memory partitions by displaying on the user interface one or more user-selectable icons corresponding to the one or more identified memory partitions;
• updating the one or more identified memory partitions based on a change made by the user;
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• removing the one or more user-selectable icons from the user interface after a pre-determined time has elapsed.