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US 9,542,201 B2Granted
Network bios management
AssigneeQuanta Computer Inc.
InventorsMaw-Zan Jau, Ching-Chih Shih
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Abstract
A computer system can obtain BIOS data from a network storage by a management controller of the computer system. The computer system can emulate a BIOS memory by the management controller based on the BIOS data and initialize the computer system with the BIOS memory emulated by the management controller.
Claims17
A method, by a computer system, comprising:
- determining a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) image based on user input;
- and
- storing the BIOS image on a network storage for use during a subsequent initialization of the computer system;
- obtaining the BIOS image from the network storage by a management controller of the computer system;
- emulating a BIOS memory by the management controller based on the BIOS image;
- powering on, by the management controller, the computer system, in response to completing emulation of the BIOS memory;
- initializing the computer system with the BIOS memory emulated by the management controller;
- and
- booting the computer system with the BIOS memory emulated by the management controller.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a management controller configured for determining Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) image based on user input, storing the BIOS data image on a network storage for use during a subsequent initialization of the apparatus, obtaining the BIOS image from the network storage, emulating a BIOS memory based on the BIOS data, and powering on the apparatus, in response to completing emulation of the BIOS memory;
- at least one processor configured for initializing the apparatus with the BIOS memory emulated by the management controller;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor for storing data.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions which cause a data processing device to:
- determine Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) image based on user input;
- and
- store the BIOS image on a network storage for use during a subsequent initialization of the data processing device;
- obtain the BIOS image from the network storage;
- emulate a BIOS memory based on the BIOS image;
- power on the computer system, in response to completing emulation of the BIOS memory;
- initialize a computer system with the BIOS memory emulated;
- and
- boot the computer system with the BIOS memory emulated by the management controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.