Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for automatically updating bios setup options
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Application No.: US15442271Application Date: 2017-02-24
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Publication No.: US10541868B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Yung-Fong Chou , Chung-Hung Tsai
- Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Taoyuan
- Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Current Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taoyuan
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Agent Zhou Lu
- Main IPC: H04L12/24
- IPC: H04L12/24 ; H04L12/46

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a system and method for enabling an administrator or a controller to update BIOS setup options on a server system and then automatically update the BIOS setup options on other server systems in a baseboard management controller (BMC) virtual local area network (VLAN). For example, the method may comprise: receiving, at a specific controller of a node, a command to update the BIOS setup option; determining whether the specific controller is a master by checking an internal flag of the specific controller; in an event that the specific controller is neither a master or a slave, broadcasting a master request to the VLAN; determining whether a reply is received within a predetermined time period; in an event that the reply is not received, setting the internal flag of the specific controller as a master; and sending an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) completion response.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180248749A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING BIOS SETUP OPTIONS Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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