In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. The computer system includes a BMC. The BMC receives, through a management platform on the BMC, a first part of initialization data from an initialization component of a host of the BMC. The BMC also receives an indication of a location at an initialization storage device of the host. The BMC then obtains access to the initialization storage device. The BMC reads a second part of the initialization data from the location of the initialization storage device.