Transferring files to a baseboard management controller (‘BMC’) in a computing system
View Patent ↗Transferring files to a baseboard management controller (‘BMC’) in a computing system, including: receiving, by the BMC, a request to initiate an update of the computing system; identifying, by the BMC, an area in memory within the computing system for storing an update file; and transmitting, by the BMC, a request to register the BMC as a virtual memory device.
1. A computing system for transferring files to a baseboard management controller (‘BMC’), the computing system including a computer processor and computer memory, the computing system also including a BMC configured to carry out the steps of:
receiving, via a first data communications bus, a request to initiate an update of the computing system;
identifying an area in the computer memory within the computing system for storing an update file; and
transmitting, to an operating system of the computing system via a second data communications bus, a request to register the BMC as a virtual memory device, wherein the virtual memory device is accessible to the operating system and applications executed by the computing system;
receiving, responsive to a write operation to the virtual memory device via the second data communications bus, the update file; and
writing the update file to the identified area in the computer memory.
2. The computing system of claim 1 wherein the second data communications bus comprises a Universal Serial Bus (‘USB’).
3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the BMC is further configured to receive a response indicating that the entire update file has been transferred.
4. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the BMC is further configured to execute a system update using the update file stored in the identified area in memory.
5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the BMC is further configured to transmit a request to deregister the BMC as a virtual memory device.
6. A computer program product for transferring files to a baseboard management controller (‘BMC’) in a computing system, the computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the BMC to carry out the steps of:
receiving, via a first data communications bus, a request to initiate an update of the computing system;
identifying an area in the computer memory within the computing system for storing an update file; and
transmitting, to an operating system of the computing system via a second data communications bus, a request to register the BMC as a virtual memory device, wherein the virtual memory device is accessible to the operating system and applications executed by the computing system;
receiving, responsive to a write operation to the virtual memory device via the second data communications bus, the update file; and
writing the update file to the identified area in the computer memory.
7. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the the second data communications bus comprises a Universal Serial Bus (‘USB’).
8. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the BMC to carry out the step of receiving a response indicating that the entire update file has been transferred.
9. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the BMC to carry out the step of executing a system update using the update file stored in the identified area in memory.
10. The computer program product of claim 6 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the BMC to carry out the step of transmitting a request to deregister the BMC as a virtual memory device.