System and method for updating host operating system drivers from a management controller
An information handling system includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) that performs a firmware boot operation. During the firmware boot operation, the BIOS determines whether a driver pack management controller setting is enabled within a baseboard management controller of the information handling system. In response to the driver pack management controller setting being enabled, the BIOS copies a binary utility from the baseboard management controller to a system memory, and creates an operating system specific platform binary table to point to the binary utility on the baseboard management controller. In response to the operating system being initialized, a processor invokes the binary utility, mounts a memory partition of the baseboard management controller as a virtual drive of the operating system, and executes the operating system specific binary stage under a fixed globally unique identifier to install a driver pack.
1. An information handling system comprising:
a basic input/output system (BIOS) to perform a firmware boot operation, during the firmware boot operation the BIOS to:
determine whether a driver pack management controller setting is enabled within a baseboard management controller of the information handling system;
in response to the driver pack management controller setting being enabled:
copy a binary utility from the baseboard management controller to a system memory; and
create an operating system specific platform binary table to point to the binary utility on the baseboard management controller; and
a processor to communicate with the BIOS, in response to an operating system being initialized, the processor to:
execute the binary utility;
mount a memory partition of the baseboard management controller as a virtual drive of the operating system; and
execute the operating system specific binary stage under a fixed globally unique identifier to install a driver pack.
2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein:
the baseboard management controller including the memory partition, in response to a reboot of a platform of the information handling system, the baseboard management controller to:
determine whether the driver pack management controller setting is enabled; and
in response to the driver pack management controller setting being enabled:
store the driver pack within the memory partition, the driver pack is associated with an updated operating system of the information handling system; and
store the binary utility in the partition, the binary utility is compatible with the operating system.
3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS to copy the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to the system memory further includes, the BIOS to:
transfer the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to a platform firmware; and
transfer the binary utility from the platform firmware to the system memory.
4. The information handling system of claim 3 , wherein the transfer of the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to the platform firmware is performed via an out-of-band communication between the BIOS and the baseboard management controller.
5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the processor further to transfer the binary utility to a disk of the information handling system prior to the execution of the binary utility.
6. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the BIOS further to communicate a binary utility status to the processor.
7. The information handling system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a session manager of the operating system, the session manager to invoke the binary utility with a command line option set to the fixed globally unique identifier.
8. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the binary utility is a system management utility identified by the fixed globally unique identifier.
9. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein a state of the driver pack management controller setting is set by a user of the information handling system prior to a reboot of the platform.
10. A method comprising:
executing, by a basic input/output system (BIOS) of an information handling system, an operating system;
determining whether a driver pack management controller setting is enabled within a baseboard management controller of the information handling system;
in response to the driver pack management controller setting being enabled:
copying a binary utility from the baseboard management controller to a system memory; and
creating an operating system specific platform binary table to point to the binary utility on the baseboard management controller; and
in response to the operating system being initialized:
executing, by a processor, the binary utility;
mounting a memory partition of the baseboard management controller as a virtual drive of the operating system; and
executing an operating system specific binary stage under a fixed globally unique identifier to install a driver pack.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
in response to a reboot of a platform of the information handling system
determining, by a baseboard management controller, whether the driver pack management controller setting is enabled; and
in response to the driver pack management controller setting being enabled:
storing the driver pack within the memory partition, the driver pack is associated with an updated operating system of the information handling system; and
storing the binary utility in the memory partition, the binary utility is compatible with the operating system.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein copying of the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to the system memory includes:
transferring the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to a platform firmware; and
transferring the binary utility from the platform firmware to the system memory.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the transfer of the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to the platform firmware is performed via an out-of-band communication between the BIOS and the baseboard management controller.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the processor further to transfer the binary utility to a disk of the information handling system prior to the execution of the binary utility.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the BIOS further to communicate a binary utility status to the processor.
16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
invoking, by a session manager of the operating system, the binary utility with a command line option set to the fixed globally unique identifier.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the binary utility is a system management utility identified by the fixed globally unique identifier.
18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
executing an operating system;
determining whether a driver pack management controller setting is enabled within a baseboard management controller of an information handling system;
in response to the driver pack management controller setting being enabled:
copying a binary utility from the baseboard management controller to a system memory; and
creating an operating system specific platform binary table to point to the binary utility on the baseboard management controller; and
in response to the operating system being initialized:
executing the binary utility;
mounting a memory partition of the baseboard management controller as a virtual drive of the operating system; and
executing an operating system specific binary stage under a fixed globally unique identifier to install a driver pack.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:
in response to a reboot of a platform of the information handling system
determining, by a baseboard management controller, whether the driver pack management controller setting is enabled; and
in response to the driver pack management controller setting being enabled:
storing the driver pack within the memory partition, the driver pack is associated with an updated operating system of the information handling system; and
storing the binary utility in the partition, the binary utility is compatible with the operating system.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the coping of the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to the system memory further includes:
transferring the binary utility from the baseboard management controller to a platform firmware; and
transferring the binary utility from the platform firmware to the system memory.