Automatic BMC and bios firmware recovery

1. A method for recovering a firmware image in a baseboard management controller (BMC), the method comprising:

identifying, by the BMC, a failure to boot the BMC from both an active firmware image and a recovery firmware image;

initiating a recovery protocol to secure a fallback firmware image from a first source, when the failure is identified;

flashing the fallback firmware image onto a storage device of the BMC;

booting the BMC using the fallback firmware image stored on the storage device;

identifying, by the BMC, a failure to boot a host computer managed by the BMC from both an active initialization component image and a recovery initialization component image;

initiating a recovery protocol to secure a fallback initialization component image from a source when the failure is identified;

flashing the fallback initialization component image onto a storage device of the host computer;

booting the host computer using the fallback initialization component image stored on the storage device; and

initiating a recovery protocol to secure the fallback initialization component image from a second source, when the recovery from the first source is unsuccessful.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

validating the fallback firmware image after it is flashed onto the storage device; and

prevent the BMC from booting the fallback firmware image, when the validation is unsuccessful.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first source comprises at least one of an Embedded MultiMedia Card (eMMC), a Secure Digital (SD) card, and network storage.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first source is the network storage and the fallback firmware image is retrieved via a remote file transfer protocol selected from a group consisting of Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS).

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

initiating a recovery protocol to secure the fallback firmware image from a second source, when the recovery from the first source is unsuccessful.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the source comprises at least one of an Embedded MultiMedia Card (eMMC), a Secure Digital (SD) card, and network storage connected to the host computer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the active initialization component image and the recovery initialization component image are basic input/output system (BIOS) images or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) images.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

validating the fallback initialization component image after it is flashed onto the storage device of the host computer; and

prohibiting the host computer from booting the fallback initialization component image, when the validation is unsuccessful.

9. An apparatus, the apparatus being a baseboard management controller (BMC), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:

identify a failure to boot the apparatus from both an active firmware image and a recovery firmware image

initiate a recovery protocol to secure a fallback firmware image from a first source, when the failure is identified;

flash the fallback firmware image onto a storage device of the apparatus;

boot the apparatus using the fallback firmware image stored on the storage device;

identify a failure to boot a host computer from both an active initialization component image and a recovery initialization component image;

initiate a recovery protocol to secure a fallback initialization component image from a source, when the failure is identified;

flash the fallback initialization component image onto a storage device of the host computer;

boot the host computer using the fallback initialization component image stored on the storage device; and

initiate a recovery protocol to secure the fallback initialization component image from a second source, when the recovery from the first source is unsuccessful.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

validate the fallback firmware image after it is flashed onto the storage device; and

prevent the apparatus from booting the fallback firmware image, when validation is unsuccessful.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first source comprises at least one of an Embedded MultiMedia Card (eMMC), a Secure Digital (SD) card, and network storage.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first source is the network storage, and wherein the fallback firmware image is retrieved via a remote file transfer protocol selected from a group consisting of Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS).

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

initiate a recovery protocol to secure the fallback firmware image from a second source, when the recovery from the first source is unsuccessful.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the source comprises at least one of an Embedded MultiMedia Card (eMMC), a Secure Digital (SD) card, and network storage connected to the host computer.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the active initialization component image and the recovery initialization component image are basic input/output system (BIOS) images or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) images.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

validate the fallback initialization component image after it is flashed onto the storage device of the host computer; and

prevent the host computer from booting the fallback initialization component image, when the validation is unsuccessful.