Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Peripheral monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-03
2009-10-06
Sorrell, Eron J (Department: 2182)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Peripheral monitoring
C710S008000, C710S017000, C710S018000, C714S002000, C714S006130, C714S013000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07600055
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for updating firmware to a plurality of memory devices residing on disparate controllers wherein each controller includes an identical communication path address. A management module writes a firmware image to a memory device residing on a primary controller. The primary controller, in turn, copies the firmware image to another memory device residing on a secondary controller. In this manner, the apparatus, system, and method may update firmware on a plurality of memory devices. Because the primary controller is tasked with updating the secondary controller, the management module is only aware that the firmware of the primary controller has been updated. In this manner, updating of the firmware on the secondary controller is transparent to the management module.
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Douglas Darren C.
Graves Jason J.
Liu Lei
Richeson Keith D.
Terashita Yoshihiko
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kunzler & McKenzie
Phan Dean
Sorrell Eron J
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