Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-06
2007-11-06
Perveen, Rehana (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
C713S002000, C713S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10406131
ABSTRACT:
A baseboard management controller (BMC) integrated circuit hosts a BIOS ROM interface. The BMC includes a bus interface responsive to an access to an address range associated with host operations, e.g., an address range associated with BIOS. The BMC includes an interface coupled to communicate with a remote computer for receiving BIOS updates and/or a BIOS patches from the remote computer. Multiple computers may each include a BMC-hosted BIOS ROM interface and may be coupled to a remote computer for communicating BIOS information between the BMCs and the remote computer.
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Stoynov Stefan
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