Methods and systems for updating the firmware on a plurality...

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2008-09-02

2008-09-02

Kiss, Eric B (Department: 2192)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software upgrading or updating

Network

C709S202000, C709S221000, C713S002000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10770951

ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems are provided for updating firmware on a plurality of networked computing devices via a distributed network. An instruction to update the firmware on a plurality of networked computing devices, such as nodes in a computer cluster, is sent from a manager computer to the computing devices monitoring for instructions. When the instruction is received, the computing devices transition to an operating system independent recovery state, receive a new firmware image over the distributed network, and update the firmware with the new firmware image.

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