Patent ID: 11922159
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A firmware management method, the firmware management method comprising:
receiving, by a management controller of an information handling system comprising one of a plurality of information handling systems in a cluster, a request from a remote management utility to create a firmware image for an item of firmware for the cluster; and
responsive to receiving the request, performing operations including:
retrieving a firmware update package;
storing the firmware update package in a repository integral to the management controller; and

enabling the remote management utility to access the firmware update package stored in the repository to perform a firmware update for another information handling system in the cluster, wherein said enabling includes communicating a uniform resource locator to the remote management utility, the uniform resource locator setting forth a path of the firmware update package within the repository.