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

Claim 12:
13. An article of manufacture comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
computer-executable instructions carried on the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the instructions, when read and executed by a processor of a management controller configured to perform out-of-band management of an information handling system comprising one of a plurality of information handling systems in a cluster, cause the management controller to perform operations including:
receiving 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.