Patent ID: 9043777
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring files to a baseboard management controller (‘BMC’) in a computing system, the method comprising: receiving, by the BMC via a first data communications bus, a request to initiate an update of the computing system; identifying, by the BMC, an area in computer memory within the computing system for storing an update file; and transmitting, by the BMC to an operating system of the computing system via a second data communications bus, a request to register the BMC as a virtual memory device, wherein the virtual memory device is accessible to the operating system and applications executed by the computing system; receiving, by the BMC responsive to a write operation to the virtual memory device via the second data communications bus, the update file via an interface to the virtual memory device; and writing, by the BMC, the update file to the identified area in computer memory.