Patent ID: 7111050

Claim:
A method comprising: instructing by a base node of a coalesced system to at least one other node of the coalesced system to start a process related to private memory that is firmware, each of the base node and the at least one other node including one or more processors, memory, and input/output (I/O) modules, the process relating to updating the firmware of the at least one other node; starting the process by each of the at least one other node on each of the at least one other node, the process accessing private memory that is firmware on each of the at least one other node; and, reporting back results of the process by each of the at least one other node to the base node, wherein the method is performed without rebooting of any of the at least one other node, such that the firmware of the at least one other node is updated without rebooting of any of the at least one other node.