Patent ID: 8863110

Claim:
A computing system, the computing system in electronic communication with a motherboard comprising: a storage system; at least one processor; and one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising: a setting module operable to set parameters for updating firmware to a baseboard management controller (BMC) of the motherboard, wherein the parameters comprise a predetermined number of times to update the firmware of the BMC and a time interval between two consecutive updates; an updating module operable to update the firmware of the BMC according to the parameters; a determination module operable to determine whether a current update of the firmware is successful, the current update being determined to be successful upon a condition that a time between the two consecutive updates is equal to the set time interval between two consecutive updates; a counting module operable to calculate a number of successful updates, in response to a determination that the current update is successful; and a generating module operable to record information of each of the successful updates and generate a log file for storing the information, in response to a determination that the counted number of the successful updates is equal to the predetermined number of the times.