Patent ID: 7103687

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a memory comprising a host and an image file; a processor configured to execute the host; an input/output (I/O) controller coupled to the processor; and a management processing system coupled to the I/O controller and comprising a first storage location, a first memory, a second memory configured to store first firmware, and a network connection that is configured to provide a remote user with access to the computer system, the management processing system configured to execute the first firmware to provide status information associated with the computer system to the remote user using the network connection; wherein the host is configured to cause the processor to store a first portion of the image file in the first memory, wherein the host is configured to cause the processor to set the first storage location subsequent to storing the first portion in the first memory, and wherein the management processing system is configured to store the first portion of the image file in the second memory in response to detecting that the first storage location has been set.