摘要 |
A method of updating firmware components of a computer system includes downloading at least one update packet by a service processor of the computer system, the service processor operating independently of a main processor and main operating system of the computer system; creating an image of a bootable virtual storage medium in a memory connected to the service processor by the service processor, the image including data from the at least one downloaded update packet and auxiliary operating system; incorporating the created image as virtual storage drive with the bootable first data storage medium; booting the computer system from the created image of the virtual storage medium, wherein the main processor starts the auxiliary operating system; and updating firmware components on the basis of data from the at least one update packet of the created image of the virtual data storage medium under the control of the auxiliary operating system. |