Network based firmware feature configuration and firmware image generation

摘要

A computer-implemented method for modeling a configuration of components connected directly or indirectly to a baseboard of a computer system includes: (a) defining a group of device description files at a network based firmware generator, each device description file describing a component in a set of components which is selectively included in the configuration, and each device description file specifies the identification information associated with the component to which the device description file is associated, (b) providing, at a remote computing device in communication with the firmware generator via a network, a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to visually generate a configuration instruction of baseboard firmware and send the configuration instruction to the firmware generator, and (c) constructing a firmware image at the firmware generator in accordance with the configuration instruction.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for modeling a configuration of components connected to a baseboard of a computer system, the method comprising:
providing a network based firmware generator in a network connecting a plurality of computing devices, wherein the computing devices comprise a remote computing device and a baseboard management controller (BMC) such that the network based firmware generator is accessible by the remote computing device; defining a plurality of device description files at the network based firmware generator, each device description file describing a component in a set of components which is selectively included in the configuration, wherein each device description file specifies the identification information associated with the component to which the device description file is associated; receiving, at a web server of the firmware generator, a login request for a user from the remote computing device through the network; in response to the login request, authenticating the user at the web server, and sending, from the web server to the remote computing device via a network, a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface, when received and executed at the at least one remote computing device, is configured to
allow the authenticated user to perform a selection of one or more of the components to be included in a firmware configuration file; andin response to the selection, construct a first request having information of the one or more components being selected, and send the first request to the web server of the firmware generator; receiving, at the web server of the firmware generator, the first request from the graphical user interface sent to and executed at the remote computing device; and in response to the first request, constructing a firmware image for the BMC at the firmware generator.