SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PART REPLACEMENT

摘要

Methods and systems for supporting part replacement by an access controller of an information handling system may involve determining whether a firmware version of a hardware component installed on the information handling system matches a stored firmware version. When indicated, the installed firmware on the hardware component may be read and packaged into a firmware package. The firmware package may be stored by the access controller on an embedded storage partition to support future automatic part replacement of new instances of the hardware component.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
performing, by an access controller upon starting of an information handling system, a system inventory to discover a hardware component installed in the information handling system, wherein the system inventory includes determining a first firmware version installed on the hardware component; determining whether the hardware component is a supported device for the information handling system; when the hardware component is a supported device, determining whether an embedded storage partition accessible to the access controller stores a firmware package for the hardware component; when the embedded storage partition stores the firmware package, determining a second firmware version of the firmware package; when the embedded storage partition does not store the firmware package or when the second firmware version does not match the first firmware version, reading, from the hardware component, installed firmware corresponding to the first firmware version.