Intel Corporation
Technologies for lifecycle management with remote firmware

Abstract:

Technologies for lifecycle management include multiple computing devices in communication with a lifecycle management server. On boot-up, a computing device loads a lightweight firmware boot environment. The lightweight firmware boot environment connects to the lifecycle management server and downloads one or more firmware images for controllers of the computing device. The controllers includes baseboard management controllers, network interface controllers, solid-state drive controllers, or other controllers. The lifecycle management server selects firmware images and/or versions of firmware images based on the controllers or the computing device. The computing device installs each firmware image to a controller memory device coupled to a controller, and in use, each controller accesses the firmware image in the controller memory device.