TECHNIQUES FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE ON NETWORK MANAGEMENT CARDS

Abstract: techniques are described for conducting a firmware update on an nmc by: (a) sending a request for a license to install the firmware update on the nmc from a request device to a remote licensing server, the request including an identifier of the nmc; (b) receiving the license by the request device from the licensing server; (c) in response to a user request to install the firmware update on the nmc, verifying, by an installation device, that the license is associated with the identifier of the nmc; and (d) in response to verifying that the license is associated with the identifier of the nmc, sending the firmware update from the installation device to the nmc.

Inventor(s): Michael Albert Bonenfant, Simon Hugh Gillespie, Brian Joseph Murphy

CPC Classification: G06F21/107 ({License processing; Key processing})

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