CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for using an auxiliary service controller on a host computing device to push firmware update patches to a host processor on the host computing device, the method comprising:
determining that a management agent on the host computing device is not accessible to a management entity on a separate computing device from the host computing device;
based on determining that the management agent on the host computing device is not accessible, receiving, at the auxiliary service controller and from the management entity, a firmware update patch for the host computing device; and
based on receiving the firmware update patch at the auxiliary service controller, causing the host processor on the host computing device to install the firmware update patch accessed from a shared memory region of the auxiliary service controller on the host computing device.
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