DATA STORAGE DEVICE INITIATION OF FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD DURING INACTIVITY

摘要

A method includes a data storage device having a device parameter, said data storage device identifying a firmware image that is associated with said device parameter and is a more current version than a firmware image installed on the data storage device, wherein the identified firmware image is available from a firmware repository. The method further includes the data storage device initiating a download of the identified firmware image from the firmware repository during a period of time that the data storage device is handling no input-output tasks. Optionally, the method may further include the data storage device pausing the download of the firmware image from the firmware repository in response to receiving an input-output task.