Accessing firmware of a remote computer system using a remote firmware interface

摘要

A method and system to access the firmware of a remote computer. The remote computer receives a request from a caller computer on a network. The request includes a task to be performed independent of an operating system of the remote computer. The remote computer processes the request and executes the task assigned in the request. The remote computer returns a response that contains information regarding the performance of the task to the caller computer. In one embodiment, the caller computer is a server and the remote computer is a client connected to the network. In another embodiment, the firmware of the remote computer operates in accordance with the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) framework standard.