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Appendix B: Setting up an in-house repository to support network updates Disclaimer The information contained within this appendix, including URL, other web site references, and other specification documents are subject to change without notice and are provided for informational purposes only. No licenses with respect to any intellectual property are being granted, expressly or impliedly, by the disclosure of the information contained in this document. Furthermore, neither Hewlett Packard nor any of its subsidiaries makes any warranties of any nature regarding the use of the information contained within this document, and thus the entire risk, if any, resulting from the use of information within this document is the sole responsibility of the user. In addition, the names of the technologies, actual companies, and products mentioned within this document may be trademarks of their respective owners. Complying with all applicable copyright and trademark laws is the sole responsibility of the user of this document. Without limiting any rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the express written consent of Hewlett Packard. Hewlett Packard or its subsidiaries may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering the subject matter in this document. Except where expressly provided in any written license from Hewlett Packard or its subsidiaries, the furnishing of this document, or any ideas contained within, does not grant any license to these ideas, patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property. Introduction HP notebooks, desktops, or workstations can receive BIOS updates over the network from a repository on a pre-defined HP HTTP /FTP site. Alternatively, the BIOS Update from a Network option also supports updates from an in-house server. This appendix describes how to configure a repository on an in-house HTTP/ FTP server12 in order to store approved BIOS files for HP platforms. Terminology HTTP server - Uses HTTP protocol to interact with clients such as web browsers; common implementations include Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and Apache FTP Server - Uses FTP protocol to interact with FTP client such as web browsers, as well as applications such as WS-FTP and FileZilla; common implementations include Microsoft IIS and Apache Sysid - System ID, four hexadecimal characters that uniquely identify a particular HP platform; reported through the SMBIOS. BIOS Update from a Network - HP feature designed to provide BIOS updates over the network 12 Setting up the server is beyond the scope of this appendix 22