CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); G06F 13/4072 (2013.01); G06F 13/4081 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01); G06F 2213/3808 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] | 20 Claims |
16. A method for configuring a basic input output system, comprising:
transmitting, by a network interface controller of a docking station, one or more management component transport protocol (MCTP) packets via a system management bus (SMbus);
encoding, by a dock-side controller of the docking station, the one or more MCTP packets to one or more vendor specific protocol (VSP) packets;
transmitting, via a connector interface, the one or more VSP packets to an electrical device;
decoding, by a host-side controller of the electrical device, the one or more VSP packets to the one or more MCTP packets; and
configuring a basic input output system of the electrical device according to the one or more MCTP packets.
|