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This talk explores an innovative approach to distributing firmware to flashless servers, presented by Jean-Marie Verdun, Senior Strategist for Open Platform at HPE. Discover a fully open-source solution released under the Open Compute Foundation OPF GitHub that addresses the lack of standardization in firmware distribution across vendors. Learn about the architecture of this system with special focus on PCIe end point firmware distribution using ethernet protocol. Understand how this scalable solution helps prevent human errors that could lead to production downtime or security vulnerabilities by implementing network boots, code retrieval, and signature checks. The 22-minute presentation encourages attendees to participate in future development of this common firmware distribution platform.