diff --git a/ucsmsdk/ucsgenutils.py b/ucsmsdk/ucsgenutils.py
index 4b92ef12..8899f3af 100644
--- a/ucsmsdk/ucsgenutils.py
+++ b/ucsmsdk/ucsgenutils.py
@@ -226,6 +226,79 @@ def upload_file(driver, uri, file_dir, file_name, progress=Progress()):
         raise ValueError("File upload failed.")
 
 
+def read_in_chunks(file_object, chunk_size=10*1024*1024):
+    """(generator) to read a file piece by piece.
+    Default chunk size: 10MB."""
+    while True:
+        data = file_object.read(chunk_size)
+        if not data:
+            break
+        yield data
+
+
+def generate_uri_for_chunks(uri, counter, flag):
+    """(generator) to generate uri for chunks
+     and return URI"""
+    index = uri.rfind("/")
+    if flag == 0 :
+        res = uri[ : index ] + "/" + str(counter) + uri[index : ]
+        return res
+    else :
+        res = uri[ : index ] + "/merge-" + str(counter) + uri[index : ]
+        return res
+
+
+def upload_firmware(driver, uri, file_dir, file_name, progress=Progress()):
+    """
+    Uploads the file on web server
+
+    Args:
+        driver (UcsDriver)
+        uri (str): url to upload the file
+        file_dir (str): The directory to download to
+        file_name (str): The destination file name for the download
+
+    Returns:
+        None
+
+    Example:
+        driver = UcsDriver()\n
+        upload_firmware(driver=UcsDriver(), uri="http://fileurl", file_dir='/home/user/backup', file_name='my_config_backup.xml')
+    """
+
+    content_path = os.path.join(file_dir, file_name)
+    content_size = os.path.getsize(content_path)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(content_path):
+        raise IOError("File does not exist")
+
+    f = open(content_path,'rb')
+    chunk_size = 10*1024*1024
+    counter = 0
+    flag = 0
+
+    for chunk in read_in_chunks(f, chunk_size):
+        if len(chunk) > 0:
+            try:
+                counter += 1
+                chunk_uri = generate_uri_for_chunks(uri, counter, flag)
+                response = driver.post(chunk_uri, data = chunk)
+                progress.update(content_size, len(chunk))
+                if not response:
+                    raise ValueError("File upload failed.")
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise Exception(e)
+    try:
+        counter += 1
+        flag = 1
+        merge_uri = generate_uri_for_chunks(uri, counter, flag)
+        response = driver.post(merge_uri)
+        if not response:
+            raise ValueError("File upload failed.")
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise Exception(e)
+
+
 def check_registry_key(java_key):
     """ Method checks for the java in the registry entries. """
 
diff --git a/ucsmsdk/ucssession.py b/ucsmsdk/ucssession.py
index ac9dffff..121ad302 100644
--- a/ucsmsdk/ucssession.py
+++ b/ucsmsdk/ucssession.py
@@ -427,6 +427,49 @@ def file_upload(
 
         self.__driver.remove_header('Cookie')
 
+
+    def firmware_upload(
+            self,
+            url_suffix,
+            file_dir,
+            file_name,
+            progress=Progress()):
+        """
+        Uploads the file on UCSM server.
+
+        Args:
+            url_suffix (str): suffix url to be appended to
+                http\https://host:port/ to locate the file on the server
+            source_dir (str): The directory to upload from
+            file_name (str): The destination file name for the download
+            progress (ucsgenutils.Progress): Class that has method to display progress
+
+        Returns:
+            None
+
+        Example:
+            source_dir = "/home/user/backup"\n
+            file_name = "config_backup.xml"\n
+            uri_suffix = "operations/file-%s/importconfig.txt" % file_name\n
+            firmware_upload(url_suffix=uri_suffix, source_dir=source_dir, file_name=file_name)
+        """
+
+        from .ucsgenutils import upload_firmware
+
+        file_url = "%s/%s" % (self.__uri, url_suffix)
+
+        self.__driver.add_header('Cookie', 'ucsm-cookie=%s'
+                                 % self.__cookie)
+
+        upload_firmware(self.__driver,
+                    uri=file_url,
+                    file_dir=file_dir,
+                    file_name=file_name,
+                    progress=progress)
+
+        self.__driver.remove_header('Cookie')
+
+
     def __start_refresh_timer(self):
         """
         Internal method to support auto-refresh functionality.