System for managing boot-up of target computers
First Claim
1. A system for controlling boot-up of a target machine upon power-up, the system comprising a managing processor;
- a notification mechanism coupled to the target machine for sending a notification to the managing processor that the target machine has been powered-up;
discovery software for determining one or more resources in the target machine; and
server software executed by the managing processor for transferring the boot-up software to the target machine in response to the notification.
9 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system for managing boot-up of target machines. In a preferred embodiment, a server computer acts as a managing computer. A target machine notifies the server that the target machine has been powered-up. The server allocates an IP address and sends a response to the target machine. The target machine download boot-up software from the server computer. The target machine then downloads discovery software from the server computer for purposes of determining information about the configuration and resources of the target machine. Standard protocols and mechanisms such as DHCP, BOOTP, TFTP and others can be used. The system works with different types of manufacturers'"'"' processors and platforms.
40 Citations
14 Claims
-
1. A system for controlling boot-up of a target machine upon power-up, the system comprising
a managing processor; -
a notification mechanism coupled to the target machine for sending a notification to the managing processor that the target machine has been powered-up;
discovery software for determining one or more resources in the target machine; and
server software executed by the managing processor for transferring the boot-up software to the target machine in response to the notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
5. A method for controlling boot-up of a target machine upon power-up, the method comprising
using a managing processor to receive a notification from the target machine indicating that the target machine has been powered-up; transferring discovery software from the managing processor to the target machine, wherein the discovery software determines one or more resources in the target machine.
Specification