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DEPLOYMENT OF BOOT IMAGES IN DISKLESS SERVERS

  • US 20100287365A1
  • Filed: 01/28/2008
  • Published: 11/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to deploy a boot image in a diskless server in a computer system, comprising:

  • initiating, in a remote management server coupled to a RAID controller in the computer system by an out-of-band communication link, a command to instruct the RAID controller to create at least a first logical volume in a memory module coupled to the RAID controller;

    transmitting the command to the RAID controller via the out-of-band communication link;

    in response to the command, creating, in the RAID controller, the first logical volume for the boot image;

    transmitting a boot image from the remote management server to the RAID controller via the out-of-band communication link;

    storing the boot image in the first logical volume;

    assigning ownership of the first logical volume to a first diskless server in the computer system; and

    initiating a boot operation for the first server, wherein the first server boots from the boot image in the first logical volume.

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