Automated Services Procurement Through Multi-Stage Process
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a managed system to determine customer entitlements comprising:
- storing a common base agent on the information handling system;
storing a configuration file on the information handling system;
combining the common base agent and the configuration file to provide a managed system specific agent, the managed system specific agent identifying entitlements associated with the managed system;
determining whether the managed system specific agent is present when the managed system is booted up;
accessing a provisioning server if the managed system specific agent is not present; and
,reinstalling the configuration file from the provisioning server onto the managed system.
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Abstract
A system which enables a secure network boot to address customer services offerings. The customer service offerings can include on-demand diagnostics to system reinstallation as well as automatic entitlement validation and service installation. Such a system enables a method of network booting that can be secure from beginning to end, is routable in any network configuration that supports Internet routing, avoids traditional infrastructure requirements thereby making the infrastructure more accessible, is extensible to address scaling requirements, is extensible to EFI technology and can be used on existing BIOS option-ROM implementations, provides a better (i.e., simpler, more secure) customer experience for network boot services, provides a multi-stage architecture that allows numerous service offerings to be obtained once entitlement is validated, and provides for both In-Band (OS operational and booted) and Out-of-Band (OS not operational or not installed) access to remote service capabilities.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a managed system to determine customer entitlements comprising:
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storing a common base agent on the information handling system; storing a configuration file on the information handling system; combining the common base agent and the configuration file to provide a managed system specific agent, the managed system specific agent identifying entitlements associated with the managed system; determining whether the managed system specific agent is present when the managed system is booted up; accessing a provisioning server if the managed system specific agent is not present; and
,reinstalling the configuration file from the provisioning server onto the managed system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for enabling a managed system to determine customer entitlements comprising:
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means for storing a common base agent on the information handling system; means for storing a configuration file on the information handling system; means for combining the common base agent and the configuration file to provide a managed system specific agent, the managed system specific agent identifying entitlements associated with the managed system; means for determining whether the managed system specific agent is present when the managed system is booted up; means for accessing a provisioning server if the managed system specific agent is not present; and
,means for reinstalling the configuration file from the provisioning server onto the managed system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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