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Data processing network with boot process using multiple servers

  • US 5,872,968 A
  • Filed: 04/03/1997
  • Issued: 02/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data processing network comprising at least one client system connected to first and second server systems, the first and second server systems being operable to communicate with the network according to first and second incompatible data communication protocols respectively, the client system being operable to issue, onto the network, a first boot request according to the first data communication protocol, the first server being operable, in response to the client request, to send bootstrap code to the client system, which code when executed on the client causes the client to issue a second boot request according to the second communication protocol for servicing by the second server system.

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