System and method for remote RAID configuration
First Claim
1. A system for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (“
- RAID”
) configuration of a target information handling system having one of plural vendor-specific configurations, the system comprising;
a RAID configuration utility operable to provide RAID configuration information to the target information handling system with a selected vendor-specific utility associated with the target information handling system;
a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
) server operable to provide at least one of a RAID configuration Preboot Execution Environment (“
PXE”
) boot file to the target information handling system on an initial boot and a primary boot file to the target information handling system; and
a deployment engine operable to communicate the RAID configuration information to the target information handling system after boot with the RAID configuration PXE boot file, the RAID configuration information for performing a vendor specific configuration, the deployment engine further operable to reset the DHCP server to boot the target information handling system to the primary boot file after application of the RAID configuration information.
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Abstract
A deployment module of a RAID deployment management system integrates vendor-specific RAID configurations into a vendor-independent infrastructure with a RAID configuration utility that translates vendor-specific formatted configuration information to vendor-independent formatted configuration information. A user interface determines a RAID configuration for a target information handling system from a unique identifier associated with the target information handling system and deploys the configuration information through a deployment engine that selects a boot file from a DHCP server for the target to boot to with a PXE client. The deployment engine loads an agent to the target that executes to configure the target and then resets the boot file associated with the target so that subsequent boot allows the configured target to deploy software.
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1. A system for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (“
- RAID”
) configuration of a target information handling system having one of plural vendor-specific configurations, the system comprising;a RAID configuration utility operable to provide RAID configuration information to the target information handling system with a selected vendor-specific utility associated with the target information handling system; a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
) server operable to provide at least one of a RAID configuration Preboot Execution Environment (“
PXE”
) boot file to the target information handling system on an initial boot and a primary boot file to the target information handling system; anda deployment engine operable to communicate the RAID configuration information to the target information handling system after boot with the RAID configuration PXE boot file, the RAID configuration information for performing a vendor specific configuration, the deployment engine further operable to reset the DHCP server to boot the target information handling system to the primary boot file after application of the RAID configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- RAID”
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9. A method for RAID configuration of a target information handling system, the method comprising:
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selecting a RAID configuration for deployment to a target information handling system, the RAID configuration associated with a vendor-specific configuration utility; identifying one of plural RAID configuration boot files associated with a DHCP server, the identified RAID configuration boot file associated with the vendor-specific configuration utility; performing a PXE boot from an initial state of the target information handling system with the RAID configuration boot file to run a deployment operating system; deploying RAID configuration information to the target information handling system;
applying the RAID configuration information to the target information handling system;identifying a primary boot file associated with the DHCP server; and performing a PXE boot with the primary boot file. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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