Booting to a recovery/maintenance environment
First Claim
1. A method for booting to a partition without a local operator comprising the steps of:
- receiving a packet from a network, wherein said packet comprises a repeatable destination address, wherein said packet further comprises directive information for determining if a BIOS boots to said partition;
inserting said directive information in a register;
reading said register by said BIOS; and
booting to said partition by said BIOS if said directive information indicates that said BIOS boots to said partition.
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Abstract
A system, computer program product and method for booting to a partition in a non-volatile storage unit without a local operator. In one embodiment, one or more bits in a BOOT register may be set by an operating system indicating if the BIOS should boot to the partition. The BIOS may then read the BOOT register to determine if the BIOS is to boot to the partition as well as any activities to perform if the BIOS is to boot to the partition. In another embodiment, a network interface card may insert directive information received from a packet in a register within the network interface card. The BIOS may then read the register within the network interface card to determine if the BIOS is to boot to the partition as well as any activities to perform if the BIOS is to boot to the partition.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for booting to a partition without a local operator comprising the steps of:
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receiving a packet from a network, wherein said packet comprises a repeatable destination address, wherein said packet further comprises directive information for determining if a BIOS boots to said partition; inserting said directive information in a register; reading said register by said BIOS; and booting to said partition by said BIOS if said directive information indicates that said BIOS boots to said partition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product having computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for booting to a partition without a local operator, comprising:
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programming operable for receiving a packet from a network, wherein said packet comprises a repeatable destination address, wherein said packet further comprises directive information for determining if a BIOS boots to said partition; programming operable for inserting said directive information in a register; programming operable for reading said register by said BIOS; and programming operable for booting to said partition by said BIOS if said directive information indicates that said BIOS boots to said partition. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a processor; a first memory unit, wherein said first memory unit stores a BIOS; a storage unit, wherein said storage unit comprises a partition; a second memory unit operable for storing a computer program operable for booting to said partition without a local operator; a network interface card comprising a register; an input mechanism; an output mechanism; and a bus system coupling the processor to the first memory, storage unit, second memory unit, network interface card, input mechanism, and output mechanism, wherein the computer program is operable for performing the following programming steps; receiving a packet from a network, wherein said packet comprises a repeatable destination address, wherein said packet further comprises directive information for determining if said BIOS boots to said partition; inserting said directive information in said register; reading said register by said BIOS; and booting to said partition by said BIOS if said directive information indicates that said BIOS boots to said partition. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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Specification