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US 11,385,905 B2Granted
Managing boot device orders for computing devices
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorsKambiz Aghaiepour, Gonzalo Antonio Rafuls, William W. Foster, Jr.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing boot device orders for computing devices are disclosed. A device management module may use boot metadata to provide a common syntax/format for a user to indicate a boot order for the computing device. The device management module may determine the appropriate commands for a particular type of computing device and use the appropriate commands to set the boot order of the computing devices to the desired boot order.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a request to modify a boot order for a set of bootable devices on a computing device, wherein the computing device is one of a set of heterogeneous computing devices, and wherein the request comprises an identifier for the computing device and a configuration for the computing device;
- determining a first boot order for the set of bootable devices on the computing device based on the identifier for the computing device, the configuration for the computing device, and a boot metadata, wherein the boot metadata comprises a set of boot orders for the set of heterogeneous computing devices and wherein the boot metadata conforms to a common syntax across the set of heterogeneous computing devices;
- determining a set of commands to set the boot order for the set of bootable devices to the first boot order based on command data, wherein the command data indicates a plurality of commands for managing the set of heterogeneous computing devices;
- and
- transmitting the set of commands to an out-of-band system of the computing device, wherein the plurality of commands comprises subsets of commands that are compatible with different out-of-band systems.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
- receive a request to modify a boot order for a set of bootable devices on a computing device, wherein the computing device is one of a set of heterogeneous computing devices, and wherein the request comprises an identifier for the computing device and a configuration for the computing device;
- determine a first boot order for the set of bootable devices on the computing device based on the identifier for the computing device, the configuration for the computing device, and a boot metadata, wherein the boot metadata comprises a set of boot orders for the set of heterogeneous computing devices and wherein the boot metadata conforms to a common syntax across the set of heterogeneous computing devices;
- determine a set of commands to set the boot order for the set of bootable devices to the first boot order based on command data, wherein the command data indicates a plurality of commands for managing the set of heterogeneous computing devices;
- determine whether the boot order of the computing device matches the first boot order;
- transmit the set of commands to an out-of-band system of the computing device when the computing device does not match the first boot order;
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- refrain from transmitting the set of commands when the boot order of the computing device matches the first boot order.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having instruction stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:
- receive a request to modify a boot order for a set of bootable devices on a computing device, wherein the computing device is one of a set of heterogeneous computing devices, and wherein the request comprises an identifier for the computing device and a configuration for the computing device;
- determine a first boot order for the set of bootable devices on the computing device based on the identifier for the computing device, the configuration for the computing device, and a boot metadata, wherein the boot metadata comprises a set of boot orders for the set of heterogeneous computing devices and wherein the boot metadata conforms to a common syntax across the set of heterogeneous computing devices;
- determine a set of commands to set the boot order for the set of bootable devices to the first boot order based on command data, wherein the command data indicates a plurality of commands for managing the set of heterogeneous computing devices;
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- transmit the set of commands to an out-of-band system of the computing device;
- receive a second request to use a first bootable device of the set of bootable devices for a one-time boot of the computing device;
- determine a second set of commands to configure the computing device to use the first bootable device for the one-time boot of the computing device based on the command data;
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- transmit the second set of commands to the out-of-band system of the computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.