Managing out-of-box experience (OOBE) configuration at a client information handling system

An information handling system comprising a processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations, comprising:

• detecting a boot experience at the client information handling system;
• in response to detecting the boot experience, verifying an active network connection at the client information handling system, including:
• querying a value of an intra boot network tag (IBNT) that represents a connectivity state of the client information handling system across OOBE boots;
• determining, based on the querying, that the IBNT indicates that the client information handling system does have network connectivity, and in response, waiting for the active network connection at the information handling system;
• in response to verifying the active network connection at the client information handling system, providing a request to a server information handling system for a configuration file specific to the client information handling system, the server information handling system in communication with the client information handling system;
• receiving, in response to the request and from the server information handling system, the configuration file;
• in response to receiving the configuration file:
• ceasing the boot experience;
• parsing the configuration file, including extracting values of the configuration file and creating an answer file with the extracted values;
• executing system preparation at the client information handling system;
• rebooting the client information handling system;
• and
• performing the boot experience at the client information handling system utilizing the created answer file.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• detecting a boot experience at the client information handling system;
• in response to detecting the boot experience, verifying an active network connection at the client information handling system, including:
• querying a value of an intra boot network tag (IBNT) that represents a connectivity state of the client information handling system across OOBE boots;
• determining, based on the querying, that the IBNT indicates that the client information handling system does have network connectivity, and in response, waiting for the active network connection at the information handling system;
• in response to verifying the active network connection at the client information handling system, providing a request to a server information handling system for a configuration file specific to the client information handling system, the server information handling system in communication with the client information handling system;
• receiving, in response to the request and from the server information handling system, the configuration file;
• in response to receiving the configuration file:
• ceasing the boot experience;
• parsing the configuration file, including extracting values of the configuration file and creating an answer file with the extracted values;
• executing system preparation at the client information handling system;
• rebooting the client information handling system;
• and
• performing the boot experience at the client information handling system utilizing the created answer file.