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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChakkalamattam J. Paul, Bradford A. Stern
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A method and system are presented for facilitating a PXE-compliant (Preboot Execution Environment) remote boot process between clients and multiple available servers on a network. Each server device can respond to a PXE-extended DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Request message from any client device on the network. Each client can receive responses from the alternate servers, select a server from one of those responses, and be directed by that response to complete the remote boot process from the same server. Each server also employs a self-throttling process to prevent the server from responding to new PXE-extended DHCP request messages from additional clients while the server has insufficient resources to remote boot additional clients with the required quality of service. This automatically redirects those additional clients to other servers that can provide the required quality of service without affecting the remote boot of clients already being serviced by the server.
A method within a server device for facilitating a remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
A method within a server device for facilitating a remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
A method within a server device for facilitating a PXE-compliant (Preboot Execution Environment compliant) remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
An apparatus within a server device for facilitating a remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus within a server device for facilitating a remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus within a server device for facilitating a PXE-compliant (Preboot Execution Environment compliant) remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the apparatus comprising:
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use within a server device for facilitating a remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the computer program product comprising:
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use within a server device for facilitating a remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the computer program product comprising:
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use within a server device for facilitating a PXE-compliant (Preboot Execution Environment compliant) remote boot process in a client device, wherein the client device and the server device reside on a network, the computer program product comprising:
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