System and article of manufacture for executing initialization code to configure connected devices

An article of manufacture having code capable of being used to configure at least one device connected to a system and to communicate with a memory, wherein the code causes operations to be performed, the operations comprising:

• providing a plurality of segments in a computer readable storage medium to configure at least one connected device, wherein each segment includes configuration code to configure the at least one connected device;
• executing the segments according to a segment order by executing the configuration code in each segment to perform configuration operations with respect to the at least one connected device;
• indicating completion of the segment in a memory in response to completing execution of the configuration operations for the segment;
• determining from the memory a last completed segment in the segment order in response to recovery from a failure, wherein the failure occurred while executing a failed segment following the last completed segment in the segment ordering;
• determining whether execution can continue from the failed segment;
• and
• executing the configuration code in the failed segment in response to determining that execution can continue from the failed segment.