Boot image discovery and delivery system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsGaurav Chawla, Charles T. Perusse, JR.
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Abstract
A boot image discovery and delivery system includes one or more subsystems to provide a host device, provide an image discovery client on the host device, transfer control of a start-up initialization to the image discovery client, receive authentication credentials from a centralized database, provide a first boot image to the host device for a first set of credentials and provide a second boot image to the host device for a second set of credentials.
Claims20
A boot image discovery and delivery system comprising one or more subsystems to:
- provide a host device;
- provide an image discovery client on the host device;
- transfer control of a start-up initialization to the image discovery client;
- receive authentication credentials from a centralized database;
- provide a first boot image to the host device for a first set of credentials;
- and
- provide a second boot image to the host device for a second set of credentials.
An information handling system (IHS) comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a boot image discovery and delivery system to run on the processor, the boot image discovery and delivery system comprising one or more subsystems to:
- provide a host device;
- provide an image discovery client on the host device;
- transfer control of a start-up initialization to the image discovery client;
- receive authentication credentials from a centralized database;
- provide a first boot image to the host device for a first set of credentials;
- and
- provide a second boot image to the host device for a second set of credentials.
A method to discover and deliver a boot image comprising:
- providing a host device;
- providing an image discovery client on the host device;
- transferring control of a start-up initialization to the image discovery client;
- receiving authentication credentials from a centralized database;
- providing a first boot image to the host device for a first set of credentials;
- and
- providing a second boot image to the host device for a second set of credentials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.