Information handling systems including network adapters and methods of booting the information handling systems using boot configuration information from remote sources

A system comprising:

• a remote source comprising different sets of boot configuration information, wherein the different sets include first boot configuration information;
• a storage array comprising different boot images, wherein the different boot images include a first boot image;
• and
• a first information handling system coupled to and separate from the remote source and storage array, wherein the first information handling system comprises a first network adapter, wherein the first information handling system is operable to:
• start a first initiator within a first pre-OS environment;
• create a first boot configuration table while operating within the first pre-OS environment;
• receive first boot configuration information from a remote source;
• and
• populate the first boot configuration table with the first boot configuration information while within the first pre-OS environment,
• wherein the creation and populating of the first boot configuration table is performed independent of the first initiator's type.

Machine-executable code embedded within a tangible medium, wherein the machine-executable code includes instructions for carrying out a method comprising:

• starting a first initiator within a first pre-OS environment for a first information handling system having a first network adapter;
• creating a first boot configuration table while operating within the first pre-OS environment;
• and
• populating the first boot configuration table with first boot configuration information while within the first pre-OS environment after receiving the first boot configuration information for the first information handling system from a remote source,
• wherein creating and populating are performed independent of the first initiator's type.