Boot Disk Detection and Management in an Information Handling System Manufacturing Environment
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsDaiqian Zhan, Mark W. Shutt, Price Tsai
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Abstract
An information handling system includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device includes a boot image for the information handling system. The processor determines an architectural location for a boot device for the information handling system, determines that the storage device is located at the architectural location of the information handling system, determines a unique identifier for the storage device, determines from a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the information handling system a BIOS identifier associated with the unique identifier, and places the BIOS identifier at the top of a BIOS boot order list.
Claims20
An information handling system, comprising:
- a storage device that includes a boot image for the information handling system;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine an architectural location for a boot device for the information handling system;
- determine that the storage device is located at the architectural location of the information handling system;
- determine a unique identifier for the storage device;
- determine, from a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the information handling system, a BIOS identifier associated with the unique identifier;
- and
- place the BIOS identifier at the top of a BIOS boot order list.
A method, comprising:
- providing, on a storage device of an information handling system, a boot image for the information handling system;
- determining, by a processor of the information handling system, an architectural location for a boot device for the information handling system;
- determining, by the processor, that the storage device is located at the architectural location of the information handling system;
- determining, by the processor, a unique identifier for the storage device;
- determining, by the processor, from a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the information handling system, a BIOS identifier associated with the unique identifier;
- and
- placing the BIOS identifier at the top of a BIOS boot order list.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a storage controller;
- a storage device coupled to a port of the storage controller, wherein the storage device includes a boot image for the information handling system;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine, from a grid cache file, an architectural location for a boot device for the information handling system;
- determine that the storage device is located at the architectural location of the information handling system;
- determine a unique identifier for the storage device;
- determine from a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the information handling system a BIOS identifier associated with the unique identifier;
- and
- place the BIOS identifier at the top of a BIOS boot order list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.