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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Kevin Allen Hughes, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jason Garth Pearce, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A managed boot process system includes a management device coupled to a networking device through a network. The networking device includes a storage system with an assured boot image, a plurality of runtime images, and a plurality of session data, and a memory system having boot instructions. A processing system in the networking device stores the plurality of session details in the storage system during a management session with the management device and prior to a reboot. The processing system then performs a reboot and executes the boot instructions to load the assured boot image. The networking device then uses the session details to restart the management session without reauthorization subsequent to loading the assured boot image and prior to loading a runtime image. The networking device then provides a graphical user interface over the network to the management device and uses it to receive a management instruction for execution.