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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Open Invention Network Llc, Durham, NC (US);
Colin Lee Feeser, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert Moore Gilbert, Moody, AL (US);
Richard A. Paul, Jr., Birmingham, AL (US);
Robert Keith Cahoon, Helena, AL (US);
Open Invention Network LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relates to processing functionality of a Configuration Manager Computer Association Tool (CMCA) to an Operating System Deployment (OSD) computer association process. The disclosure includes processing the Operating System Deployment (OSD) functionality of a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to configure a server, wherein the OSD causes the server to a Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE Boot). The SCCM may be launched for the PXE boot process to be associated with the server and configure the SCCM to associate with a specific OSD Task Sequence. Boot from a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has an associated MAC address, using the PXE, wherein the PXE boot process then hands the operation over to the designated OSD Task Sequencer (TS) which handles the configuration process according to at least one variable.