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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Venkatesan Balakrishnan, Chennai, IN;
Prakash Shanmugakani, Chennai, IN;
Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran, Chennai, IN;
Manikandan Ganesan Malliga, Dindigul, IN;
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a service processor. The service processor loads a primary copy of a collection of environment variables from a storage device of the service processor. The service processor determines whether the primary copy is integral. The service processor, in response to a determination that the primary copy is not integral: loads a backup copy of the collection of environment variables from the storage device, determines whether the backup copy is integral, and boots an operating system with the collection of environment variables of the backup copy in response to a determination that the backup copy is integral.