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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2016
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Gary D. Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Jarrod B. Johnson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew A. Steele, Durham, NC (US);
Andrew H. Wray, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method includes a client device forming a link-layer protocol packet having a field that includes first credentials of the client device and sending the link-layer protocol packet to a directly attached network device while the client device is in a first configuration. The method further includes a management system obtaining the first credentials from the network device and using the first credentials to access the client device and change the client device from the first configuration to a second configuration. Optionally, a computer system may include a plurality of client devices that implement the method to facilitate securely configuring the entire computer system. Preferably, each client device generates system-unique first credentials.