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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Michael A. Rothman, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert P. Hale, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew J. Fish, Olympia, WA (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Mahesh S. Natu, Portland, OR (US);
Michael A. Rothman, Olympia, WA (US);
Robert P. Hale, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew J. Fish, Olympia, WA (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Mahesh S. Natu, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a system and method relating to seamlessly enable enhanced management and scripting of a computer system and its add-in devices. In at least one embodiment, the present invention enables a system administrator or integrator to script a common configuration for multiple devices and then automatically configure the devices using the script. The language construct and central data repository for configuration settings are extended to comprehend a scripting language. A script is read by a script engine during either pre-boot or runtime. The script engine searches a keyword database on the central data repository to determine requested configuration settings. A data offset is corresponding to a specific op-code is used to determine where configuration settings are located, for modification.