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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Carol B. Hernandez, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen D. Linam, Austin, TX (US);
John T. O'quin, Ii, Austin, TX (US);
Mark W. Wenning, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Carol B. Hernandez, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen D. Linam, Austin, TX (US);
John T. O'Quin, II, Austin, TX (US);
Mark W. Wenning, Cedar Park, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system that enable system firmware to efficiently boot an operating system (OS) and/or client program from a network-connected Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) device. The method generally comprises: (1) defining the firmware representation of the iSCSI device within the hierarchical data structure that represents the system hardware; and (2) extending the network support package to accommodate additional boot arguments that allow system firmware to acquire the information required for booting from the network-connected iSCSI device, while utilizing one of the existing discovery protocols.