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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2007
Weijia Zhang, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rizwan Ali, Austin, TX (US);
Richard B. Landau, Austin, TX (US);
David Mar, Austin, TX (US);
Weijia Zhang, Round Rock, TX (US);
Rizwan Ali, Austin, TX (US);
Richard B. Landau, Austin, TX (US);
David Mar, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for deployment of a software image to a plurality of target devices are disclosed. A method may include communicatively coupling a root node device to a plurality of internal node devices, and communicatively coupling a plurality of leaf node devices to the root node devices and the internal node devices. The root node device may transmit a software image from the root node device to at least two of the internal node devices, and each internal node device may transmit the software image to at least one other internal node device or leaf node device.