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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
U Gopalakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
William P. Horn, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Ajay Mohindra, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Shailabh Nagar, Bangalore, IN;
Randy A. Rendahl, Raleigh, NC (US);
U Gopalakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
William P. Horn, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Ajay Mohindra, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Shailabh Nagar, Bangalore, IN;
Randy A. Rendahl, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The illustrative embodiments disclose a process for provisioning a server on a network. In one embodiment, the process sends a server identifier to a management server in response to receiving a boot command. The management server uses the server identifier for identifying a designated operating environment for the server to form a designated operating environment identifier. The process then receives, from the management server, the designated operating environment identifier and a first bootstrap code. The process uses the first bootstrap code to extract information for identifying a local operating environment on the server. Thereafter, the process compares the local operating environment to the designated operating environment and initiates a final boot sequence of the server based on the comparison of the local operating environment and the designated operating environment.