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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Mark W. Shutt, Austin, TX (US);
Raja Tamilarasan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sumeet Kukreja, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sundar Dasar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Yogesh P. Kulkarni, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mark W. Shutt, Austin, TX (US);
Raja Tamilarasan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sumeet Kukreja, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sundar Dasar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Yogesh P. Kulkarni, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of performing an out of band (OOB) job at a host is disclosed. A boot option query is transmitted from the host to a service processor. It is then determined if a current boot option is an OOB job. At least one of a job type and a device type associated with the OOB job is identified if the current boot option is an OOB job. An Option ROM and a driver relating to the identified job type and the identified device type is then selectively loaded and the OOB job is performed.