Distributed preboot execution environment (PXE) server booting

Details Distributed preboot execution environment (PXE) server booting Distributed preboot execution environment (PXE) server booting

2011-05-31

2011-05-31

Maung, Zarni (Department: 2451)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Distributed data processing

Client/server

C713S002000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07953793

ABSTRACT:
A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed for distributed Preboot execution Environment (PXE) server booting. The method may include receiving a PXE boot image request from a plurality of target machines and sending one or more target machines a temporary PXE server RAM image and a subset of target machines. The temporary PXE server RAM image assigns a recipient target machine as a temporary PXE server and each temporary PXE server is delegated the subset of target machines to PXE boot. The method may also include receiving a subset boot confirmation from each temporary PXE server that indicates that the subset of target machines delegated to each temporary PXE server booted successfully. Finally, the method may include sending the one or more temporary PXE servers an agent boot image in response to the subset boot confirmation from each temporary PXE server.

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