Enhanced capabilities in provisioning

Details Enhanced capabilities in provisioning Enhanced capabilities in provisioning

2008-08-29

2011-12-06

Stoynov, Stefan (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

Loading initialization program

C713S001000, C713S100000, C709S220000, C717S171000, C717S176000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08074063

ABSTRACT:
Some embodiments of enhanced capabilities in provisioning on computing machines in a networked system have been presented. In one embodiment, a software vendor deploys a centralized server to an internal network of a customer. The provisioning capabilities of a centralized server are extended to support an additional type of platform by downloading a set of kickstart files associated with the additional type of platform from a software vendor. The centralized server may provision on a computing machine coupled to the centralized server within the internal network based on a type of a platform of the computing machine using one or more of the plurality of kickstart files.

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