Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for using boot servers in networks
- Patent Title (中): 在网络中使用引导服务器的方法和系统
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Application No.: US10957465Application Date: 2004-10-01
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Publication No.: US07930377B2Publication Date: 2011-04-19
- Inventor: Shishir Shah , Edward C McGlaughlin
- Applicant: Shishir Shah , Edward C McGlaughlin
- Applicant Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
- Current Assignee: QLOGIC, Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Agency: Klein, O'Neill & Singh, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16
Abstract:
A method and system for booting a server and/or server blade in a network is provided. The system includes, a boot server that is used to store plural WWPNs, an active profile for the server and a boot schedule, wherein a HBA registers a default WWPN and/or HBA profile with the boot server and if the HBA is configured to boot using a management application, the boot server provides a WWPN to the HBA. The management application includes, a graphical user interface for creating a LUN for a storage system and assigning the LUN to be a boot LUN, wherein the graphical user interface can access a boot server for booting a server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060047852A1 Method and system for using boot servers in networks Public/Granted day:2006-03-02
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