PROVISIONING OF OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS ON A SERVER IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT

• Main Authors: GOPALAKRISHNAN U, NAGAR SHAILABH, MOHINDRA AJAY, HORN WILLIAM P, RENDAHL RANDY A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.03.2011
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

The illustrative embodiments disclose a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product 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.