Provisioning of operating environments on a server in a networked environment

• Main Authors: Gopalakrishnan, U, Horn, William P, Mohindra, Ajay, Nagar, Shailabh, Rendahl, Randy A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.12.2012

The illustrative embodiments disclose a process 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.