System and method for reducing boot time of a workload configuration on a target server

摘要

An information handling system includes a communication device and a service processor. The communication device includes first terminal, and a second terminal to communicate with a network storage array. The service processor includes a first terminal to receive configuration settings for the communication device, and a second terminal to provide the configuration settings to the communication device. The service processor configures the communication device based on the configuration settings during a first boot sequence of the information handling system. A power-on self test of a basic input/output system of the information handling system is stalled while the service processor configures the communication device based on the configuration settings, and the information handling system is booted from a workload on a storage array identified in the configuration settings without using a second boot sequence of the information handling system.

主权项

1. An information handling system comprising:
a communication device including a first terminal, and a second terminal to communicate with a network storage array; and a service processor including a first terminal to receive configuration settings for the communication device, wherein the configuration settings are received while a host processor of the information handling system is running a different workload than the workload to be enabled by the configuration settings, and a second terminal to provide the configuration settings to the communication device, the service processor to configure the communication device based on the configuration settings during a first boot sequence of the information handling system, wherein a power-on self test of a basic input/output system of the information handling system is stalled while the service processor configures the communication device based on the configuration settings, and the information handling system is booted from a workload on a storage array identified in the configuration settings during the power-on self test of the basic input/output system.