发明名称 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF STORAGE AND OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLATION
摘要 A method for provisioning a blade server is provided. The method includes creating a server boot image for a blade server, where the boot image includes an operating system image created from a donor server. Then, the method includes inserting the blade server into a chassis of an enclosure that is capable of receiving multiple blade servers. Then, staring the blade server from a pre-boot execution environment (PXE). The PXE loading an image that prompts a user to install a new operating system from a pre-existing target computer of the enclosure. The method then installs the new operating system. The installing includes creation of a new iSCSI target for the inserted blade server, and partitioning of the iSCSI target. The also includes restarting the inserted blade server. The restarting is configured to boot using the iSCSI target of the inserted blade server, so that the inserted blade server becomes a provisioned blade server. The provisioning is accomplished without a hardware iSCSI initiator for an iSCSI boot.
申请公布号 US2009013168(A1) 申请公布日期 2009.01.08
申请号 US20080167250 申请日期 2008.07.03
申请人 ADAPTEC, INC. 发明人 KALMAN DEAN;MACFARLAND JEFFREY
分类号 G06F9/24 主分类号 G06F9/24
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