Information handling system operational management through near field communication device interaction

摘要

Configuration information to configure an information handling system is obtained by sending an identifier for the information handling system to a portable information handling system, such as a mobile telephone, with a first NFC communication. The mobile telephone retrieves the configuration information, such as through a network interface, and sends the configuration information to the information handling system with a second NFC communication. Configuration information includes a variety of information, such as IP and MAC address, BIOS settings, software applications, firmware versions and end user specific settings.

主权项

1. An information handling system comprising:
at least one processor operable to execute instructions to process information; memory interfaced with the at least one processor and operable to store the instructions and information; at least one network interface device interfaced with the at least one processor and operable to establish network communications using at least one network address; a management controller interfaced with the network interface device and operable to remotely power up and power down the processor based upon communications received from the at least one network device; a near field communications (NFC) device interfaced with the management controller and operable to communicate with an external NFC device; and a configuration module stored in non-transitory memory and executing on the management controller, the configuration module operable to receive configuration information through communication by the NFC device with the external NFC device and to apply the configuration information with the management controller, the configuration information including at least network configuration settings that define a network interface for the at least one network interface device to establish network communications.