Apparatus, system, and method for deploying iSCSI parameters to a diskless computing device

US7882562B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jesse P. Arroyo · Rochester, US
• Joseph E. Bolan · Cary, US
• Thomas M. Brey · Cary, US
• Josep Cors · Rochester, US
• Gregory W. Dake · Durham, US
• Scott N. Dunham · Raleigh, US
• William G. Holland · Cary, US
• Theodore B. Vojnovich · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2011
• Expiry date: May 6, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/0673
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for deploying sensitive communication parameters to a diskless computing device. A parameter structure module is included to store one or more Internet Small Computer System Interface (“iSCSI”) communication parameters in an extendable data structure configured to store a set of basic parameter settings and a set of extended parameter settings. A link module is included to establish a secure link to a diskless computing device over a physically secure connection. A deployment module is included to deploy the extendable data structure over the secure connection to a non-volatile memory in the diskless computing device. The non-volatile memory is configured to provide sensitive iSCSI communication parameters provided by the extendable data structure to a CPU of the diskless computing device during a boot sequence.