Platform discovery, asset inventory, configuration, and provisioning in a pre-boot environment using web services
US8041794B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4416
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for initializing a common information model (CIM) broker and a SLP service agent of a system in a pre-boot environment, transmitting a multicast request and receiving a unicast advertisement from a directory agent, registering a web-based enterprise management (WBEM) service to the directory agent, and configuring, provisioning, and/or performing asset inventory of the system in the pre-boot environment responsive to information from a resource manager. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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