Invention Application
US20100191946A1 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING USER BOOT VIA A STORAGE AREA NETWORK
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用于通过存储区域网络改进用户引导的装置,系统和方法
- Patent Title: APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING USER BOOT VIA A STORAGE AREA NETWORK
- Patent Title (中): 用于通过存储区域网络改进用户引导的装置,系统和方法
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Application No.: US12361529Application Date: 2009-01-28
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Publication No.: US20100191946A1Publication Date: 2010-07-29
- Inventor: Richard Wayne Cheston , Mark Charles Davis , Howard Locker , Rod D. Waltermann
- Applicant: Richard Wayne Cheston , Mark Charles Davis , Howard Locker , Rod D. Waltermann
- Applicant Address: SG New Tech Park
- Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD.
- Current Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: SG New Tech Park
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177

Abstract:
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for remotely booting a client from a storage area network (“SAN”). A connection module enables a client, such as a diskless client, to connect to two or more storage area networks (“SANs”), the SANs belonging to a group of redundant SANs, each SAN in the group redundantly storing at least a portion of substantially identical operating system data for the client. The boot module enables the client to remotely boot an operating system from the two or more redundant SANs. The boot module makes at least one read request to each of the two or more connected SANs, each read request configured to retrieve a disparate portion of the operating system data for loading the operating system onto the client. The boot module loads the operating system onto the client using a combination of data retrieved from the two or more connected SANs.
Public/Granted literature
- US08086840B2 Apparatus, system, and method for improving user boot via a storage area network Public/Granted day:2011-12-27
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