发明授权
US08126959B2 Method and system for dynamic redistribution of remote computer boot service in a network containing multiple boot servers
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远程计算机引导服务在包含多个引导服务器的网络中动态重新分发的方法和系统
- 专利标题: Method and system for dynamic redistribution of remote computer boot service in a network containing multiple boot servers
- 专利标题(中): 远程计算机引导服务在包含多个引导服务器的网络中动态重新分发的方法和系统
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申请号: US09894399申请日: 2001-06-28
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公开(公告)号: US08126959B2公开(公告)日: 2012-02-28
- 发明人: Chakkalamattam J. Paul , Bradford A. Stern
- 申请人: Chakkalamattam J. Paul , Bradford A. Stern
- 申请人地址: US NY Armonk
- 专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US NY Armonk
- 代理机构: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- 代理商 Jeffrey S. LaBaw
- 主分类号: G06F15/16
- IPC分类号: G06F15/16 ; G06F15/177 ; G06F15/173
摘要:
A method and a system are presented for facilitating a PXE-compliant (Preboot Execution Environment) remote boot process between clients and multiple servers. All clients are initially directed to the address of the central boot server when they initially request remote boot service. The central boot server returns the same small initial bootstrap program to every client, which is then executed by the client's embedded boot program. The received initial bootstrap program contains only enough logic to have the client request and receive a list of alternate boot server addresses. The list may be ordered to present to the client a series of best-available boot servers, or the client may search the list to determine an address of an alternate boot server that can efficiently continue the remote boot process. The client selects a boot server from the list and requests the next program from the selected boot server.