Patent ID: 11947987
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable code thereon that is executable by a processor of an information handling system that is a node of an information handling system cluster for imaging the node, wherein the imaging includes installing a new version of a management system to the node by, while secure boot is enabled for the node:
executing a node installation service on the node to create a partition on a storage medium of the node;
causing the node installation service to enable a serial over LAN (SOL) interface configured to provide monitoring information;
causing the node installation service to receive an image bundle from a remote information handling system via a network and storing the image bundle on the partition;
causing the node installation service to update a boot loader configuration file for the management system;
causing the node installation service to create a kickstart file that indicates one or more actions to be taken with regard to the imaging of the node;
causing the node to reboot, wherein the rebooting is configured to install the new version of the management system to the node from the image bundle based on the kickstart file; and
in response to completion of the installation, deactivating the SOL interface.