Patent ID: 11928034
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A system comprising: a processor; and memory configured to store one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of:
collecting, with each bare metal recovery (BMR) backup copy of a host, network configuration details associated with the host;
storing, in a backup storage, the network configuration details with each BMR backup copy;
booting a target host into a preinstallation environment;
configuring the target host into a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) mode to allow the target host to establish a network connection to a backup management server;
receiving, from a user, details about the host;
retrieving, via the network connection to the backup management server, a listing of BMR backup copies corresponding to the host details;
receiving, from the user, a selection of a BMR backup copy to be restored onto the target host;
downloading, from the backup storage, network configuration details corresponding to the selected BMR backup copy; and
populating a recovery wizard at the target host with the network configuration details.