Patent ID: 11915038
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing local data systems, the method comprising:
initiating, by a stackable system role (SSR) manager of an information handling system of the set of information handling systems, a boot sequence;
making a first determination that the boot sequence does not specify a SSR of the information handling system; and
based on the first determination:
performing a hardware evaluation to determine a SSR for the information handling system;
broadcasting the SSR to the set of information handling systems;
obtaining, in response to the broadcasting, SSR responses from each information handling system in the set of information handling systems;
making a second determination, based on the SSR responses, that an SSR agreement between the set of information handling systems is obtained;
based on the second determination, determining a final SSR; and
continuing the boot sequence using the final SSR.