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

Claim 7:
8. A method for imaging a node of an information handling system cluster, wherein the imaging includes installing a new version of a management system to the node, the method comprising:
while the node is operational within the information handling system cluster and while secure boot is enabled for the node, a node installation service that is executing on the node creating a partition on a storage medium of the node;
the node installation service enabling a serial over LAN (SOL) interface configured to provide monitoring information;
the node installation service receiving an image bundle from a remote information handling system via a network and storing the image bundle on the partition;
the node installation service updating a boot loader configuration file for the management system;
the node installation service creating a kickstart file that indicates one or more actions to be taken with regard to the imaging of the node;
the node installation service 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.