Patent ID: 9311104
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing managing an operating system to set up a computer association tool, the method comprising: processing an Operating System Deployment (OSD) functionality of a System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to configure a server, wherein the OSD causes the server to a Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE Boot), wherein the PXE Boot associates a Media Access Control (MAC) address with at least one of a Systems Management Server Unique Identifier and a Resource ID; launching the SCCM for the PXE boot process to be associated with the server; configuring the SCCM to associate with a specific OSD Task Sequence; and booting from a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has an associated MAC address, using the PXE, wherein the PXE boot process then hands the operation over to the designated OSD Task Sequencer (TS) which handles the configuration process according to at least one variable.